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A new garden behind City Hall in Bowie, Maryland provides excellent examples
of the many alternatives to traditional, high maintenance lawns. City
employees and community volunteers came together to learn about BayScapes
and design the garden using BayScapes concepts such as using native plants,
reducing fertilizer needs, providing habitat, xeriscaping (landscaping
for minimal water use) and integrated pest management (using pesticides
only as a last resort).
The design team created a variety of gardens including:
- a butterfy garden with columbine, bee balm, asters,
blazing star, wild blue phlox, sweet pepperbush, wild azalea and mountain
laurel
- a perennial garden with a wide variety of showy perennials
including coral bells, wild geranium, black-eyed Susan and purple coneflower
- an ornamental grass garden with a variety of native
ornamental grasses of different heights
- a rock garden planted with shade-loving plants such
as ferns, Jack-in-the-pulpit, false Solomon's seal and wild ginger
- a bog planted with water-loving plants such as ferns,
pitcher plants, cattails and sweet flag
- a wildflower meadow seeded with a mixture of wildflowers
for a diversity of color
The Bowie BayScapes Gardens are open to the public, free
of charge. Follow the sidewalk around to the north end of City Hall at
2614 Kenhill Drive, Bowie, Maryland, 20715. For more information about
the Bowie BayScapes Project call Lori Shirley, Planning
Department at (301) 262-6200
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This page features the planting, and the results 2 months
later. There are 14 photos, so allow enough time
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