Spring is in full swing, and our Centennial Gardens are bursting into life! Planted just last fall, our outdoor spaces are already showing off with beauty and promise. This garden was designed not only to celebrate 100 years of library service, but also to create a welcoming, sustainable landscape for our community to enjoy. Every plant was chosen for its beauty, hardiness, and ability to support our local pollinators. We hope you’ll take a moment to enjoy the view next time you visit—whether you’re on your way in for a program, picking up a stack of books, or just looking for a quiet spot to take a breath.
More blooms are on the way, so keep your eyes on the garden—and bring a friend to see what’s new!
Early Meadow Rue
“Black Stockings”
THALICTRUM AQUILEGIIFOLIUM
Black Cohosh
ACTAEA RACEMOSA
Wild Geranium
GERANIUM MACULATUM
Hairy Beardtongue
PENSTEMON HIRSUTUS
Chocolate White Snakeroot
AGERATINA ALTISSIMA ‘CHOCOLATE’
Blue Mistflower
CONOCLINIUM COELESTINUM
Woodland Phlox
PHLOX DIVARICATA
Bowman’s Root
GILLENIA TRIFOLIATA
Woodland Sunflower
HELIANTHUS DIVARICATUS
Flowering Dogwood
CORNUS FLORIDA
Pennsylvania Sedge
CAREX PENSYLVANICA
Plains Oval Sedge
CAREX BREVIOR
Tall Bellflower
CAMPANULA AMERICANA
Poke Milkweed
ASCLEPIAS EXALTATA
Amsonia
“Blue Ice”
AMSONIA TABERNAEMONTANA
Coneflower
“White Swan”
ECHINACEA PURPUREA
Canada Milkvetch
ASTRALAGUS CANADENSIS
Giant Hyssop
“Blue Fortune”
AGASTACHE
Aster
“October Skies”
SYMPHOTRICHUM OBLONGIFOLIUM
Goldenrod
“Fireworks”
SOLIDAGO RUGOSA
Hubricht’s Bluestar
AMSONIA HUBRICHTII
Little Bluestem
“Standing Ovation”
SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM
Prairie Flame Shining Sumac
RHUS COPALLINA VAR. LATIFOLIA
Gold Dew Tufted Hairgrass
“Fireworks”
DESCHAMPSIA CESPITOSA ‘GOLDTAU’
Prairie Blazing Star
LIATRIS PYCNOSTACHYA
Prairie Dock
SILPHIUM TEREBINTHINACEUM
Winter King Hawthorn
CRATAEGUS VIRDIS
Fragrant Sumac
“Gro-Lo”
RHUS AROMATICA
Prairie Dropseed
SPOROBOLIS HETEROLEPIS
White Heath Aster
“Snow Flurry”
SYMPHOTRICHUM ERICOIDES
Prairie Smoke
GEUM TRIFOLIUM
Virginia Creeper
PARTHENOCISSUS QUINQUEFOLIA
Trumpet Honeysuckle
“John Clayton”
LONICERA SEMPERVIRENS
Wild Petunia
RUELLIA HUMILIS
Chocolate Boneset
EUPATORIUM RUGOSUM
Garden Juniper
JUNIPERUS PROCUMBENS ‘NANA’
Balsam Ragwort
PACKERA PAUPERCULA
False Blue Indigo
BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS