Sarah’s library children’s garden in Maine

Today ’s exposure are from Sarah Wolpow in Brunswick , Maine . If you ’ll recall , we visited her garden back in February of 2012 ( refresh your memoryHERE ) . Today she ’s sharing another labor near and beloved to her nitty-gritty .

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She says,“Here are some range of a function from a child ’s garden I designed and establish for theTopsham Public Libraryin Topsham , Maine . They had an exist volute path that was place out by a male child scout several year earlier . They wanted a “ rainbow garden ” theme , with something going around the helix . The land site is very sunny , hot , and sandy , and they did n’t need a huge upkeep concern . I clean rugged plant life that would not need irrigation after the first year .

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“ I planned the discharge of the rainbow in four sections : red & pinkish , yellow & orange , green & white , and blue & purpleness . I used plants that would attract butterflies , shuttle & bees , and that had interesting textures . The garden was installed in 2011 . Most of the pictures are from 2012 , its second time of year .

Photo / Illustration : Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

“ We had a terrible problem with Asian garden beetles the first summer – they munched to the undercoat achillea , salvia , sunflower , heliopsis , echinacea , and centranthus . The second summer was much better -possibly because the garden did n’t get much water and the beetle chow need some stain wet to hatch . I have a little concern doing garden design / facility / redevelopment in Brunswick , Maine ( ThistleGaard Perennial Garden Design ) . ”

So prissy , Sarah ! I love how you followed the line of the spiral , and the plant all seem like stalwart classics – sure to thrive and please . I ’ll be taking note for my newly - sunny front pace that I ’ll be contrive this outflow . Thanks !

Pink & red , Fall 2012.Potentilla‘Monarch ’s Velvet ’ andSedum‘Autumn Joy ’ and potential ‘ Cloud Walker ’ . Photo / Illustration : Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

sensationalistic / orange looking toward blank / fleeceable and blue / purpleness . Achillea – probably ‘ Coronation Gold ’ and ‘ TerraCotta ’ – it ’s punishing to grow achillea in Maine because of plastered wintertime soil – this is the best smudge I ’ve retrieve for it . Panicum , Verbascum , andNepetain the back . Photo / Illustration : Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Coreposis‘Moonbeam’,Liatris‘Floristan White’,Stachys byzantina‘Big Ears’,Echinacea purpurea‘White Swan ’ . Photo / Illustration : Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Liatris‘Kobold’,Echinacea purpurea‘Magnus’,Echinops‘Vietch ’s Blue ’ ( darker blue ) and the straight speciesEchinops ritro . Photo / Illustration : Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

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During. Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Pink & red, Fall 2012.Potentilla‘Monarch’s Velvet’ andSedum‘Autumn Joy’ and possible ‘Cloud Walker’. Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Yellow/orange looking toward white/green and blue/purple.Achillea– probably ‘Coronation Gold’ and ‘TerraCotta’ – it’s hard to grow achillea in Maine because of wet winter soil – this is the best spot I’ve found for it.Panicum,Verbascum, andNepetain the back. Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Coreposis‘Moonbeam’,Liatris‘Floristan White’,Stachys byzantina‘Big Ears’,Echinacea purpurea‘White Swan’. Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sara Wolpow

Liatris‘Kobold’,Echinacea purpurea‘Magnus’,Echinops‘Vietch’s Blue’ (darker blue) and the straight speciesEchinops ritro. Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Sara Wolpow