Blog #6- Getting Everything Ready

    The next step of our project was to make a detailed list and finalize the layout and plants of our garden. Including how much coping stone, pathway stone, and plants we need. With this, Dani and I decided to visit Heidi again and we touched up all of our plans. On Friday, May 28,  Mr. Biggar and I went to Highland Garden Center to purchase 67 square feet of “Desert Buff” stone for our garden pathway. With this now checked off, we still need to figure out how we’re going to buy sandstone for the pool coping, and when it’s going to be installed. 

When we met with Heidi, we came to the fab lab to show her our final plans. She helped us draw plants correctly on an architectural plan. Our plants were originally rectangular, and Heidi helped us change them to be circular. While Heidi and I color-coded our plants, Dani was looking in catalogs and talking on the phone trying to find the perfect statue for our garden. Unfortunately, we were unable to purchase our Athena statue and pedestal, but we continue to look for one that will perfectly complement the arch. 

For our plants, Dani and I have spent hours researching the cost and where to find our plants. For some of our plants, it is towards the end of the season, and will be hard to find them. But, we were able to find all of our plants at Petiti’s, Tricker’s, and Chagrin Valley Nurseries. The list of our finalized plants include: 

Buxus 'Green Mountain' (Boxwood)

Penstemon Hybrid 'Midnight Masquerade' (Beardtongue) 

Aquilegia Canadensis 'Little Lanterns' (Wild Columbine) 

Morning Glory- Hybrid (Pink Water Lily)

Helleborus Orientalis 'Pink Frost' (Lenton Rose) 

Weigela Florida 'Alexandra' (Wine and Roses)

Charlene Strawn (Hardy Yellow Water Lily) 

Deutzia Gracilis 'Nikko' (Dwarf Nikko Deutzia)

Dani and I are very excited to finally see our project come together!