An insect rests on flowers Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A butterfly rests its wings on flowers Thursday afternoon in the garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A bee comes to a rest Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A bee feeds Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

An insect rests on flowers Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A Monarch butterfly rests its wings on a flower Thursday afternoon in the garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A humming bird sips nectar Thursday afternoon from a flower in the garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

An insect rests on flowers Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A bee feeds Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A bee feeds Thursday afternoon in the flower garden at the traffic island welcoming visitors to Roxbury. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal