![]() ![]() The Urban Edibles Garden features a blend of ornamental and edible plants selected to fit into small residential spaces and provide year-round interest. It can be the answer to the gardener who wants to grow fruit, but has a small garden or who appreciates this interesting method to grow fruit. This space saving technique for growing trees, takes about 4 years to properly shape an espaliered fruit tree and ongoing pruning to maintain it. Espalier roughly translated is french for ‘resting on the shoulder. A Japanese maple serves as the anchor for this year-round interest garden.Įspaliered Fruit Trees plantings of apple and pear trees are along the south edge of the Companion Planting area. With varying light conditions, this garden supports both shade-loving and sun-loving plants. A 4-foot high berm showcases plants at different levels and creates shade on the north side. The original topography of the area was relatively flat with full sun. The Companion Planting Garden showcases perennials in complementary combinations. Herbs with a variety of uses – culinary, medicinal, insect repellant, fragrant, pollinator attractant – can all be found here. The path spirals around narrow beds, enabling you to see ‘up close’ the mix of perennial and annual herbs. The Spiral Herb Garden contains over 40 herbs that grow well in the Northwest and can be used to enhance a landscape by sight, fragrance and, most importantly, add flavor and color to our favorite dishes, making them “sing”. This garden includes many of the plants Lewis and Clark came across during their voyage of discovery in the early 1800s and provides some interesting history for children and adults. The Native Plants Garden features a log-bordered trail, a dry creek bed, small conifers and many beautiful flowering plants that help illustrate to home gardeners uses of native plants in the landscape. This garden section is bordered by three olive trees donated by Red Ridge Farms in 2014. Included are apple trees on dwarf root stock, honeyberry, goumi berry, goji berry and guava. The Small Fruits Garden includes a collection of fruits that do well in our area and take a small amount of space. Throughout the growing season, produce from this garden is donated to the Oregon Food Bank. Plants and beds are chosen to be something that the home gardener can readily do. Vertical plantings include various trellis and cattle fence panels adding to the examples of gardening options. ![]() Trugs, a lasagna bed, keyhole beds, portable bags as well as a cloche covered bed add to the mix of vegetable gardening methods. The Raised Bed area features multiple ideas for constructing raised beds from a variety of materials including wood, plastic kits, and cement blocks. The busiest section of the garden is the Vegetable Garden with soil care, planting, pruning, harvesting and weeding. Look here for: Additional resources for waterwise landscaping. Use of gravel mulch is featured in this garden. Though the garden ultimately is low maintenance, it does require careful assessment of soil, drainage, light and moisture. This garden was developed to showcase plants that thrive in a Mediterranean style climate (and our Pacific NW climate) – mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. The Waterwise and Dry Garden will appeal to anyone who wants a low-maintenance and ecologically-sound, low-water use garden. Flowers are planted in extra large clumps to help attract the pollinators. Nesting stations for our native mason bees are located here and throughout the garden. The Pollinator Garden is designed with trees, shrubs and flowers that provide pollen and nectar sources from early spring through fall. Visit, Explore, Learn ! Let’s walk our way through the interesting garden themes that are featured in the Learning Garden at Jenkins Estate. Educational signage is located throughout the garden. The WCMGA Learning Garden offers hands-on opportunities to explore a wide range of sustainable gardening practices through Garden Themes. If you are interested in scheduling a tour, contact Sandy Japely at. Guided tours for groups are welcome with suggested times on Thursdays between 10:00am-1:00pm. Įducational signage throughout the garden.įree seminars open to the public throughout the year with our In the Garden Series. We invite the public to visit, explore and learn! Master Gardener workday: Thursday 10:00am to 1:00pm Jenkins Estate is at 8005 SW Grabhorn Rd, Beaverton, OR 97007 near the Gate House ![]()
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