Visiting Gardens

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Visiting Gardens

• Objective Expose students to professional garden
  designs as a reference and source of inspiration.

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University of Illinois Arboretum

• Established in 1998
• Purpose
• To serve as a teaching laboratory
• Conserve _______________________
• Conduct research on horticultural plants
• Public demonstration
• Components
• Tree plantings
• Japan Cultural House
• Hartley Trial Garden
• Master Gardener IDEA Demonstration Garden

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Japan House and Tree Plantings

• Japan House
• Includes a formal Japanese garden
• Rock and sand sculpture
• Fish ponds
• Bridges
• _______________________ trees
• A traditional ceremonial structure
• Hold tea ceremonies
• Contain traditional Japanese decor and
  architecture
• Tree Plantings
• Permanent elements of the arboretum
• Nut grove
• Ornamental tree and hedge rows

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Hartley Trial Garden

• Used to demonstrate and evaluate annual flowers
• Part of the All-American Trials
• Nation-wide trial of annual cultivars to
  determine a best overall performance for every
  climate
• Not necessarily the best performing cultivars for
  your area, but best in terms of every
  represented climate in the U.S.
• A formalized garden design
• Symmetry
• Paths
• Focal point and perspective
• Arbors
• Benches

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Master Gardener IDEA Demonstration Garden

• Who are Master Gardeners?
• Volunteers with the U of I Extension who undergo
  _________________________ in horticulture
  formally certified as Master Gardeners
• Answer _________________________questions
• Conduct volunteer activities in the community,
  including summer demonstrations at the IDEA Garden

Questions on home gardens? Ask the Master
Gardeners.
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Formal Garden Design

• 4-Squares Design
• Based on the intersection of two major paths
  within a _______________________ enclosed area
• 4 equal areas allow crop rotation
• Enclosed by a fence, wall, or shrubs
• Traditional design for kitchen gardens dating
  back to middle ages
• IDEA Garden is a modification on the 4-Squares
  design
• Not a true kitchen garden
• Plantings outside ____________________________
  not common

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Important Features

• Fence or walls
• Define boundaries of the garden
• Protection against animals and wind
• Paths
• Determine a reference point for other garden
  features
• Covered with wood chips or bricks to prevent
  weeds and allow access
• Raised beds
• Water source
• Focal point -usually a structure in the center
• ________________________ - show
• detailed information
• Inter-planting and _________________________
  planting