Maria Hickey’s cottage garden at the front gate.
Hidden Hollow isn’t the only place where we’re getting a little help from our friends. If you’ve strolled through our grounds lately, chances are you’ve stopped to admire one of our landscape partners’ gardens. All over Heritage you’ll find these horticultural gems, all made possible through the generosity of local landscape companies.
C. L. Fornari and Hyannis Country Garden designed the Windmill garden.
Paul Miskovsky’s garden outside our Administration building.
Heritage is known for its beautiful gardens, so our community partners really gave it their all, producing some gorgeous and thoughtful interpretations of the spaces they were given.
Visitors enjoying a rest amid the tropical plantings at the Heald Center.
Many took the opportunity to experiment, playing with unusual plantings like the broad-leaved tropicals by Maffei Landscaping outside the Auto Museum or the high contrast of deep, velvety purples against spring green ferns to be found in Lewis Landscaping’s garden outside the Museum Store.
Shade loving plants that are also visually interesting given their deep coloring.
Others, like the Rose Man’s garden near the front gate and Michael P. Neath’s lovely spot near the History Museum, aim for a profusion of lush summer blooms that attract the bees and perfume the air.
This hybrid in the Rose Man’s garden is called ‘Oranges and Lemons.’
Catmint, delphinium and petunias attract a host of bees and hummingbirds, while the aquasphere fountain provides a unique focal point for this garden by Michael P. Neath.
The Police Gazette garden at the Art Museum has been reinvigorated with vibrant-colored, leafy container plantings, giving it the air of a placid oasis on even the hottest summer day.
Thanks to Mary LeBlanc Designs, Hoxie Landscaping and Brick Kiln Nursery for their beautiful reviving of the Police Gazette garden.
Several of our landscaping partners incorporated edible plantings alongside more traditional annuals and perennials. The baby pineapples outside the Auto Museum entrance are a delight for visitors to discover and the container plantings by Soares Flower Garden Nursery nearby incorporate the delicate ruffles of green leaf lettuce among purple elephant ears and sprays of tiny red-orange blossoms.
M. R. Soares Flower Garden Nursery created several gorgeous containers placed around the Auto Museum and Ticket Office area.
It’s not often you see baby pineapples growing on Cape Cod!
If you’d like to learn how to incorporate edible plants in your own flower beds, or if you just want to know how to grow a better tomato, stop by Heritage Wednesday, July 6th at 10:30am for a Mornings in the Garden talk with our own horticulturist, Jeanie Gillis. Click here to learn more. It’s free with admission or membership, so you can check out all our sponsors’ wonderful gardens while you’re here!
The gardens are all beautiful. Thank you for the opportunity. Mary LeBlanc Landscape Design
Posted by: Mary LeBlanc | 18 July 2011 at 12:01 PM