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12 gardens

Coastal Entryway Garden - Small Space

Entryway planting

Coastal Foundation Garden

Foundation planting

Foundation planting

Coastal Garden - Tropical

plants growing in a low ditch.

Simple foundation planting

large clumps of grasses and aroid (Colocasia) in low depression.

plants growing in a low ditch.

Coastal Shade Garden

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Shade garden under a live oak

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Banana Beds

Banana bed in spring

Banana bed in the summer with everything green and leafy.

Large shrub with clusters of white star-shaped flowers.

Banana beds in August.

Banana beds in early fall (September).

Fan palm with green leaves.

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Bog Garden

Sarracenia Pitcher Plants, Sundew, and Venus Fly Trap

Bog garden with carnivorous plants.

Sarracenia Pitcher Plant with flowers

Rehder's Pitcher Plant in March

Agave and Phlox in beds around the bog garden.

Beds with Agave, Sarracenia, and Phlox in March

Juniper Level Botanic Garden: Parking Lot Berms

Berms planted with Agave, Cacti, Salvia, Baptisia, and Phlox

Agave and cacti

Salvaged concrete sidewalks used for bordering the beds.

Parking Lot Berms in Spring

Parking Lot Berms in Spring

Spike of pale pink Penstemon (Beardtongue)

Orange County Stormwater Demonstration Garden

Boulders, stepping stones & gravel (March/2019)

1-foot gravel edging to capture runoff (March/2019)

Garden at 14 months (July/2020)

Highly compacted soil with 80% runoff (September/2018)

0% runoff at 6 months (October/2019)

Pollinator Garden in Full Sun

April 24, 2020- Spring blooms

Pollinator Garden Full Sun

Mid march- plants emerging and new mulch applied

Early June garden

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

Vegetable Garden with Pollinator Plants in Mt. Pleasant

Vegetable garden with pollinator plants

Vegetable garden with pollinator plants

Water Garden at David Caldwell Historic Park

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

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

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

Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden