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E.W. Fox Demonstration Garden
Project Description
The E.W. Fox Demonstration Garden is intended to demonstrate water-conserving, lower maintenance landscapes displaying drought tolerant and native species appropriate for planting in and around the City of Hailey. The garden will have educational value and aesthetic appeal. It will provide habitat for “Watchable Wildlife” and particularly for bird species by including diverse tree, shrub and perennial species. The garden will restore a weedy city lot along a heavily traveled local roadway while demonstrating sustainable landscaping techniques, plant materials and water conservation methods appropriate for Hailey home and business environments. The 1/3 acre garden is planned to include botanical markers, “how-to” gardening interpretive signs, an information kiosk, solar power for the drip irrigation system, benches, a dry streambed and three pathways made from distinct reclaimed materials that meet and intertwine in a spiral pattern at the garden’s center, forming a central informal outdoor classroom area. Not only does the spiral signify and demonstrate the importance of recycling, it symbolizes the evolution of the universe, the never-ending cycles of growth, change and rebirth, as well as the cycles of the seasons.
Project Documents
Project Contacts
- Tom Hellen
Hailey Public Works Director
tom.hellen@haileycityhall.org
- Becki Keefer
Parks Project Coordinator
b.keefer@cox.net