Master Gardener Demonstration Garden Tour
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Collapse ▲The second in a series of four demonstration garden tours offered by the Transylvania County Master Gardeners will take place on Tuesday, June 24th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at the Transylvania County Library rain gardens, located at 212 S. Gaston St. Brevard.
Master Gardener Volunteers will be on hand at the rain gardens to provide guided tours and answer your gardening and plant-related questions.
The rain gardens at the library were constructed by Transylvania County Cooperative Extension when the library was built and are now maintained by the Extension Master Gardeners.
The main purpose of rain gardens is to help control stormwater runoff, which in turn helps keep pollutants out of our streams, rivers, and lakes.
The Transylvania County Library rain garden was built to handle the runoff from one inch of rain falling on 41,000 square feet of impervious surfaces. As constructed, the rain gardens can handle about 98 percent of the 25,000 gallons of water that one inch of rain produces. That’s adequate for most of the rainy days we face here in western North Carolina.
There are two gardens in the parking area. The first, Rain Garden 1, separates the parking area by the building entrance from the main lot. The much larger Rain Garden 2 is located between the parking lot and the sidewalk on S. Gaston Street.
Rain Garden 1 utilizes mostly native shrubs and flowering plants that can thrive in the heat between two large asphalt areas and withstand the foot traffic of people who cut through the garden beds. The soil in the first garden drains well, so the plants are those that thrive throughout the county – they are not all wetland plants. The primary shrubs used in this garden are fothergilla, oakleaf hydrangea, ninebark, arrowwood viburnum, summer sweet, winterberry, and Virginia sweet spire. Japanese hollies and ornamental cherry trees are featured at the ends of the garden, and in the middle is a Carolina silverbell tree. The primary flowering plants scattered throughout the garden are blue flag iris and common rush.
Rain Garden 2 is larger and wetter as it drains a much bigger area, less walked upon, cooler and has shady as well as sunny areas. As a result, this garden includes a wider diversity of plants, which are set into a less formal design. Flowers in the garden include phlox, liatris, false indigo, goldenrod, celandine poppies, and black-eyed Susan. Among the wide variety of shrubs are St. John’s wort, red twig dogwood, chokeberry, witch hazel, hydrangeas, and service berry. The trees include a paw paw, American plum, and cherry.
These lists of flowers, shrubs, and trees are not exhaustive; many other native plants have been planted in this garden. Information on plants for rain gardens and wet sites will be available at the event.
The Master Gardeners will host two more demonstration garden tours this summer. A tour of the Master Gardener Gardens at Silvermont Park will be held on Thursday, July 10th, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. and includes the vegetable, herb, pollinator, woodland, and stone gardens.
The final tour will take place at the Pollinator Gardens at the Pisgah Forest Ranger Station on Monday, July 21st, 9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
All tours are free and open to the public.
About Transylvania County Master Gardener Volunteers: The Transylvania County Master Gardener Volunteers are dedicated to assisting the community with horticultural needs, providing research-based information, and promoting environmentally sound gardening practices through education and outreach.
Contact:
Transylvania County Cooperative Extension
828.8984.3109