Water-Wise Garden and Certified Wildlife Habitat
(National Wildlife Federation) 

Come and explore Newberg's Water-Wise Demonstration Garden located on the N.E. corner of Highway 99W and N. Blaine Street.

Newberg Public Works and contributing partners have created the Water-Wise Demonstration Garden and Wildlife Habitat to give the public examples of water-wise sustainable choices for building, designing, and installing landscapes, irrigation systems, and hardscapes.

If you have questions regarding the garden, please contact the City of Newberg Public Works Maintenance Division at 503.537.1234

Project Overview:

A parking lot on highway 99W and Blaine Street has been transformed into a year-round waterwise demonstration garden and wildlife habitat. Newberg Public Works and contributing partners have created this area to give the public and private sectors examples of water-wise sustainable choices they can make when building, designing, and installing landscapes, irrigation systems, and hardscapes.

Not every type of native plant, storm-water system, irrigation controller, or water-wise idea is represented at this site. However it is a good example of utilizing several methods in a small space to conserve retain and create a wildlife habitat at the same time. Our hope is that every visitor can take away ideas from this project for their own use.

Project Facts:

  • 2500 square ft. of gardens
  • Living green-roof (eco-roof) kiosk
  • Four unique low-water irrigation zones: Drip, Rotors, Micro-Spray, No Irrigation
  • Solar synch ET Weather Irrigation Controller
  • Over 60 varieties of water-wise wildlife inviting trees, shrubs, and ground-covers
  • 500 gallon rainwater harvesting system on display
  • Turfstone/Ecoblocks parking strip demo area (i.e. storm-water retention)
  • Permeable paver paths and walkways
  • LED low voltage lighting
  • Rain chains
  • Multiple water-sources, feeders, and houses for wildlife
  • 100% pesticide free

Where can gardeners get more ideas for rain absorbing eco friendly or pollinator promoting gardens ?

See the links below to local resources for every project !

 

 

 

Newberg Water-Wise Demonstration Garden Plant List:

Trees: 

  •  Amelanchier - Serviceberry - Autumn Brilliance
  •  Cercis - Redbud
  •  Crataegus - Lavallei
  •  Magnolia-‘San Jose’

Vines:

  •  Jasminum - Stephanense - Pink Jasmine
  •  Jasmin Nudiflorum Yellow
  •  Lonicera - Honeysuckle - Blanche Sandman
  •  Lonicera - Honeysuckle - Tellmann’s
  • Pyracantha Graber

Shrubs:

  • Arbutus Unedo - Compacta  - Strawberry Tree
  • Cammellia - Sasanqua - Kanjiro (rose)
  • Caryopteris - Sunshine Blue
  • Ceanothus - El Dorado
  • Ceanothus - Popcorn
  • Ceanothus - Victoria
  • Cistus - Rockrose - Brilliancy
  • Cornus - Flaviramea - Yellowtwig Dogwood
  • Hebe - Autumn Glory
  • Helianthemum - Sunrose - Henfield Brilliant
  • Helianthemum - Wisley Primrose
  • Rosmarinus - Rosemary - Tuscan Blue
  • Grasses & Sedge:
  • Carex - Japanese Sedge - Aurea
  • Elymus Arenarius - Lyme Grass - Blue Dune
  • Helictotrichon - Blue Oat Grass
  • Panicum - Switch Grass - Heavy Metal
  • Stipa - Nasella - Mexican Feather Grass

Ground-Cover:  

  • Isotoma - Blue Star Creeper
  • Isotoma - White Star Creeper
  • Mazus Reptans
  • Mentha - Corsican Mint
  • Nepeta - Catmint
  • Sempervivum - Hen and Chicks

Succulents : Sedum

Perennials  (return each year)

  • Achillea - Yarrow
  • Agastache - Apricot Sprite
  • Chrysanthemum - Shasta Daisies
  • Coreopsis - Early Sunrise
  • Coreopsis - Moonbeam
  • Coreopsis - Threadleaf - Zagreb
  • Crocosmia - Emberglow - Jenny Bloom
  • Crocosmia - Lucifer
  • Crocosmia - Norwich Canary - Star of the East
  • Crocosmia - Plaisir
  •  Digitalis - Foxglove
  •  Echinacea - Coneflower
  • Eryngium - Sea Holly  
  • Eupatorium - Joe Pye Weed - Gateway
  • Euphorbia - Glacier Blue Spurge                                    
  • Gaillardia - Blanket Flower                                    
  •  Gaura - Pink Cloud                             
  •  Geum - Blazing Sunset
  •  Helenium - Ruby Dwarf
  •  Liriope - Lilyturf
  •  Lychnis Flos-Cuculi - Jenny Catchfly
  •  Monarda - Bee Balm
  •  Perovskia - Russian Sage
  •  Ratibida - Mexican Hat
  •  Rudbeckia - Gloriosa Daisy
  • Salvia - East Friesland
  • Salvia - Meadow Ballet Blend
  •  Verbascum - Lemon Sorbet Mullein
  •  Yucca - Bright Edge                         

Bulbs:  

  •   Acidanthera
  •   Freesia
  •  Gladiolus
  •  Ranunculus  
  •  Tigridia - Tiger Flower