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Resistance To Challenges: Drought

33 gardens

Backyard Grouping

Back yard grouping

Back yard grouping

Backyard Planting

Backyard plantings

Backyard planting

Border Garden- Silver Theme

Border along a walkway using a limited color pallet for effect.

Coastal Sun Garden, Craven County

Container Garden- Succulents

Succulent container garden in mid summer.

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, Guilford County

4 years old in full bloom in the late spring.

Three years old in the late spring.

Crevis Garden Guilford County

Davidson County Demo Garden

Drought Tolerant Rock Garden

A drought tolerant rock garden incorperating Heather

A drought tolerant rock garden incorperating Heather

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

Foundation Planting- West Side of House

Left of stairs year 3

New plants added year 3

Right of stairs age 3 new plants

Right of stairs year 3

Foundation planting right of stairs

Foundation planting west side of home

Garden "Bed"

Gazing Ball Garden

Garden with yard art

Gazing ball garden

Japanese Shade Garden

Path into garden

Japanese shade garden

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Plants along lake wall

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

Lake Wall Garden

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

Paver Pathway

Paver Pathway Garden

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

Initial design from another angle

Additional angle of initial layout

Draft design sketch

Pollinator Garden- Full Sun

Mid October brings the asters

Early Sept. blooms

Early June garden

Early June blooms

Pollinator Garden- Partial Shade

Late October blooms

Late October blooms

End of October blooms

Late summer blooms

Early summer blooms

Additional summer blooms

Poolside Garden

Hardscape Planting

Poolside garden

Poolside garden

Relaxed Foundation Planting

Foundation Color

Foundation planting

Foundation landscape

Round Garden Bed

Round garden planting

Round garden planting

Satellite Dish Fountain

Satellite Dish fountain

Sea of Daylilies

Daylily Society Garden sign

Clematis vine in the daylily garden

Daylily and Stoke's Aster

Shade Border Garden

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

Torch Lily in full bloom.

Shaded Slope

Many leaf textures make the landscape interesting.

Tropical Look Garden

Tropical look garden

Tropical look garden

Walkway at the Park, Cabarrus County

Late Nov. and pansies are planted

Mid October blooms

Early Sept. blooms

Early Sept. blooms

Butterfly garden- late spring

Mid-spring blooms

Walkway 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

Xeriscape Dry Sun Garden

Sun loving plants