Hidden Oaks gets a new gate
A major expansion and renovation project was just completed at Hidden Oaks in July, and now the nature center has something else new.
Chainsaw artist Andrew Mallon created a new gate for the outdoor Nature Playce play area featuring local animals – an owl, snake, frog, dragonfly, skink, butterfly, and more.
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In 2019, Mallon carved woodland creatures onto a dead tulip poplar at Hidden Oaks that had been struck by lightning.
The Rotary Club of Bailey’s Crossroads provided funds for the gate and also for a carved bench next to the tree sculpture.
That is lovely!