TRINIDAD MUSEUM GARDEN

A LIVING MUSEUM

The Trinidad Museum Garden is a project of the TMS Landscape Committee under the supervision of our landscape designer, Nancy Rehg. Many volunteers, contributors, and sister organizations have helped us achieve a great beginning. The garden is a living component of the museum, with an educational, historical, and scientific mission. The garden has two major emphases.

The first is a native plant garden which is the larger and at present more dramatic of our gardening achievements. It consists of the upper garden north and west of the Sangster-Underwood house with a swale, berms, and a variety of native plants from the Trinidad area. The banks and lower garden are also native plants some of which were already growing there. These Trinidad natives will require less care, water, and soil amendments than non-native plants. Already our native plants are bringing in birds, frogs, insects, butterflies, and other native creatures while offering great beauty. Some of the plants are also used by Native Americans and relate to local Yurok traditions. An additional benefit of the native plant garden is that it demonstrates how an environmentally friendly garden can be created on a land fill site.

The second historical garden will be sited in front of the Sangster-Underwood house. This garden will feature ornamentals of the early 1900s and some of the favorite plants of Martha Underwood. It will provide an attractive approach to the museum and give a historical sense of early gardens in Trinidad.

We are very thankful for the great support of the membership, community, and wonderful volunteers. Enjoy a few photos of the native plant garden and a plant list prepared by Jim & Virginia Waters.

(Ron Johnson on behalf of the Landscape Committee and our volunteers)

TRINIDAD PRIMROSE 7-28-08

TRINIDAD MUSEUM GARDEN SWALE 1-11-09 & 5-1-08

TRINIDAD BROWNIE TROOP PLANTING STRAWBERRIES 5-1-08

BROWNIES PLANTING & WATERING BLUE EYED GRASS 4-1-09

STRAWBERRY BERM PLANTED BY TRINIDAD BROWNIES 5-11-09

BLUE LUPIN 6-12-08

BLUE LUPIN 6-24-08

TRITELEIA 6-12-08

 

JUNCUS (EDGE OF SWALE) 9-26-08

CALIFORNIA POPPY 7-28-08

SEASIDE DAISY 6-24-08 and 7-31-08

WESTERN ASTER 6-24-08

YARROW 6-24-08 YARROW AND BLUE LUPIN 7-31-09

YARROW 1-19-09 BLUE EYED GRASS 7-31-09

COASTAL GOLDENROD 9-7-08

BEARBERRY 12-10-08 and PEARLY EVERLASTING 9-11-08

RED COLUMBINE 9-7-08

GRINDELIA 9-11-08

BLEEDING HEARTS 5-11-09

PACIFIC BLEEDING HEART 9-7-08

RED FLOWERING CURRANT 2-18-09

COLTSFOOT 4-01-09

DOUGLAS IRIS 5-11-09

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Plants in Trinidad Museum Garden - April 2009

Ferns and Horsetails

Common Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Lady Fern

Athyrium felix-femina

Sword Fern

Polystichum munitum

Trees-Conifers

Pinaceae

pine family

Shore Pine

Pinus contorta ssp. contorta

Trees-Broadleaved

Aceraceae

maple Family

Vine Maple

Acer circinatum

Betulaceae

birch family

Red Alder

Alnus rubra

Caprifoliaceae

honeysuckle family

Red Elderberry

Sambucus racemosa

Garryaceae

silk-tassel family

Silk Tassel

Garrya elliptica

Myricaceae

myrtle family

Wax Myrtle

Myrica californica

Rhamnaceae

buckthorn family

California Lilac

Ceanothus thrysiflorus

Cascara

Rhamnus purshiana

Rosaceae

rose family

Oregon Crabapple

Malus fusca

Salicaceae

willow family

Willows

Salix spp.

Shrubs

Asteraceae

sunflower family, composites

Coyote brush

Baccharis pilularis

Caprifoliaceae

honeysuckle family

Twinberry

Lonicera involucrata

Ericaceae

heather family

Bearberry

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

Black Huckleberry

Vaccinium ovatum

Salal

Gaultheria shallon

Western azalea

Rhododendron occidentale

Grossulariaceae

gooseberry family

Canyon gooseberry

Ribes menziesii

Red-flowering currant

Ribes sanguineum

Rosaceae

rose family

Ninebark

Physocarpus capitatus

Nootka rose

Rosa nutkana

Ocean Spray

Holodiscus discolor

Osoberry

Oemleria cerasiformis

Spirea

Spirea douglasii

Scrophulariaceae

snapdragon family

Bush monkey-flower

Mimulus auriantiacus

Herbs-Monocots

Cyperaceae

sedge family

Small-flowered bulrush

Scirpus microcarpus - in pond

Juncaceae

rush family

Rushes

Juncus spp. - edge of pond

Liliaceae

lily family, now subdivided

Fairybells

Disporum smithii

Ithuriel's spear

Triteleia laxa

Iridaceae

iris family

Blue-eyed-grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Douglas Iris

Iris douglasii

Yellow-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium californicum

Poaceae

grass family

Pacific Reed Grass

Calamagrostis nutkaensis

Tufted Hairgrass

Deschampsia cespitosa

Herbs-Dicots

Apiaceae

carrot family, umbellifers

Cow parsnip

Heracleum lanatum

Asteraceae

sunflower family, composites

Coast Goldenrod

Solidago spathulata

Coltsfoot

Petasites palmatus

Pearly Everlasting

Anaphalis margaritacea

Western Coastal Aster

Aster chilensis

Wooly Sunflower

Erigeron glaucus

Yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Berberidaceae

barberry family

Oregon Grape

Berberis aquifolium

Callitrichaceae

starwort family

Water starwort

Callitriche sp. - in pond

Fabaceae

bean family, legumes

Blue Bush Lupine

Lupinus rivularis

Fumariaceae

bleeding-heart family

 

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Dicentra formosa

Onagraceae

evening-primrose family

Giant Fireweed

Epilobium angustifolium ssp. circumvagum

Trinidad Evening-primrose

Camissonia sp. - an endangered Trinidad plant

Papaveraceae

poppy family

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica - from local native seed

Ranunculaceae

buttercup family

Red Columbine

Aquilegia formosa

Rosaceae

rose family

Beach Strawberry

Fragaria chiloense

Big-leafed Avens

Geum marcrophyllum

California Blackberry

Rubus ursinus

Scrophulariaceae

snapdragon family

American brooklime

Veronica americana - edge of pond

Seep-spring monkey-flower

Mimulus guttatus - edge of pond

Violaceae

violet family

Redwood Violet

Viola sempervirens

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