A sneak peek at the Nelson Atkins gardens
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Posted by Susan Mertz Jul 24, 2006 |
I wandered away from the nursery today and visited some customers at their landscape projects. One of my stops was at the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. The controversial Bloch Building has changed the layout of the land at the Museum and the sculpture park. The opening of the Kansas City Sculpture Park is September 30 and the landscapers are working hard getting the Museum property ready. Vic, with Shelton and Son, gave me a tour of the new gardens.
The rooftop gardens of the Bloch Building, that is under construction and due to open in June 2007, just fascinate me. Separating the plantings from the actual roof is a layer of foam, gravel and sand. The sod has the soil washed away and is planted on the layer of sand. Also on the roof in the sand are 1,800 Gro Low Sumacs and over a thousand Autumn Joy Sedums. One of the walls has over 40,000 plugs of Wintercreeper.
It is quite a project. Once the gardens are finished, I'll write an article with all the details.
