NATIVE SHADE GARDEN

This enchanting little garden changes throughout the seasons. The life cycle of a shade garden has several important stages including flowering, developing seeds for birds or insects, and decomposing. Some of the plants rise from the soil and tilt their faces to the sun, but the majority of the plants in this garden are for shade or part shade. Shade gardens can help fill gaps under trees and shrubs and add color to wooded areas while creating visual texture throughout all four seasons.

All of the plants bring their specialty to this habitat, providing seed or shelter for the birds, adding color in their flowers for us to admire, or offering a tasty morsel from their foliage to a chipmunk. The few plants that prefer a bit of sun are the Stoke’s Aster, Tickseed, and Northern Sea Oats, as you can see by their location being closer to the front edge of Delchester Road.