Featured Garden of the Week: Schlessman Plaza and Fragrance Garden

Posted June 29, 2009 by Sarada Krishnan, Director of Horticulture

 

My favorite garden this week is the Schlessman Plaza and Fragrance Garden, which along with the El Pomar Waterway and the O’Fallon Perennial Walk constitutes the Romantic Gardens. This garden is currently at peak bloom and the newly painted stucco walls provide a bold background that helps the plants pop out in the beds. This garden was designed as a traditional pleasure garden providing a romantic setting for weddings and other events. Artful plantings provide beauty and fragrance as you stroll through the curving walkways, arches, gazebos and columns.
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