Maintenance Path Exhibits

These exhibits are listed in the order found in the Garden.

Establishing a regular maintenance schedule is critical to keep your landscape healthy and eliminate marathon outdoor workdays. Stay on top of garden chores, and you’ll have more leisure time to take a walk, catch a movie or play a game of chess.

Backyard Makeover

It takes a lot of irrigation to keep a typical grassy landscape green through a hot, dry summer along the Wasatch Front. A waterwise redesign will look nicer, serve you better and drastically reduce your water use.

Rain Gardening

You can replicate how nature handles runoff from seasonal storms by building biofilters and bioswales into your landscape which clean the water, while also slowing it down, giving it time to soak into the soil.

Compost Salad

Learn how easy it is to make your own compost by layering yard and kitchen waste to create a dark, damp and rich, natural soil amendment.

Outsmart Invaders

Chemicals can be useful in difficult situations if applied properly. Fortunately, there are also organic alternatives that can be equally effective without harmful side effects.

Moving Day

What to do with a healthy, handsome plant that’s just in the wrong place? Move it, that’s what. Learn how to transplant most small to medium shrubs and young trees without professional assistance.

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Gardening can be a joy, but not when maintenance chores bloom out of control. On the maintenance path, you’ll learn how to apply labor-saving secrets to your landscape.

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