Horsetail against the etched glass
with shadow of the espaliered fruit trees

• Overview
• Arrival Courtyard
• Carpet Beds
• Demonstration Courtyard
• Entry Garden Walk
• Floral Hall Courtyard
• Garden Etiquette
• Garden Hall Courtyard
• Herb Garden
• Kitchen Garden
• Knot Garden
• Nature's Garden
• President's
  Choice Show Garden
• Special Exhibits
• Spiral Mound
• Strawbale Shed
• Teaching Garden
• Terrace Garden
• Westview
  Terrace
• Woodland Walk

The privacy of this courtyard is preserved by a wall of acid-etched glass, natural stone and espaliered fruit trees. Fragrant shrubs and white-flowering perennials make this elegant space ideally suited for evening enjoyment.

HIGHLIGHTS

• The Water Curtain can be enjoyed from both inside and outside the courtyard. Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale), a vigorous perennial rush, provides a vertical element that echoes the fall of water and softens the stone walls.
• The courtyard provides a protective microclimate
  for tender, rare and unusual trees.
  
• Surrounding the courtyard are conifers and
  crabapples (Malus spp.) pruned and trained into
  espaliered forms—an architectural silhouette
  and experimental green accent to the glass wall.
  
• Openings in the glass wall offer glimpses of the
  perennials and grasses in the Entry Garden Walk.