The Walnut Grove
Original plan for top of garden
Original plan for bottom of garden
Original plan for bottom of garden
This woodland transformation of the hog pen included species meant to recreate a small woodland.
- Itea virginica
- Ilex glabra
- Hydrangea quercifolia
- Tiarella
- Cornus florida
- Native azalea
- Clethra
- Calycanthus
- Alnus
- Ceonothus
- Ilex decidua
- Illicium
- Prunus (Cherry Laurel)
- Chamaecyparis thyoides
- Agarista populafolia (leuchothoe)
Not all proved to be good choices, such as the cherry laurel which has become invasive.
Original plan for bottom of garden
Original plan for bottom of garden
Original plan for bottom of garden
The area became known as the Walnut Grove due to the overstory of mature trees and the name seemed more attractive than the "old hog pen".
At the lower end of the Grove, an alternate leaf dogwood Cornus alternifolia, shared space with a group of Itea virginica.
A large Chionanthus virginicus, or Grancy Greybeard, and its neighbor - a Chamaecyparis thyoides, failed to thrive.