Ticket House Area

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 The entrance gatehouse is the first building visitors stop.  They pay admissions here.  This area used to have daylilies.  The property gardens are full of daylilies!  I removed them and decided to go with a prairie themed area and planted an ornamental grass.  I started with lava rock, but was told to keep it all uniform and place the remaining solar rock there so that it was all the same after the renovation.  I agree.



I planted Shenendoah ornamental grass.  It spreads under ground and gets fine, reddish seeds plumes later in the summer.


This is the area after the grass and solar rock were applied.  Hopefully, it will look good as it grows.

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