Garden Gallery | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

Design Feature: Accent

40 gardens

A Sampling of Shade Gardens

Torch Lily in full bloom.

A shaded patio garden incorporating stone walls and rocks.

A shade garden at with a wall seat.

A shaded planting. The knee-high amsonia has pale blue flowers.

A large shade tree underplanted with sedges and heucheras.

Asian Garden - Zen Garden

Zen garden torii

Statuary, dry river bed, bridge and Tamukeyama Japanese Maple

Acer palmatum var dissected 'Tamukeyama' with bells

Dry river bed, bridge and torii

Acer palmatun var. dissectum 'Orangeola'

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Spring

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Summer

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Summer

Beehive Garden, Wake Co

Beehive Garden, Wake Co

Masses of Trifolium incarnatum provide nectar for bees

Beehive Garden in the Spring

Beehive Garden in the Summer

Bird-Friendly Spaces

Birdbath garden

A birdhouse on a post, surrounded by orange and magenta flowers.

Late fall bird bath

Bonsai Garden in Davidson County

Bonsai trees on wall

Bonsai dawn redwood

Bonsai plants displayed on railing

Bonsai Junipers

Bonsai Black Pine

Buncombe County Extension Demonstration Garden, Sun & Shade

site map for garden.

Sun and Shade Demo Garden in the Spring

Two year old garden, spring tulips just emerging.

Sun and Shade Demo Garden in the Spring

During the gardens second year the summer brings with it strikin

A garden bench offers a welcome spot to sit and enjoy the summer

Collector’s Garden

Climbing Hydrangea

Tall striking flowers

Colorful Combination

Colorful plant combination

Courtyard Entrance Garden

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in spring

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in early summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in summer (planters)

Courtyard Entrance Garden in Moore County in the summer

Courtyard Garden

Inviting entrance

Colorful leaves

Crevice Garden, Guilford County Extension Demonstration Garden

4 years old in full bloom in the late spring.

Three years old in the late spring.

Crevice Garden in Spring

Crevis Garden Guilford County

Davidson County Extension Demonstration Garden

Something is always blooming

Container of tulips

High planter wall spring

Daylilies Galore, Cabarrus County

Daylily Society Garden sign

Clematis vine in the daylily garden

Daylily and Stoke's Aster

Deck Garden

Early spring blooms

A nice place to watch spring unfold

Early fall view

Dry Rock Stream Garden

Dry Rock Stream Garden

Rock Dry Stream Garden

Dry Rock stream garden

View from walk to home

Summer foliage frames rock bed

This is attractive feature year round

Durham County Extension Master Gardener℠ Demonstration Garden

Demo Garden Design Plan

Spoke Wheel Design Installation in Shade Garden

Example of Etched Aluminum Plant ID tag with QR Code

Recognition Walkway

Sunny Garden with Serviceberry

Center Garden with path & birdbath

Fairy Gardens

small plants & a painted "door" affixed to a tree trunk.

Round, wooden fairy house with shingled roof & moss lawn.

Old yellow wagon planted with moss & small plants.

A fairy lurks in this just awakening garden in early spring.

small plants & a painted "door" affixed to a tree trunk.

ferns & a painted "door" affixed to a tree trunk.

Flower Bonanza Garden

Clematis well positioned

Iris Shine in bed

Yellow Iris in spring bed

Coneflower with Vitex

Daylilies and more

Butterfly bush bed

Foundation Planting: Back of House

Plants beginning to develop new growth

Azalea will bloom soon

Four-Season Garden

Flame azaleas in bloom

Every plant has its turn to shine

Ostrich fern in bed

Border with potting shed

Mid summer view

Functional Foundation Landscape

Crepe Myrtle Trunk

Layered foundation planting

Late winter, liriope is cut back & daffodils are blooming

Hydrangeas in the Garden

Lacecap Hydrangea

Invincibelle spirit

‘Little Honey’ hydrangea

Lime colored leaves of hydrangeas add contrast

Annabelle hydrangeas

Endless Summer Hydrangea

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Part Sun-Part Shade Garden

Bridge and Cattails

Southwestern Garden Patio with a petrified wood bench

Beds bordered by "urbanite" (recycled concrete)

Garden with Rhododendron 'Julius Kingsley'

Southwest Patio on April 22

Cattail Bridge in spring

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Souto Sun Garden

Souto Sun Garden

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Souto Sun Garden in March

Souto Sun Garden in Spring

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Sunken Pond Garden

Sunken Pond Garden with Canna

pond with ferns on margin.

Sunken Pond Garden/ Rain Garden in spring

Sunken Gardenin mid-April

Sunken Pond on April 21, 2021

Sunken Pond with Sarracenia x excellens

Koi Pond & Water Garden

Water lilies in the upper pond

Colorful Koi pond along with a few gold fish

Vignette in front of pond

“Little Stonehenge “

Lush Foundation Planting

Espalier Pyracantha

Cherry blossoms welcome spring

Pyracantha berries on display

Paths & Walkways

Concrete walkway softened by plantings and a strip of lawn.

Border against turfgrass.

A path flanked by azaleas.

An inviting pathway through the woods.

A path flanked by blue and white hydrangeas.

Patio Room

Good late fall color & texture

Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden

Dogwood and redbud in bloom

Jasmine blooming in early spring

Pitt County Arboretum Containers

4 months after planting, a Colocasia esculenta has emerged in th

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Plant Walls and Hedges

Other side of wall

Parking lot border

colorful planting of annuals on a fence.

Fence with areas between rails planted with Heuchera and others.

Pollinator Haven Garden in Sanford, Lee County

pergola in early spring, just as plants are starting to emerge

A landscape view of the Pollinator Haven Garden in mid-summer

Yellow daisy flowers with orange centers.

Wheelbarrow with pots & trays near planting bed.

A landscape view of the Pollinator Haven Garden in early winter

View of the Garden looking to the east w/ winter perennial bones

Retaining Wall Garden

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

plants spilling over a brick retaining wall.

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Reynolda Gardens

Late winter view

View Of Palm House

Late winter view from blue & yellow garden

Formal bed planted with pink tulips and a pink magnolia.

Rock and Crevice Garden

Rock garden ice plant

Verbena & Iceplant

Salvia in Rock Garden

Small Water Features

Old-fashion hand pump refashioned into a trickling fountain.

A small fountain on a pedestal surrounded by hellebores.

a small pond filled with water lilies

Small fountain made from a millstone.

Leopard Frog at Sarah P. Duke Gardens 2024 by A Stradley

Center Garden Water Feature at Durham Co Extension Demo Garden

Vegetable, Herb and Mostly Native Pollinator Garden

Garden in May 2020

Garden in April 2021

Garden in Summer 2024

Some produce from summer 2024

Garden in April 2021

Garden in May 2019

Water Garden at David Caldwell Historic Park

the front of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel

the side of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel

various aquatic plants around a pond as part of a water garden

Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden

Xeriscape Garden for a Dry, Sunny Site

Dasylirion sp. sending up an inflorescence.

Sun loving plants