Chapter 01
The nurse
Margaret spent twenty years driving the back roads of Benton County as a home health nurse. She kept meeting people who didn't need a nursing home, just company and someone paying attention.
Our story
How we got here
A nurse, an empty cottage and sixty lilac bushes.
Our story
How the cottage came to be
Chapter 02
The cottage
The Patterson cottage on Lilac Lane had been for sale for three years when Margaret bought it in 2012. She added a ramp, an elevator and a bath suite, and kept the bay window, the pine floors and the porch.
Chapter 03
The lilacs
She planted sixty lilac bushes along the fence the first spring, before a single member walked through the gate. Now the Lilac Festival party in April is the biggest day of our year.
Chapter 04
Today
Thirty-some members come on a typical day. Many of our staff have been here since the first year. The cutting beds fill the tables, and the members run the garden.
- 1910the year the cottage was built
- 32members on a typical day
- 60lilac bushes in the garden
- 5:1members to staff
Ratings & recognition · sample
- Garden Club · Yard of the Month
- Readers' Choice · Best Senior Program
- County Chamber · Small Business of the Year
- Area Agency on Aging · Community Partner
- Regional Medical Center · Preferred Day Program
- Historic District · Restoration Award
The kettle is on. Come sit with us.
Bring your mother or your dad for a visit day, our treat. Call or text Margaret and we'll set it up.