Annual Spring Garden Tour

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e house includes areas, border beds, den and a terraced a vine-covered l sculptures and a › Hat Chau, 5797 Taggart Drive, Hixson

This landscape artist has transformed his unusually configured property off Hixson Pike into an oasis filled with an amazing variety of plants. Pillar-shaped palms, feathery Japanese maples, dwarf conifers and boxwood topiaries create a backdrop for many varieties of hydrangeas, daylilies, ferns, seasonal perennials and colorful annuals.

› Alpine Crest Elementary School Outdoor Learning Center and Garden, 4700 Stagg Road, Red Bank

Alpine Crest’s gardens provide an opportunity for students to increase the quality, quantity and benefits of outdoor experiences. Areas for learning include a registered butterfly garden, raised beds with vegetables and herbs, a bird-feeding station and orchard, along with nearby picnic tables and a large pavilion for outdoor learning. In addition, the woodland classroom offers nature trails for exploration and observing wildlife, native plants and trees.

› Carl and Lynn Pendergrass, 4016 Norwood Ave., Red Bank

The Pendergrasses moved into their home in 1980. At that time, the garden was nonexistent. Now visitors will find black bamboo, hellebores in many colors, variegated holly, Harry Lauder’s walking stick tree, river birch and a dragon tree. In the garden are some of Carl’s copper creations, gazing balls, a variety of shade-loving perennials and › Cate Mueller, 1012 Hanover St., North Chattanooga

The mature landscaping surrounding Cate’s North Shore home was planted by her mother more than 50 years ago, still tended by her daughter. This shade garden features many varieties of daylilies, hostas and astilbe along with perennials and annuals. Stone-enclosed raised beds marked by strips of terra-cotta tiling, repurposed from the old roof, is of special interest.

› Girls Preparatory School Teaching Garden, 218 Island Ave., North Chattanooga

The GPS teaching garden was established more than five years ago to increase awareness of and provide for communities in Chattanooga living in food deserts. Students in the environmental science class learn to grow a variety of vegetables and herbs from seeds started in their greenhouse, then planted outside in raised beds. Current crops include tomatoes, peas, watermelon, basil, mint, beans, carrots, okra, zucchini and eggplant. In summer/fall 2018, GPS donated 417 pounds of food to the food bank and used about 50 pounds in GPS’s own kitchen.

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