Woodland Nook Native Garden Project

Woodland Nook Native Garden Project The Woodland Nook is a space designed to create change. It is a GS Gold Award project to build a nat

The planting of a Native Garden at the Woodland Nook is part of my Girl Scout Gold Award project. As suburbian landscapes begin to dominate many regions, many local species from producers to tertiary consumers are threatened. By bringing native gardens into our yards, we can give these species ecosystems in which to thrive. This page is to function as a journal of my project and a guide to anyone interested in planting their own native garden.

06/29/2016

Here is the garden as of today. Thank you to everyone that helped make this a reality!

04/25/2016

Its Spring time! One great place to order native plants is Audubon Greenwich. You can find the order form here!

12/28/2015

The total is in! 905 plants have thus far been planted! A big thank you again to everyone who made it possible!!

Thank you to Thomas, Emily, and Agustina!!!!! Thanks to everyone's efforts we have now completed most of the middle sect...
06/26/2015

Thank you to Thomas, Emily, and Agustina!!!!! Thanks to everyone's efforts we have now completed most of the middle section. Go team!!

Thank you to Chad, Sarah, and Agustina for helping make my project possible. Progress!!!!
06/25/2015

Thank you to Chad, Sarah, and Agustina for helping make my project possible. Progress!!!!

Let the green begin. Thank you so much to Agustina, Sarah, Alex, Dominick, Lauryn, Andrea, and Kevin. My project would b...
06/20/2015

Let the green begin. Thank you so much to Agustina, Sarah, Alex, Dominick, Lauryn, Andrea, and Kevin. My project would be impossible without your dedicated assistance. It means the world to me.

Plantings begun; thanks Claudia
06/18/2015

Plantings begun; thanks Claudia

04/26/2015

The sun is shining, and its almost May! Now it is the time we begin considering what to plant in our garden. I will begin planting in May using this list of native species. Great places to purchase native species online include New Moon Nursery and Earth Tones Nursery. Please feel free to contact me with questions about where each of these species can be found!

Latin Name-Common Name

Shrubs
Gaylusaccia baccata-Black Huckleberry
Kalmia latifolia-Mountain Laurel
Photinia melanocarpa/ Aronia melanocarpa-Black Chokeberry
Rhododendron maximum-Rosebay Rhododendron
Rhododendron periclymenoides-Pinxsterbloom Azalea
Vaccinium angustifolium-Lowbush Blueberry
Vaiburnum acerifolim-Mapleleaf Viburnum

Graminoids
Eragrostis spectabilis-Purple Lovegrass
Chasmanthium latifolium-Northern Sea Oats
Hystrix patula-Bottlebrush Grass
Sporobolus heterolepis-Prairie Dropseed

Herbacious for sunniest areas
Asclepias tuberosa-Butterflyweed
Anaphalis margariacea-Pearly eaverlasting
Baptisia tinctoria-Yellow Wild Indigo
Helianthus divaricatus-Woodland Sunflower
Phlox paniculata-Garden Phlox
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium-Narrow-leaved Mountain-mint
Solidago speciosa-Showy Goldenrod

Herbacious for Sunnier areas
Desmodium Canadense-Showy Tick-trefoil
Lilium philadelphicum-Wood Lily
Symphiotrichum patens-Spreading Aster

Herbacious for partial shade
Asclepias exaltata-Poke Milkweed
Geranium maculatum-Wild Geranium
Aquilegia Canadensis-Columbine
Sanguinaria Canadensis-Bloodroot
Symphiotrichum lateriflorus-Calico Aster

Ferns for Partial Shade/ Shade
Dryopteris marginalis-Wood Fern
Polystichum acrosticoides-Christmas Fern

Herbacious for Partial Shade/ Shade
Actaea alba-White Doll
Actaea racemosa-Fairy Candles
Maianthemum canadense-Canada Mayflower
Mitchella repens-Partridgeberry
Polygonatum biflorum-Solomon
Smilacina racemosa-False Solomon
Solidago cordifolium-Blue-Stemmed Goldenrod
Symphiotrichum cordifolium-Blue Wood Aster
Thalictrum diocium-Early Meadowrue
Viola fimbriatula-Northern Downly Violet

04/26/2015

Planting will begin in early May! So excited to get this project fully underway! If you would like to HELP PLANT please contact me. I will be planting over 1,200 plugs in around a month time span! We don't know exactly when plants will arrive. If you are interested you will be put on a list, and I will contact you when volunteers are necessary. When you are available, you are in for a host of native fun. I will greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide!

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02/18/2015

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Greenwich, CT
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