If you’re in the mood to experience a beautiful garden atmosphere during these last days of summer, Reiman Gardens may be the perfect place to visit. From live Salsa music to a relaxing afternoon at the Butterfly Garden, Reiman Gardens has plenty of fun activities to spice up your summer.

Megan Keene, media coordinator for Reiman Gardens, said there are many events going on this summer.

Keene says during July, Reiman Gardens will be hosting The Garden Glow Concert, where more than 100 luminary lanterns will be blanketing the area for the event.

The Jumbies, a local Salsa band, will be playing at the Garden Glow Concert Monday.

Regular events are still going on at the Gardens. The Brown Bag Lunch takes place twice every month.

“During the Brown Bag Lunch event, the student interns present the projects they have been working on during the summer,” Keene says.

Sarah Clark, senior in horticulture, is a summer intern at Reiman Gardens. Part of her project is creating an interior landscape design for the Conservatory Complex.

“I’m creating a design for the inside of the building that’s going to coincide with the Orchid Show,” Clark says.

Clark is one of three interns helping with the Orchid Show that will be on display early this fall.

“The Orchid Show will tie in with the formal dedication of the Butterfly Garden,” Clark says.

Keene says the show will feature more than 500 different kinds of orchids.

Clark says the recently finished Christina Reiman Butterfly Wing is also quite an attraction.

“You see something different every time,” Clark says, “Whether it’s a new butterfly or a new flower.”

Anita Westphal, sophomore in horticulture, is another student interning at Reiman Gardens this summer. She works with raising different species of butterflies.

Westphal says there are about 50—70 different species of butterflies in the Butterfly Garden.

“There are about 800 individual butterflies from all over the world in there at once,” Westphal says.

Clark says people are attracted to the new conservatory as well as the Butterfly Garden, which may explain why Reiman Gardens had a record-breaking number of guests at their facility in June.