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D. Salem Family Gardens
Interpretive Highlight: The cultivation of food gardens which
provided a major part of the Moravian family's food needs
(Although all of the family gardens along Salt Street,
between Academy and Bank Streets, have been re-created for
public enjoyment, only the Eberhardt, Leinbach, and Cape
Fear Bank lots are highlighted in this manual.)
1. Eberhardt Garden
a. Emphasize that the garden exists on the lot of a house
now missing. The original gardens would have been 10-
cated further back on the lot in the vicinity of the:
white pine trees planted within the last 15 years to
screen the Old Salem bypass.
b. Point out the diagonal planting pattern in the 4
garden beds.
c. Show the red currant bushes (Ribes rubrum) dominating
the corners of the garden beds.
d. Mention the peach trees lining the fenceline of the
adjacent lot.
e. Highlight the following landscape features:
1) Beehives made of sawn lumber
2) Primitive compost bin
3) Garden benches
2. Leinbach Garden
a. Use the Leinbach Garden to illustrate the characteristic
layout of Salem houses, yards, and gardens.
b. Explain the need for terracing Salem yards to provide
level areas on which to garden. Specifically mention:
1) 3 garden terraces which were carefully re-created
following Leinbach family records and recollections
2) Rock walls which reinforce terrace banks
3) Bleaching qreen on the uppermost terrace
c. Point out the interplanting of vegetables, herbs, and
flowers in garden beds, stressing the efficient use
of space through:
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