Grant + Adams County
Certified Gardens
Take a virtual tour through the Certified Heritage Gardens. These gardeners have worked hard to convert their high water-use landscapes and under utilized spaces into works of native plant art. View their transformations below.
Many of these gardens were certified and photographed while the plants were young. If you see your garden here and would like to submit additional pictures of your established garden, contact your Heritage Garden Representative.
Mitchell Heritage Garden
2025
Est Water Savings 23,851 gal/yr
Each fall and spring, this landowner thoughtfully introduces new plants, gradually realizing the native garden of her dreams. As you can see, plantings have been incorporated along the borders to enhance both privacy and beauty. Recently, she has begun converting her entire front yard into a Heritage Garden. On sunny mornings and afternoons, you can often find her tending to her new fall plantings, nurturing their growth as they emerge this spring.
The Corner Garden - Heritage Garden
2025
Est Water Savings 12,792
This marks only our second Heritage Garden in Othello, Washington, and it is nestled among a variety of other thoughtfully designed garden spaces. With natural rock water features, vintage equipment, and a whimsical ladybug light perched on a wheelbarrow, the landowners have gone above and beyond in accessorizing their yard. A great deal of hard work, and perhaps a few sore backs went into creating this space. We look forward to watching it flourish in the seasons to come.
Bradley's Yard
2025
Est Water Savings 15,934
This beautiful garden is across the street from one of our counties first Heritage Gardens. We are hoping to take over the whole block! Landowners have been babying their plants this year and had a high survival rate. One my favorite pathways designed, and working on their backyard next. Scarlet Gilia and Cutleaf Daisy are already offering blooms for their first spring.
Marina Drive Heritage Garden
2025
Est Water Savings 7,118 gal/yr
This garden is a true labor of love, with many of the plants started from seed indoors before being carefully transplanted into the landscape. The majority of the seeds were personally collected by the gardener herself, adding a meaningful, heritage element to the project.
The garden is located in a challenging section of the backyard, chosen specifically because of its awkward two-directional slope, which made it difficult to mow and maintain. By converting this space into a garden, it not only adds beauty but also improves the functionality of the yard.
All of the rocks used as geological features were discovered on site. The landowner planted a row of shrubs along the edge of the property to act as a natural barrier. This planting will also serve as an effective filter strip, protecting the lake from potential lawn runoff and enhancing the garden’s role in environmental stewardship.
Columbia Basin CD - Renewal for all Creatures Heritage Garden
2024
Est Water Savings 2,034
We found the perfect use for this awkward triangle shaped landscaped area. Planned to not need water after establishment, this area has gone from an unusable area to beauty, renewal, and food for all creatures. She has been seeing bunnies, bees and butterflies!
Trout Lake Farms Pollinator Support Heritage Garden
2024
Est Water Savings 2,034
Heritage Garden – Collaboration with the Columbia Basin Conservation District. Increased the cover of native plants and pollinator habitat on farm property and transformed an ornamental garden in front of the farm office into native habitat.
Richard Cooper Heritage Garden
2024
Est Water Savings 3,621
This unique garden was installed just last fall and already the growth of our small plugs are huge! The Cooper family has been lucky enough to enjoy several blooms already in their first spring and summer. A lot of the cacti were from their own garden and family members' gardens which gives another meaning to the name Heritage! Cannot wait to see how this garden looks next year.
Windy Ridge Heritage Garden
2024
Est Water Savings 34,023 gal/yr
For the past two years, the landowner of Windy Ridge Heritage Garden has poured her heart into nurturing this garden. One of her favorite discoveries along the way? Let the rabbitbrush decide where it wants to grow! Just take a look at this very happy Rabbitbrush welcoming you at the front of the garden. Rainwater is also put to work here, collected and gently guided into a middle basin where it settles to help prevent erosion and help water the garden in a very natural way with the river rock.
BASIN ESTATES HERITAGE GARDEN
2024
Est Water Savings 1,017 gal/yr
This garden is located in Ephrata Basin Estates Manager was tired of planting new plants every spring, now with our low water natives she no longer has to replant or water! Heritage Gardens can be any size as long as there are 3 different species.
Moorhead Manor Hill House
2024
Located in Lind, WA this garden was planted in fall 2023 and is already bursting with blooms! The gardener paid special focus on medicinal use plants and incorporates many geologic features paying homage to her mother who was a rock hound. The roses in the garden also serve as a final resting place for her mother's ashes-- a truly special Heritage Garden.
WSU EXTENSION GRANT-ADAMS MASTER GARDENERS
2023
WSU Extension Grant-Adams Master Gardeners Native Plant Demonstration Garden at the Moses Lake Public Library. Stop by and visit the garden!
McCONIHIE POINT MOSES LAKE HERITAGE GARDEN
2023
McConihie Point Moses Lake Certified Heritage Garden. Beautiful view of Moses Lake with several wonderful geological and historic features throughout the garden. The homeowner says this garden is heavily utilized by ground fowl, pollinators and munched on by rabbits.
SOAP LAKE HERITAGE GARDEN
2023
This was our very first garden that was designed and planted in the Fall of 2022. An avid gardener had been very motivated, and it has over 40 different species of plants used.
LOGAN FAMILY HERITAGE GARDEN
2023
This Garden is located on Hayden Drive in Moses Lake WA. They have had this area for a few years and excited they could finally become an official Certified Heritage Garden. They will be plugging in a few more forbs this fall to add to their native only Heritage Garden.