Native Plant Demonstration Garden All Saints' Episcopal Church

Fall
Garden Design Garden age: 0 Hope Duckworth CC BY 4.0- Description
-
This garden represents a partnership of the Gardens team at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Concord, NC, and the Cabarrus Extension Master Gardener program. The garden features 29 different grasses, groundcovers, trees, shrubs, and perennials native to the Southeastern United States. The goals of this partnership include:
- Sharing our experiential knowledge regarding the value, beauty, challenges, and utility of including these native plants in home landscapes.
- Documenting the creation, growth, and seasonal changes of this garden in the Garden Gallery Section of the NC Extension Gardener Plant toolbox
- Engaging gardeners of all ages through periodic educational tours.
- Educating - to further the educational component of this garden, plant labels include QR codes that link to the NC Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox.
Garden Design: The garden design was created by Hope Duckworth, a master gardener from Cabarrus County.
Garden Location: All Saints’ Episcopal Church 525 Lake Concord Rd, Concord, NC 28025.
Funding: All Saints’ Episcopal Church Concord, NC, and the Episcopal Diocese of NC Environmental Ministry program.
Co-Leadership:
Mark D. Robinson, All Saints’ Episcopal Church and Cabarrus County Master Gardeners,
mrobinson0982@gmail.com, 704-791-1313
Bruce Batman, Cabarrus County Master Gardeners, bwbatman56@hotmail.com, 469-682-6375
Historical Timeline
October 2021: Hope Duckworth completes design
December 2021: 32 shrubs and grasses installed and irrigated, stake labels with QR codes installed
April 2022: 103 native perennials installed and irrigated
May 2022: 15 yards of hardwood mulch spread for weed control and water conservation
The garden is open to the public sunrise to sunset.
Plant List - March 2022
Trees and Shrubs:
- AA = Aronia arbutifolia (red chokecherry) (3)
- CC = Cercis canadensis (redbud) (1)
- CF = Calycanthus floridus (Carolina all-spice) (3)
- IV = Ilex verticillata (winterberry holly) (3)
- LB = Lindera benzoin (spicebush) (6)
- SC = Sambucus canadensis (Elderberry) (3)
- VV = Vaccinium virgatum (blueberries) (5)
- Native Azaleas (5)
- Bald Cypress = Taxodium distichum
- H = Hornbeam
- M = Big Leaf Magnolia
- Maple = Acer rubrum
Groundcovers:
- Asarum canadense (wild ginger) (20)
- Mitchella repens (Partridge-berry) (7)
- Phlox divaricata OR stolonifera (woodland phlox/creeping phlox) (7)
- Chrysogonum Virginianum (green and gold) (12)
Grasses:
- Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem) (10)
- Muhlenbergia capillaris (Pink Muhly grass) (14)
- Panicum virgatum (switchgrass) (6)
Ferns:
- Osmunda regalis (Royal Fern) (7)
- Osmundastrum cinnamomeum (Cinnamon Fern) (7)
- Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern) (9)
Perennials:
- Asters (native spp.) (10)
- Bee Balm (Monarda fistulosa and didyma) (8)
- Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) (9)
- Echinacea purpurea (coneflower) (9)
- Goldenrods (native spp.) (5)
- Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata [pink/swamp milkweed]) (4)
- Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum spp.) (6)

Fall
Garden Design Garden age: 0 Hope Duckworth CC BY 4.0Summer
Eastern Swallowtail on Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Mountain Mint) Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Summer
Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar on Spicebush Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Fall
Before shrub installation Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
Church Youth Group installing Eastern White Pine slices for steps. A large Eastern White Pine tree was blown over in a storm at the church. We cut the long trunk into slices to use as natural stepping stones. Nothing is wasted in Creation. Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
Getting the steps seated October 2021 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
Pine slices installed and mulched Oct 2021 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
All Saints' Youth Group that installed pine stepping stones Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Perennials Ready to Install Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Plants Laid Out for Planting Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Planting Day April 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Drip Line Installation in Front of Garden April 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Drip Line Installation in South End of Garden Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Spring
Volunteers Spreading Mulch May 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
North End of Garden May 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Mulch Installed Around Plants May 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Summer
East Edge of Garden August 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Summer
South End of Garden August 2022 with Ferns and Wild Ginger Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Summer
White Pine Slab Walkway Summer 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Summer
North End of Garden August 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Summer
Summer 2022 with Swamp Milkweed and Goldenrod Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Summer
Summer 2022 Mountain Mint and Bald Cypress Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Fall
Garden Design Garden age: 0 Hope Duckworth CC BY 4.0Summer
Eastern Swallowtail on Pycnanthemum flexuosum (Mountain Mint) Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Summer
Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar on Spicebush Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Fall
Before shrub installation Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
Church Youth Group installing Eastern White Pine slices for steps. A large Eastern White Pine tree was blown over in a storm at the church. We cut the long trunk into slices to use as natural stepping stones. Nothing is wasted in Creation. Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
Getting the steps seated October 2021 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
Pine slices installed and mulched Oct 2021 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Fall
All Saints' Youth Group that installed pine stepping stones Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Perennials Ready to Install Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Plants Laid Out for Planting Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Planting Day April 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Drip Line Installation in Front of Garden April 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Drip Line Installation in South End of Garden Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0
Spring
Volunteers Spreading Mulch May 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
North End of Garden May 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Spring
Mulch Installed Around Plants May 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Summer
East Edge of Garden August 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
Summer
South End of Garden August 2022 with Ferns and Wild Ginger Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Summer
White Pine Slab Walkway Summer 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Summer
North End of Garden August 2022 Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0Summer
Summer 2022 with Swamp Milkweed and Goldenrod Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo

Summer
Summer 2022 Mountain Mint and Bald Cypress Garden age: 0 Mark Robinson CC BY 4.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo