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Design Feature: Shade Tree

25 gardens

Asian Garden- Japanese

A viewing window in a bamboo fence.

A quiet spot to relax in the shade.

Japanese Garden in the winter.

The island in the Japanese Garden.

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Summer

Backyard Respite Landscape in the Spring

Border Garden, Upcycled

Early Spring Border

Tulips mark the full swing of spring.

Tulips mirror the color of gazing ball while upcycled china plat

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Border Landscape Pinewild County Club, Moore County

Fall color and texture from plant mixture

Showy seed heads on Autumn Joy Sedum

Begonias in full glory

Nice garden structure

Yellow marigolds pop in landscape

Early summer and everything is tidy

Children's Secret Garden- Wilson Botanical Gardens

Slide in Garden

Coastal Sun Garden, Craven County

Collector’s Garden

Tall striking flowers

Colorful Combination

Climbing Hydrangea

Colorful plant combination

Cottage Garden

Perennial bed in mid-June.

Cottage Style Foundation Planting

Crepe Myrtle Trunk

Layered foundation planting

By Deck, Hydrangeas & Hosta

Late winter, liriope is cut back & daffodils are blooming

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden in the Spring

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden in the Spring

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden in the Spring

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden in the Spring

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden in the Spring

Crowder Park Prairie and Native Plants Garden in the Spring

Driveway Garden

Driveway Garden

Garden Treasures

A red pop of color from an old corn husker.

Good late fall color

Japanese Shade Garden

Path into garden

Japanese shade garden

Mountain Ridge Top Garden - East Lawn and Lower Drive Border

Google Earth image of an aerial view of the property

View of the house in the fall south across the east lawn.

Snow Covered East section

Mountain Ridge Top Garden - North Woods

Google Earth image of an aerial view of the property

North Woods trail

Mountain Ridge Top Garden - West Lawn and Border

Google Earth image of an aerial view of the property

Native Plant Demonstration Garden All Saints' Episcopal Church

Eastern Swallowtail on Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Mountain Mint)

Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar on Spicebush

Before shrub installation

Church Youth Group installing Eastern White Pine slices for step

Getting the steps seated October 2021

Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden

Chocolate vine & Jasmine

Reynolda Palm House and Gardens

Late winter view

View Of Palm House

Late winter view from blue & yellow garden

Ornamental cherry tree avenue

Rock Wall Garden, Scott Arboretum

Rock wall at the back of a small lawn area frames the space.

A large evergreen tree provides some afternoon shade.

Shade Border Garden

Torch Lily in full bloom.

A bench is a perfect place to relax and enjoy the shade.

Shade Garden

A side view of the shade garden featuring a large Heuchera

A shade garden at the entrance to the JC Raulston Arboretum

Oak leaf Hydrangeas in bloom in the JCRA shade garden

The JCRA shade garden with evergreens in winter

The JC Raulston shade garden during winter.

Oak leaf Hydrangeas during winter in the JCRA shade garden

Shade Garden Sitting Wall

A stone wall presents shorter plants in the JCRA shade garden

the JC raulston shade garden under Tonkin wingnut tree

view of the full JCRA shade garden with stone wall

Susanna Wesley Garden, Lake Junaluska

Susanna Wesley Garden, Lake Junaluska

Susanna Wesley Garden, Lake Junaluska

Susanna Wesley Garden, Lake Junaluska

Susanna Wesley Garden

Susanna Wesley Garden

Susanna Wesley Garden

Woodland Backyard Garden Walk

woodland garden in winter of arbor

winter and snow in backyard woodland garden in Moore County

2009 fall color in a woodland garden in Moore County.

Garden in summer (August) in Moore County

summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County