Make It Pop!

Round-a-bout at East Front and Broad Street

In a previous blog, I related new Parks & Recreation staff, Eva Osteen and Steve Hollar were busy coming up with ideas and designs to energize and beautify the City and downtown area public spaces with new varieties of plants and seasonal selections.

In the round-a-bout at East Front and Broad Street, grass and brick since it was constructed by NCDOT a number of years ago, was recently landscaped with a 20 foot diameter area filled with mums, shrubs and other flowering fall plants and equipped with water access to allow for drip irrigation.

After looking at the newly landscaped area, the City Manager and Thurman Hardison, Director of Parks & Recreation decided it looked good , however it would look even better with a larger landscaped area and more plantings to minimum the amount of grass to make it pop!

So with that directive, over the next few days, Parks & Recreation staff will expand the diameter of the planting bed by 12 feet and fill it with more plant material including nandina, lantana, viola and pansies and in the center, yellow and red mums to create a  focal point and “make it pop”,  for MUMFEST.

The next phase of seasonal plantings will include additional pansies and unique winter annuals (bright, bold colors) and tulips.

We couldn’t be more pleased.

Susan Moffat Thomas

Executive Director