Water Garden at David Caldwell Historic Park
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the side of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
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Name: Water Garden at David Caldwell Historic Park
Open to the public: Yes
County: Guilford
Address: 3211 W. Cornwallis Dr., Greensboro, NC 27408
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8a (2023)
Extension Demonstration Garden? No
Approximate year the garden/landscape was established: 2000
What to look for: The David Caldwell Historic Park, adjacent to the Tanger Family Bicentennial Gardens, is dedicated to David Caldwell (1725–1824), an early Greensboro resident. The Old Mill is a replica of what a farmer of that era would have used to mill grain.
This water garden is planted around the mill and large water wheel. Water gardens provide sound and visual interest in the landscape. Water gardens allow you to use plants that thrive in increased humidity and wet soil environments that might suffer in other, drier areas of the landscape.
Horticulture:
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the side of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
![the front of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/garden_imgs/Greensboro_Botanical_qh77kYLlyYCJ.jpeg)
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the front of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
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various aquatic plants around a pond as part of a water garden Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
![Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/garden_imgs/Greensboro_Botalical_7bgfDNB5pVUb.jpeg)
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Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
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the side of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
![the front of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/garden_imgs/Greensboro_Botanical_qh77kYLlyYCJ.jpeg)
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the front of the water garden featuring a pond and water wheel Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
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various aquatic plants around a pond as part of a water garden Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo
![Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden](https://s3.amazonaws.com/eit-planttoolbox-prod/media/images/garden_imgs/Greensboro_Botalical_7bgfDNB5pVUb.jpeg)
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Irises bloom in the Greensboro Botanical water garden Garden age: mature Glenn Wagstaff CC BY-NC 2.0- Plants in this photo:Plants in this photo