Join a walking tour to discover the many groundcovers to enhance your landscape. These groundcovers are perennials, coming back year after year. They greatly reduce weeding where they are planted and add color and interest to your yard. There are interesting groundcovers for both sunny and shady areas.T he tour meets at the Green Kiosk […]
Come join a walking tour of mid-summer flowering perennials that can brighten your summer garden. Perennials come back year after year to add color to our gardens and provide nectar to our ever important pollinators. The tour meets at the Green Kiosk entrance gate off the upper level of the parking lot. For more information […]
Learn about the perennials and shrubs on this walking tour that are suitable for shadier areas. In addition to flowers many shade-loving plants and shrubs have variegated and colorful foliage that creates interest throughout the summer. Fruit and seed pods also add interest later in the season and provide food for the birds. The tour […]
Join a walking tour to look at perennial plants that come back each year and require very little maintenance. We will see interesting foliage plants, plants that need minimal deadheading after flowering is over and plants that have low water needs. Many of these plants are native plants that have adjusted to local conditions. A […]
There is so much to see on a walking tour of the Memorial Garden. The garden is in memory of Mildred and William Lasdon who once owned this estate. It was designed to incorporate three different types of gardens within one acre. The first area is a fragrance garden highlighting seasonal plantings with fragrant flowers. […]
Join a walking tour to view native plants that are well suited to a rain garden. Rain gardens help to reduce stormwater runoff, filter out water pollutants and help to recharge the groundwater. Native plants have adapted to local conditions and can handle both dry and wet conditions. They slow down runoff and their roots […]