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Entrance Garden

GLEANINGS:

• Olive trees: center tree is 50 years old; left rear is 80 years old; balance are 20ish. Live olives on a lot of the trees (small and green so you hae to look)
• Lemon arbor left as you come in. Live lemon trees, but fruit still green. The yellow lemons you see were all tied on by hand  

From Sam Lemheney's February 3 presentation:

• Designed to feel more like a town square enclosed by buildings (see additional renderings, below)
•  Inspiration: the south of France
• The centerpiece is an olive tree grown in California, 25 feet tall x 25 feet wide (!!!)
• It will be thermal wrapped and placed on an open bed “wide load” truck. Permits required for its entire route, which will be a southern route so that it only faces the possibility of wintry weather for the last day or so.
• It will be lying down on the flatbed. The tree (and root ball?) weigh 12,000 pounds (6 tons) so it will require a special forklift to wrangle it.
• After the show it will be re-homed. Discussions with Longwood, the Philadelphia Zoo.
• Other plants will be rehomed.
• Other plants
  • Six more olive trees
  • Cypress
  • Cactus and succulents
  • 7 varieties of lavender
  • A huge rosemary
  • Sam will provide plant list
  • Some other plants may be re-homed to pop-up gardens

PLANT LIST (handout): http://www.southphillyblocks.org/flowershow2020/files/entrance_garden_plants_by_name.pdf

More renderings: