Garden Gallery | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox

Landscape Location: Walkways

35 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.

Border Garden, Upcycled

Early Spring Border

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Tulips mirror the color of gazing ball while upcycled china plat

Border Garden, Upcycled in the Spring

Tulips mark the full swing of spring.

Border Landscape Pinewild County Club, Moore County

Early summer and everything is tidy

Nice garden structure

Yellow marigolds pop in landscape

Fall color and texture from plant mixture

Showy seed heads on Autumn Joy Sedum

Begonias in full glory

Butterfly Garden at Rob Wallace Park

Flowers in early spring

Garden dedication plaque

Flowers in early spring

Mid-spring blooms

Mid-spring blooms

Butterfly garden- late spring

Coastal Foundation Garden

Foundation planting

Foundation planting

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 at the Guilford County Extension Center

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

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 Fall

Davidson County Extension Demonstration Garden

Something is always blooming

Container of tulips

High planter wall spring

Dry Stream Bed Garden in Cabarrus County

Dry, rock-lined stream bed surrounded by colorful plants.

Waterfall is start of dry stream bed

Small goldfish pond

Dry rocks and a large banana plant

Dry stream bed with a container of sedum.

Tropical look garden

Entryway Garden, Cabarrus County Extension Office

Planting to right of doorway

Left of doorway (after a storm)

Late winter-Early March

Late winter- early March

Extension Master Gardener℠ Demonstration Garden, Durham Co.

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

Floricyle

Excavation begins

The Swale Garden in the Summer

Floricyle in the Summer

Floricyle in the Summer

Floricyle in the Summer

A Young Garden Covered In Snow

Flower Bonanza Garden

Clematis well positioned

Iris Shine in bed

Yellow Iris in spring bed

Coneflower with Vitex

Daylilies and more

Butterfly bush bed

Functional Foundation Landscape

Crepe Myrtle Trunk

Layered foundation planting

Late winter, liriope is cut back & daffodils are blooming

Japanese Garden at JC Raulston Arboretum

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.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Crevice Garden

cacti and succulents growing among vertical slabs of concrete.

cacti and agave growing among vertical slabs of concrete.

agave growing among vertical slabs of concrete.

cacti and succulents growing among vertical slabs of concrete.

Crevice Garden in late March

Crevice Garden in March

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

Lush Foundation Planting

Espalier Pyracantha

Cherry blossoms welcome spring

Pyracantha berries on display

Michael McCarthy Memorial Garden, All Saints Episcopal, Concord

Garden plan by Petra McLean

The Michael John McCarthy Memorial Garden

A partially cleared stand of pines

An area of scraped ground for pathways

A tractor laying gravel out along paths

A pathway lined with trees that leads into a parking lot

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.

Paul J Ciener Botanical Garden

Dogwood and redbud in bloom

Jasmine blooming in early spring

Pinehurst Greenway Pollinator Habitat Garden, Moore County

Right side of trail layout (Fall/2008)

After stone edge laid (Spring/2018)

Right side of trail (Spring/2020)

Left side of Trail (Spring/2020)

Right side of trail (Summer/2020)

Left Side of Trail with Coreopsis Tripteris

Pitt County Arboretum Containers

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

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

Containers at Pitt County Arboretum in the Spring

Relaxed Foundation Planting

Foundation Color

Foundation planting

Foundation landscape

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.

Shade Garden at the New Hanover County Arboretum

shade garden in Wilmington, NC

Stanley Rehder Carnivorous Plant Garden in Wilmington

stanley rehder carnivorous plant garden

stanley rehder carnivorous plant garden wilmington nc

stanley rehder carnivorous plant garden

Sun and Shade Demonstration Garden, Buncombe County

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

West Side Foundation Planting in Cabarrus County

Foundation planting right of stairs

Foundation planting west side of home

Corner of the house

Left of stairs year 3

New plants added year 3

Right of stairs age 3 new plants

Woodland Backyard Garden Walk

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

summer with the Weeping Yaupon Holly in a backyard woodland gard

early summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

summer in a backyard woodland garden in Moore County

Xeric Garden

The Xeric garden at the JC Raulston Arboretum.

Xeriscape Garden for a Dry, Sunny Site

Dasylirion sp. sending up an inflorescence.

Sun loving plants