Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia - Echinacea purpurea … · 2016-07-01 · Master Gardener Coordinators Judy Funderburk • Paul Nuhn • Alyssa Ford Morel Virginia Cooperative

300 South Kensington Street

Arlington, Virginia 22204

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and Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia.

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teaching garden and community gathering space, this demonstration garden welcomes visitors to experience its beauty, learn from its plantings and signage, and relax in the gazebo.

Maintained by Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia and our Glencarlyn neighbors, the garden hosts regular work days, a plant sale in May, AutumnFest in September, plus other learning opportunities such as Division and Propagation, Planting with Children, Pruning Shrub Roses and periodic garden tours.

Envisioned as an example of the botanical diversity and gardening choices possible in the Northern Virginia area, the Community Garden includes native and non-native peren-nials, shrubs and trees in a variety of settings with educational signage throughout.

The garden also includes examples of sustainable watering practices through the use of cisterns, timers and drip hoses.

By providing a habitat that supports wildlife, the garden has been qualified as a Certified Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation and certified as a Monarch Waystation by MonarchWatch.org.

Consult the map inside this brochure to enhance your visit. We hope you delight in and learn from our plants.

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Glencarlyn Library Community Garden Master Gardener Coordinators

Judy Funderburk • Paul Nuhn • Alyssa Ford Morel

Virginia Cooperative Extension programs and employment are open to all, regardless of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin,

political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected by law. An equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Issued infurtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating. Edwin J. Jones, Director, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg; M. Ray McKinnie, Interim Administrator, 1890 Extension

Program, Virginia State University, Petersburg.

PhotographsVirginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) by Naila Rahman

Butterfly bush (Buddleia) with bumblebee by Bob CappsPurple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) by Naila Rahman

Library garden gazebo by Mary FreeHearts-a-bustin' (Euonymus americanus) by Bob Capps

Monarch butterfly feeding on milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) by Dr. David Lewis

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➤Dry Sun Garden — Competing for moisture with

the green ash tree, these native shrubs and native and non-native perennials grow and bloom with less water: hearts-a-bustin’, itea, yucca, betony, black-eyed Susan, amsonia and tatarian aster.

Shade Garden — A variety of plants thrive in conditions ranging from light to dappled shade, bloom-ing from early spring to fall. In season, see hellebores, celandine poppy, Jacob’s ladder, Virginia bluebells, wild ginger, spiderwort, Jack-in-the-pulpit, wild geraniums, ferns, pink turtlehead, Japanese toad lily and anemone.

Native Plant Garden — Featured here are trees,

shrubs and perennials that occur naturally in our area, such as spicebush, red chokeberry, eastern dogwood, redbud, American beautyberry, Bowman's root, native azaleas, Indian pink, mayapples and bee balm.

Asian Garden — Along a meandering path, shrubs, perennials and grasses native to Asia but adapted to our Northern Virginia climate share space with carefully placed boulders and a memorial bench.

Memorial Garden — Centered around a red maple tree and memorial plaque given in memory of the son of an early Glencarlyn family, oakleaf hydrangea, winterberry holly, coreopsis, daylilies, catmint and other seasonal plants fill the area.

Exotics Garden — Huge banana plants, pineapple lily, elephant ears and other exotics make a splash each summer after the flush of early blooms from the daffodils, coreopsis and shrub roses that share this space.

Pollinator Garden — Bees, butterflies, wasps and caterpillars are nourished by the combination of nectar-producing and host plants growing here in the sunniest and warmest part of the Garden. Plants include ironweed, liatris, coreopsis, yarrow, butterfly weed and goldenrod.

Herb Gardens

Culinary — These edible plants are used in food preparation around the world, creating the unique flavors and tastes of each culture. Chew on a refreshing piece of chocolate mint, basil, fennel, lemon verbena, lovage or stevia.

Fragrance — “Scratch and sniff” the leaves

of plants in this garden for wonderful scents. Try calming lavender, cleansing anise hyssop, stimulating rosemary and rose-scented geranium.

Medicinal — Plants have been used in healing for thousands of years: feverfew for headache and arthritis, echinacea to stimulate the immune system, St. John's Wort to calm the nerves. Today, com-pounds from the Madagascar periwinkle treat leuke-mia. A derivative of foxglove supports the heart.

Literary — Authors and poets often use flowers to represent certain qualities of feeling. Each plant grown here has a literary reference, such as this quote from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

Children’s Garden — Carlin Hall Creative Preschool children dig with Master Gardeners to plant and maintain a garden that delights the senses. Soft lamb’s ear, fragrant catmint, colorful bee balm, bulbs and annuals grow just like the children.

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