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Kiawah Island Conservancy. Night Heron Park Demonstration Garden. Project Goals. KIAWAH CONSERVANCY - Demonstration Garden. Design Goals. ENGAGE. * classically structured garden. * strong vertical & horizontal axis . * focal points – sculpture & water features. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Kiawah Island Conservancy
Kiawah Island ConservancyNight Heron ParkDemonstration Garden
Project GoalsKIAWAH CONSERVANCY - Demonstration Garden
Design GoalsENGAGE* strong vertical & horizontal axis * focal points sculpture & water features* compelling entry points * sense of enclosure, privacy, retreat* appealing native species combinations* classically structured garden
Design Goals* native species does not mean an informal, out of control garden* gathering spaces for outdoor classes* pavillions for informational signageEDUCATE* native species selection : which, where & why (provide on-line resources)
Design Goals* 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, paversPARTICIPATEGarden Layout - Hardscape
*Hardscape Elements/Focal Points Support Flow of the Garden * Give Sense of Distinct Rooms Encourage Stopping to Experience Garden
Garden Layout Plant Selection
95% Native Plant Selections All flowers specified are native and perennialYear round interest: Spring & Summer blooming perennial flowers & shrubs Deciduous Trees with reliable Fall color Fall & Winter interest from grasses, seed heads, berryfruitsVariation of plant height & density helps to distinguish various rooms
Garden LayoutHeritage GardenButterfly Garden Wildflower MeadowMainEntranceShade Thickets & Rest AreaWWetland GardenSandy Xeriscape
Main Entrance
Main Entrance
*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
Wildflower Meadow & Meditation Circle
Wildflower Meadow & Meditation Circle
Wildflower Meadow* Place for Meeting and MeditationSense of enclosure in meadowGrassed covered amphitheater seatingConcrete 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 SCLong 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
13Roadside Border
Fall Interest * Wildlife Cover/Forage*Extension of Wildflower Meadow
Roadside Border
Butterfly GardenButterfly Garden
*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
Butterfly Milkweed larval plant for endangered swallowtail monarch butterfly17Heritage Garden
Heritage Garden
Heritage Garden* 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
Heritage Garden* 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, HibiscusVanilla Bean: Fragrant leaves used to flavor smoking tobaccoPassion Vine: Edible FlowersRed Bay: Leaves used as a cooking spice, butterfly larval plant
Shade Thickets
Shade Thickets*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 nativesFlorida azalea, Possumhaw, Parsley Hawthorne
Shaded Rest Area
Shade Rest Area * Appealing space for Observation & Rest
* Focal Point: Fountain or sculpture
* Strongly geometric ground plane+ interesting contrast with unstructured surrounding foliage+ plant with moss
Pond &Wetland Garden
Pond & Wetland Garden
* 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 MallowSandy Xeriscape Garden
Sandy Xeriscape Garden*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
Sandy Xeriscape Garden
Sea Oxeye DaisySandhill RosemarySea RosemarySea PurslaneBright Edge Yucca
Horticulturist + Landscape Design