The Wellness Garden was installed in summer 2009 as part of the broader Wellness Center, University Store, and Athletic Field complex. Biology department students led the design, drawing on plants with documented medicinal or herbal histories. The garden includes sweetgrass, stinging nettle, wild strawberry, thyme, rosemary, mint, coneflower (Echinacea), cranberry, cardinal flower, pussytoes, joe pye-weed, yucca, chicory, ferns, bayberry, and prickly pear cactus, among others.
The Wellness Center building itself features a living roof planted with sedums and other drought-, heat-, and high-light-tolerant species. A trellis of native Trumpet Creeper (Campsis radicans) on the east-facing facade provides summer shade and allows winter light to pass through — a small but intentional gesture toward sustainable design.
Native trees surrounding the Wellness Center include Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica), Eastern Redbud (Cercis canadensis), Serviceberry (Amelanchier), Red Oak (Quercus rubra), Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea), and Wild Black Cherry (Prunus serotina). Non-native Sargent Cherry (Prunus sargentii) provides early spring flowers.
In front of the Wellness Center is a small native grass and sedge garden — a showcase of deer-resistant, drought-tolerant, low-maintenance species. Between the Café/Gavan Lounge and Jeffries Hall, a New Jersey native plant garden was established in 2019. Around the corner, in front of the library arcade, another small garden was added in 2021.
Welcome to the new georgian.edu!
We've redesigned our website to make it easier to explore Georgian Court. Some sections are still being finished and will be completed in the coming weeks. Thanks for your patience as we continue to improve your experience.
