Ornamental Flower Gardens

Each year, the Trust’s hor­ti­cul­ture team plants thou­sands of bulbs through­out the his­toric North Island for spec­tac­u­lar spring dis­plays. In the sum­mer, these gar­dens are burst­ing with col­or from 50+ native plants and their cul­ti­vars. The fall brings beau­ti­ful foliage from both trees and shrubs, as well the flow­ers of native asters, gold­en­rods, and warm sea­son grass­es. These gar­dens are designed to include a pletho­ra of native plants to sup­port local birds and pol­li­na­tors and are each a unique exam­ple of inten­tion­al­ly select­ing plants based on the speci­fici­ties of their ecosys­tem needs.

In Nolan Park and Colonels Row, we have sev­er­al shade gar­dens where you can see the kinds of plants that thrive in both dry and damp shady areas. Vis­it Liggett Ter­race to see what kind of plants can sur­vive in a hot, dry envi­ron­ment with min­i­mal watering.