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WOODLAND — Before you start admiring the blooming faces of all the beautiful flowers on her estate, consider the warrior visage of Hulda Klager herself — armed with a couple of garden spades and sneering disgustedly at any notion of showing mercy when her precious lilacs were at stake.

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She never gave up. That kind of dedication is inspiring, and a little overwhelming, to the plus volunteers who spend hundreds of hours every spring preparing the buildings and grounds of the Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens, and thousands more hours welcoming visitors and serving customers during the annual festival of flowers in April and May called Lilac Days.

Lilacs may be the stars of this show, but the story begins with apple pie. She was born Hulda Thiel in Germany and emigrated with her family to Wisconsin at age two and to Woodland at age Klager was fascinated, and her first project was making a more practical pie apple. After that test run, Klager turned to lilacs, and became so prolific at developing new hybrids that she started holding an annual open house to share the results.

The place is now a National Historic Site. When: 10 a. Pekin Road, Woodland. Information: LilacGardens.