Fifth Street Pocket Park

Year: 2017

Address: 815 S Fifth St, Mebane

Coordinates: 36.0782962, -79.274385

Initial Investment: $15,000

Project Partners: City of Mebane

City of Mebane created this mini park with a gazebo, walkways, and public art. NLS Technical Committee Member and City of Mebane Landscaping and Special Projects Coordinator, Sandi Bagby, was the visionary behind this project. The City of Mebane invested $110,000 in the project, with NLS contributing an additional $15,000 to plant the following: 22 Abelia 'Rose Creek', 1 Acer 'Burgundy Lace', 1 Acer 'Crimson Queen', 1 Acer 'Full Moon', 1 Acer 'Glowing Embers', 1 Acer Inabe Shidare, 2 Acer 'Viridis', 5 Aucuba 'Varigata', 15 Azalea 'George Tabor', 1 Berberis 'Admiration', 5 Camellia Susanqua 'Cleopatra', 3 Carex 'Everillo', 9 Cercis 'Rising Sun', 3 Cornus 'Cherokee Princess', 9 Dryoteris 'Brilliance', 5 Hydrangea 'Annabelle', 6 Hydrangea 'Endless Summer', 1 Hydrangea 'Snow Queen', 7 Ilex 'Needpoint', 1 Ilex 'Oakleaf', 2 Ilnex 'Sky Pencil', 4 Lagerstroemia 'Natchez', 1 Lingustrum 'Sunshine', 5 Mahonia, 1 Miscanthus 'Cosmopolitan', 10 Nandina Domestica, 3 Osmanthus x fortune 'Fruitlandii', 1 Osmanthus 'Goshiki', 2 Prunus mume 'Peggy Clark', 5 Spiraea 'Gold Mound', 3 Thuja occidentalis 'Rheingold', 10 Thuja plicata 'Green Giant', 3 Yucca 'Color Guard.'