Theme Gardens

The Theme Gardens comprise 18 individual garden beds within the display gardens at HRAREC and the Enabling Garden and Compost Demonstration Area. Master Gardeners are involved with the plant research and selection, installation, division, pruning and weekly maintenance. The gardens are part of the Display Gardens that are open to the public seven days a week as a teaching and learning garden. Volunteers provide tours and educational information to the public who visit the garden, including school groups, Junior Master Gardener Summer Camp attendees, senior citizen groups, garden clubs, other Master Gardener units and attendees to the Fall Gardening Festival.
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The beds include a Bog/Water Garden, Pollinator Garden, Children's Garden, Daylily and Virginia Hybridizer Daylily Gardens, Edible Landscaping Garden, Enabling Garden, Entry Beds, Four Season Bulb Garden, Fragrance & Texture Garden, Groundcover Gazebo (West), Groundcover Gazebo (East), Groundcover Gazebo (North), Groundcover Gazebo (South), Native Plants Garden, Ornamental Grasses, Perennials Comparison, White Garden, Herb, and Winter Garden.