Here’s a better look at the plans that were approved by Landmark Commission. click for larger image
THE GARDENS AT TOWN CENTER POINT
General Layout:
Landscape bed is higher in middle and gently slopes at edges. Annual flowers dominate the edges for big color impact. Edge plantings are small and plant material gets gradually taller toward middle. Nice mix of evergreen trees and shrubs, & deciduous (lose leaves in winter) tree and shrub material & incorporates a lot of perennial (return year after year) flowers & ornamental grasses and annual (need to be replanted every year) flowers for year-round interest.
*area will be irrigated with sprinkler system
Overall Plan Incorporates:
213 Shrubs (125 are evergreen, 88 are deciduous)
17 Trees (11 are evergreen, 6 are deciduous)
103 Perennials
Various annual flowers and bulbs
Lawn Areas
Retaining Wall
Year – Round Interest:
Spring Bloomers:Â Â bulbs – (allium, daffodils, tulips), flowers (pansies, violas); trees – Japanese Tree Lilacs (late spring)
Summer Bloomers: shrubs – roses, viburnums, bush clover (late summer); perennials – daylilies; complementary annuals – wave petunias, geraniums, begonias
Fall Color: viburnum, daylilies will still be in bloom, dwarf fountain grass; annuals – mums, ornamental cabbage & kale
Winter Interest: evergreens – spruces, junipers, boxwood or yews; shrubs – winterberry has bright red berries that remain through winter; perennials – ornamental fountain grass
Other than the name sounding like an assisted living home. what do you think?
Council is blocking this plan at the moment