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29 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.

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

Cabarrus County Poolside Garden

Hardscape Planting

Poolside garden

Poolside garden

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.

Colorful Borders

Mass planted ferns with yellow color brighten up a shade border.

Border in sun flanking a gravel path. Many colors & textures.

Border with white & blue flowers, and 2 lattice obelisks.

Silver-colored plants in a border along a stone walkway.

Corner Roadside Planting

Corner planting

Contrasting colors

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

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

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

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

HOA Butterfly Garden in Brunswick County

Summer blooms second year

Summer blooms 2nd year

Spring age 2 and filling in well

2nd spring and baptisia is blooming

Front of garden- first spring

Back of garden- first spring

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: 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: 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)

Native Plant Demonstration Garden All Saints' Episcopal Church

Before shrub installation

Getting the steps seated October 2021

Drip Line Installation in South End of Garden

Pine slices installed and mulched Oct 2021

Plants Laid Out for Planting

Pollinator and Culinary Garden

A small bed of assorted perennials at lawn edge

Winter in the garden.

Pollinator Garden at the Cabarrus County Extension Office

Initial plants set out at new garden

Draft design sketch

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 Garden in Partial Shade

Early spring blooms of Baptisia, Salvia and spiderwort

Early May Garden

Early summer blooms

Additional summer blooms

Late summer blooms

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

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

Shaded Slope

Many leaf textures make the landscape interesting.

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