Burlington Waterfront Park -- Flower Display Gardens

Central to this main park in Burlington, Vermont are several flower
beds begun in 1993,
containing annual (green labels) and perennial (black labels)
flowers.
The annual flowers are an official display garden of the All
America Selections program. Many specialty annuals are also on
display,
provided thanks to New Hampshire wholesale greenhouse growers DS
Cole and Pleasant View.
There are also many other activities there including boat
rides,
harbor, cafe, boathouse,
ECHO Lake
Champlain aquarium and science center and festivals. Located
on the waterfront, at the base of College Street, it is best seen in
summer,
and is open 24/7.
List of
annual flowers
2009 (pdf
file)
Previous year lists
The Photos:
photos 2009 (one week and one month after planting): front bed June
| front bed
July | front
bed and ECHO June | circle bed June
| circle bed
close June | circle bed July
| circle bed
close July | tier beds June
| tier beds
July | tier
beds from top July
photos 2008, planting (courtesy of www.stevemease.com):
boathouse beds
before | boathouse
beds after | boathouse
and crew | designing
circle | circle
laid out
photos July 2008: front
bed |
front bed artichoke | front bed ECHO behind
| circle bed |
back of circle bed
| purple
millet and salvia |
tier beds with
petunias
photos 2007: front
beds June
| front beds August
| circle
bed | tiered
beds
|
photos June 2006: front
beds
| close-up front | circle
bed | tiered beds
| top tiered bed
photos July 2005: front
bed | front bed close
| circle bed | circle
bed close | tiered
beds
photos July 2004: front
bed | front bed close
| circle bed | verbena
| new trials | sign
photos 2003: planting 5/28/03 front
bed | circle bed 5/03
| tier beds 5/03 | sign
one month later: front
bed | front bed, side
| front bed and circle
| circle bed, left |
circle
bed, right | tiers,
boathouse
| tiers, view of marina
| tiers, view of boat
| front bed, view of
ECHO
center
photos 2002: planting
6/02 | front bed 6/02
| front bed 8/02 | circle
bed 7/02 | circle
bed
8/02 | circle bed
close
| tier beds 7/02 | tier
beds 8/02 | tier
bed
overview
photos 7/01: front
| boardwalk | tiers
photos, planting 6/00: front
| circle | sign
Streaming Video (RealMedia):
New Annual Flowers--
(16 min., aired
4/09) new flowers from
2008 Burlington All-America Selections display garden
(Windows
media)
(blip.tv)
New Flowers
for 2008-- (16 min., aired
4/08) new flowers from
2007 Burlington All-America Selections display garden
(Google Video) (Windows
media)
New Flowers for
2007 -- (15 min., aired 5/07)
new flowers from 2006 Burlington All-America Selections display garden
(Google
video)
All-America
Flower Selections-- (15min, aired 5/06, 2005
Waterfront Park)
Burlington
Waterfront
Park-(6 min, aired 8/05)
New
Annual Flowers 2004 (Burlington Waterfront)
-- (16 min., aired 5/5/04 WCAX)
(click
for more details and videos)
These gardens are a cooperative effort of the Burlington Dept. of
Parks
and Recreation and the University of Vermont (Dr. Leonard Perry).
Appreciation is expressed to the Vermont
Assn. of Professional Horticulturists , New England Grows, and the
Burlington Garden Club for funding and support.
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