Entrance Garden Rehab

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The area near the entrance to the Hornady Family Arbor was under construction in 2014, so it was a mess.  With a volunteer, we removed most of the plants from this very large area. The yellow daylilies were left in a semi-circle and the pink daylilies were moved to the center front of the Rotunda beds.


After everything was removed and most planted to grass by maintenance, the garden was much smaller and manageable.  I planted hostas, goldenrod, asters, sedum and joe-pye weed.  They were growing in other areas of the property.  No money spent!  The area was mulched.



This is the first season in bloom for the new garden plan in 2015.




A different volunteer and I planted sedum from a different spot to this area.  Everything filled out after 4 years.  The center of the semi-circle has always been annual flowers.  The goal is to have that area be perennial, also.   Red tulips were planted in 2018 to provide some spring blooms for visitors.





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