• Overview
• Arrival Courtyard
• Carpet Beds
• Demonstration Courtyard
• Entry Garden Walk
• Floral Hall Courtyard
• Garden Etiquette
• Garden Hall Courtyard
• Herb Garden
• Kitchen Garden
• Knot Garden
• Nature's Garden
• President's
  Choice Show Garden
• Special Exhibits
• Spiral Mound
• Teaching Garden
• Terrace Garden
• Westview
  Terrace
• Woodland Walk

The spiral pathway winds its way to the viewing platform at the top of the Spiral Mound. Situated three metres above the ground, the mound is a focal point and provides a 360-degree perspective of the gardens. The grasses that grow on the mound are a blend of hard fescue, chewings fescue and strong creeping red fescue/blue fescue. They stabilize the soil and require only an annual spring mowing to remove dead grass.

HIGHLIGHTS

Spiral Mound

• The grasses that grow on the mound were established through “terraseeding”, a method of blowing a mixture of seeds and soil onto the surface of the mound. The perennial grasses are a blend of hard fescue, chewings fescue and strong creeping red fescue/blue fescue (all Festuca spp.). They stabilize the soil and require only an annual spring mowing to remove dead grass.
• The mound demonstrates sustainable planting options for a steep, well-drained slope in difficult or marginal growing conditions.

The Viewing Platform

• This platform provides the best 360-degree overview of the gardens.
• The elevated view of the patterns in the knot garden are of particular note.