GARDEN & HERB SOCIETY
The Garden & Herb Society has a long history of offering Beech Mountain Club members a way of connecting by sharing their appreciation for the flora of Beech Mountain. Starting in 2003 as the Herb Society by seventeen members wanting to learn about herbs, the society today provides a rich resource for members interested in knowing more about the plants on the mountain.
Members of the Society, ranging from experienced to novice gardeners, come together for twice monthly meetings throughout the summer to share their appreciation of plants and to learn. Perks include: tips from professional gardeners on plant choices; discounted plant purchase; first dibs on Home and Garden tickets and fun trips to gardens in surrounding communities.
THE BUTTERFLY GARDEN
The Butterfly Garden is the priority project of the Society. This welcoming garden, located on Lakeledge Road at the Sport Campus, offers a small sanctuary for our birds, our bees, and butterflies and our fellow friends. It provides a reference garden for all residents of Beech Mountain, by demonstrating which plants can grow and flourish on the mountain. With plantings of shrubs, herbs, and perennials & offering a whimsical children’s area, the garden is a delight to all who enter.
GARDEN & HOME TOUR
The annual Garden and Home Tour is a popular event for Beech Mountain Club members featuring interesting & outstanding homes and gardens in our community each year. With morning and afternoon tours, it offers a time for participants to socialize as they tour the locations and when both groups meet for lunch at the Club. The home tour never fails to impress. If you are not a Garden & herb Society member, remember to get your tickets early!
Beech Mountain Garden & Herb Society 2024 Calendar - Coming Soon!
RORY ELLINGTON’S LIST OF DEER PROOF PLANTS FOR BEECH MOUNTAIN
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In addition to this list of shrubs & perennials, Rory Ellington, Director of Greens, Grounds, and Properties for the Beech Mountain Club, suggests purchasing larger plants for better winter survival, adding soil amendments such as Black Cow or potting soil mixes and reminds us that more sun equals more color
SHRUBS
- Gold Thread Cypress – found on all campuses
- Crimson Barberry – all campuses
- Lemon Thread Cypress – all campuses
- Rosy Glow Barberry – all campuses
- Spirea – some winter kill - Golf Shop
- Gold star juniper – all campuses
- Chinese Juniper – all campuses
- Evergreen Juniper – all campuses
- Sargent Juniper – all campuses
- Junicus effusus f. ‘Corkscrew Rush’ – 13th tee
- Itea “Henry Garnet – Golf Shop
- Pieris Japonica – spring bloom – Clubhouse
- Pica Pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’ – Clubhouse, pool, pickleball
PERENNIALS
- Potentilla – yellow & white summer blooms– Clubhouse, golf course
- Russian sage – flowers late July – golf course
- Agastache “Tango” – yellow & orange summer blooms – Clubhouse, golf, tennis – not a perennial on Beech
- Catmint “Walker’s Glow” – blue flower all summer – Clubhouse, tennis, fitness, golf
- Panicum Viratum “Heavy Metal” blue switch grass – Clubhouse, 13th tee
- Geranium ‘Rozanne’ Cranesbill – purple all summer blooms – Clubhouse, Golf Shop
- Pennisetum ‘Fountain Grass’ – red grass blades – treat as an annual