Native Garden at Constitution Springs in Grant Park, Fall 2025

Design by Michelle Smith (Woods Keeper)

& Emily Allred (Piedmont Growing)

The Structure:

An Artful Headstart to Native Restoration! Due to the proximity of the planting area to the walking path, we have elected to take a more organized and aesthetically pleasing approach to boost curb appeal.

• South, North, and Northwest approach designs to attract the eye and invite further exploration

• An attractive, organic landscape design that repeats in 30-foot increments, to draw the eye & body along the path

• Blooms 10/12 months of the year and incorporates semi and evergreen foliage

Nature will take its course and various plants will spread, fill in, and ebb in flow in natural ways that build on and alter the original design.

The Plants:

Conserving and Preserving Biodiversity!

• 35 species of native plants, shrubs, and trees

  • Plus another 12 on-site that will be incorporated

• Includes keystone species

  • Plants favored by foraging generalist and specialist bees, wasps, butterflies and moths, hummingbirds, goldfinches and other songbirds, katydids, etc.

  • Plants that feed host butterfly and moth caterpillars, solitary bees, etc.

  • Plants physically host nesting birds and soliatry bees, butterfly and moth chrysalises, etc.

  • Includes 31 species of ethnobotanical significance