The Business Yard of the Month selected by the Garland County Master Gardeners Yard of the Month Committee goes to the property owned by BVMC Hot Springs LLC and managed by Kim Battle, property manager of Ball Ventures LLC.
This is the strip mall where Kroger and Hobby Lobby are located on Central Avenue. The landscape was designed by Chris Olsen of Botanic Gardens in Little Rock.
He choose purple heart, aka Tradescantia pallida, ground cover for the islands, magnolia trees under planted with red drift roses, and variegated liriope.
Tall Italian cypress were chosen for height and texture, with a mix of fountain grasses and Goldstrum rudbeckia add seasonal interest along with a variety of cone flowers. The plants are repeated throughout the parking lot.
Society on 10/15/2017