The Beverly Blue Teaching Garden
Developed for demonstration, The Beverly Blue Teaching Garden highlights landscape architecture for study and contemplation. It contrasts round spaces on the Garden’s east side with more linear designs on the west. Circular patterns frame the brick seating area frequently used for open-air classrooms and weddings. The rectangular lines of the Garden’s other side bring balance to the space and highlight its differences.
The stamped-stone pathway, sheet waterfalls and a vine-covered arbor make this Garden a tranquil retreat. Featuring diverse plant material, you can find Daylilies, Iris varieties, Hydrangeas and other flowering trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals on display. The space seeks to broaden landscape architecture conversations and provide inspiration for any outdoor palette. Sit down and look around to find what Beverly Blue has to teach you.
Dedicated: 1996
Garden Sprite, by L’Deane Trueblood, is a little girl reading in the garden.
Immortality II, by Norma Lewis, is an abstract mother and child holding hands.
- The Seven-Son Flower, located near the Immortality II sculpture, is the Garden’s most uncommon variety. A fast-growing tree that blooms a long time, smells wonderful and grows easily, the jasmine-scented flowers arrive in late summer. This mid-sized tree attracts butterflies, bees and hummingbirds to its flowers.
- Other trees of note in this garden include the Virginia Sweetspire, Weeping Crabapple Chinese Pistache, Black Gum and Crabapples. Plants in this Garden are from the All-America Selections of annual and perennial plants of the current year.
- Look for spring and summer flowering shrubs like the Lotus Moon Pearl Bush, Lilac, Viburnum and Hydrangea.
- A beautiful Silver Lace Vine covers the wood arbor on the circular side of the Beverly Blue Demonstration Garden.
The Beverly Blue Teaching Garden Location
