ENGAGE * strong vertical & horizontal axis * focal points
sculpture & water features * compelling entry points * sense of
enclosure, privacy, retreat * appealing native species combinations
* classically structured garden
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* native species does not mean an informal, out of control
garden * gathering spaces for outdoor classes * pavillions for
informational signage EDUCATE * native species selection : which,
where & why (provide on-line resources)
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* Recreate parts of Night Heron Demonstration Garden at home *
Volunteer Native Gardening program to bring homeowners into the
Garden * Support the garden thru naming opportunities: benches,
nesting boxes, fountains, sculpture, pavers PARTICIPATE
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*Hardscape Elements/Focal Points Support Flow of the Garden *
Give Sense of Distinct Rooms Encourage Stopping to Experience
Garden
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95% Native Plant Selections All flowers specified are native
and perennial Year round interest: Spring & Summer blooming
perennial flowers & shrubs Deciduous Trees with reliable Fall
color Fall & Winter interest from grasses, seed heads,
berryfruits Variation of plant height & density helps to
distinguish various rooms
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Heritage Garden Butterfly Garden Wildflower Meadow Main
Entrance Shade Thickets & Rest Area WWetland Garden Sandy
Xeriscape
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*Timber Frame Entry Pavillion (American College of the Building
Arts) * Lattice walls = Airflow & Signage Placement *Bog Garden
& Fringe Trees Focal Points * Covered arbor passage will OPEN
OUT into the Garden space *4 outward facing benches suspended from
arbors
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* Place for Meeting and Meditation Sense of enclosure in meadow
Grassed covered amphitheater seating Concrete block seating not
uniform in height or shape * Wildflower species represented are
native to coastal SC & natually occur in a developing SC pine
forest Indian Grass = State grass of SC Long Leaf Pine and Turkey
Oak paired in wild * Excellent Summer & Fall colors, esp.
Copper, Purple, Silver Green * Habitat/forage for meadow nesting
birds * Hummingbird attractors, ie. Coral Bean * Elevated nesting
boxes
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Fall Interest * Wildlife Cover/Forage*Extension of Wildflower
Meadow
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*Main Entry thru 10x10 Timber Frame Shelter & Arbor * OPENs
OUT into small garden * Observation Bench * Native Flowers for
Pollinators beneficial to Heritage Garden plants *18 herringbone
brick surrounds Sipping Pool for butterflies
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* 4 Raised Beds of Mixed Herbs & Medicinals * 2 Upright
Teepee Trellis * Secret Garden Entry/Exit * Shaded seating for rest
and viewing * Residential Turf - Zoysia * Focal points: Circle with
Fountain or Sculpture, entry arbor, flowering Perennial border
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* Opportunities to educate about unusual edibles and/or
forgotten uses of native plants * Most plant choices(including
plants of bike path border) reflect historical residential or
agricultural gardens of recent and distant past * Represented:
Yellow False Indigo/Horse Fly Weed: Cultivated as source of blue
dye in col-onial era by Charlestonblue bloods/Attached to horse
harnesses to deter flys. Teas: Camelia sinensis, Wild Bergamot,
Hibiscus Vanilla Bean: Fragrant leaves used to flavor smoking
tobacco Passion Vine: Edible Flowers Red Bay: Leaves used as a
cooking spice, butterfly larval plant
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*Help to enclose garden interior * Create an understory for
native animal/bird habitat * Wide variety of native plant choices
esp. Green Mulches Doghobble, Cinnamon Fern, Alleghany Pachysandra
* Showcase under-used, colorful shade-loving natives Florida
azalea, Possumhaw, Parsley Hawthorne
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* Appealing space for Observation & Rest * Focal Point:
Fountain or sculpture * Strongly geometric ground plane +
interesting contrast with unstructured surrounding foliage + plant
with moss
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* Sitting Wall for observation * 2 Max Pond depth *Interesting
Plants demonstrate that standing water problems may be
opportunities *Habitat for : Wood Duck, Amphibians Hooded Pitcher
Plant * Thalia * Evergreen Blueberry * Salt Marsh Mallow
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*xeric plants represented are marsh border plants + salt &
drought tolerant + well able to survive in any sufficiently
neglectful situation * Transform the way people see shaggy, on the
way to the beach plants + Mass species for orderliness & effect
+ Set natives amongst and beside plants people are accustomed to `
seeing in domesticated gardens - in this case, Yaupon Holly and Wax
` ` Myrtle