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Haley Maddox
Spring Garden · Pittsburgh

Bird’s-eye view

The birds have been reviewing my garden for years. Audubon agreed. Tap a pin to see what grows in each part, or scroll down for a closer look.

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Each part of the garden

Front + side garden on the garden map
Native flowers

Front + side garden

Sunflowers, baptisia, coneflowers, bee balm, butterfly weed, goldenrod, and mountain mint.

Coming soon
Garden beds on the garden map
Annual garden

Garden beds

Three 20-foot beds along the house and two raised beds, planted square-foot style. Tomatoes and peppers this year.

Bed-by-bed map coming
Flowers along the paths on the garden map
Perennials

Flowers along the paths

Coneflowers, milkweed, coreopsis, mountain mint, white lavender, and baptisia, with chives edging the path.

My flower cards →
Front elevation Sheet B1 · NTS 4'-0" O.C.4'-0" RAIL · POST TO POST12"20'-0" RUN · 5 SECTIONS7'-0" ABOVE3'-0" IN6'-6"TOP RAILSTRING · 1 PLANT PER FOOT3
Garden infrastructure · Bed 2

The tomato trellis

Rebar posts driven 3 feet into the ground, tight to the bed edging, with one rail across the top. Each tomato, one per foot, winds up its own string.

POSTS
10 FT
TOP RAIL
6'-6"
SHEET
B1
Open the drawings →
Berries and fruit on the garden map
Perennials

Berries and fruit

Blackberries, red, yellow, and black raspberries, strawberries under the blackberries, and a small kiwi.

Coming soon
Where I raise caterpillars on the garden map
Monarchs

Where I raise caterpillars

Two rearing tents by the back stairs: one for caterpillars, one for chrysalises.

How I raise them →
Mushrooms on the garden map
In the paths

Mushrooms

Wine cap, shiitake, blue oyster, and maitake, along the back-fence path and in raised beds 6 and 7.

The path to growing dinner →
The arches on the garden map
Garden infrastructure

The arches

Cattle panel arches over the paths, and an arch with a half-arch in the corner.

Open the drawings →
Low-mow lawn on the garden map
Lawn out

Low-mow lawn

Little blue star, white mazus, dichondra, and white clover where the grass used to be.

Coming soon