Margaret Martin takes great pride in discussing her garden.
“We have a dwarf palmetto in the center, and yellow and blue
irises. The yellow ones are blooming now,” she says. “There’s
yellow canna lilies, variegated daisies, Shasta daisies and
black-eyed Susans. We have pink muhly grass and
Joe-pye weed. There’s a lot of different things in it.”
The flowers are meant to bloom at different
times, so there’s almost always something
beautiful to look at.
But the garden at John and Margaret’s
house off Masonboro Sound Road is
designed for more than just aesthetic
appeal. Its primary purpose is to
keep polluted stormwater out
of Hewletts Creek, which runs
along the backside of their
property.
The winding water garden at a
Seapath Estates, Wrightsville
Beach home was designed
to keep stormwater
runoff out of Motts
Channel.
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