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What Does My Monthly Service Package Include?

| Active Seniors, Community, Continuing Care, Family, Gardening, General, Independent Living, Wellness

In simple terms, your monthly service package includes a lifestyle of activity and freedom that can’t be beat! Yes, your to-do list just got easier with your move to Springmoor Life Care Retirement Community. The list of amenities included is long… You will have use of all of… Read More

All in the Family -Part One, The Rose Family

| Gardening

When it comes to ornamental plants, the Rose Family is the largest contributor. Also known as the Rosacea family, it is made up of 2,830 species of plants. The most popular members are probably the roses themselves. Roses come in the form of Grandiflora, Multiflora, Hedge, Climbing, Miniature, Hardy… Read More

What’s Bugging You? Plant Pests and How to Identify Them

| Gardening

Thom Morgan, Springmoor landscape manager I was busy watching my team play in the NCAA basketball tournament when the door bell rang, (It’s either that or the phone). I answered the door and my buddy Jerry was standing there with a worried look on his face. I invited… Read More

Designing for Special Needs: April Landscape Blog

| Active Seniors, Continuing Care, Gardening, General, Independent Living

By Thom Morgan, Springmoor Lanscape Manager Most of us are very fortunate to have all of our five senses and move freely with out the aid of medical devices or help from others. A park, arboretum or any other public space, however, should and—with current laws—must be made accessible… Read More

Breaking Bud: Phenology at Springmoor

| Active Seniors, Gardening, General, Independent Living

By: Thom Morgan, Springmoor Landscape Manager My interest in phenology–the life cycle of plants and animals—has led me to document bloom times for a variety of trees and shrubs found on Springmoor’s beautiful 43-acre campus. Today, I’m sharing my research with my fellow gardeners so you can watch out… Read More

Planting Seeds for 2015 – January Landscape Blog

| Gardening

By: Thom Morgan, Springmoor Landscape Manager Each year the big nurseries offer up new plants that they think will be the next big thing in the landscaping industry, and each year I get excited to try all of their new specimens. For 2015, those that are… Read More

Why Springmoor? The Neighborhood Feel

| General

Find yourself walking along the many paths that weave between the tidy homes and beneath the towering evergreens on Springmoor’s 42-acre campus in Northwest Raleigh, North Carolina, and you’d have trouble convincing yourself that you’re at the center of a continuing care retirement community. With friendly neighbors, gorgeous grounds and… Read More

Holiday Plants: Your Guide to Buying Floral Gifts

| Gardening

By Thom Morgan, Springmoor landscape manager Are you scratching your head, trying to figure out what gifts to give your friends and family for the holidays? You want to give them something that will brighten their spirits, and that might brighten their home—right? Carefully-selected plants can do… Read More

Springmoor Floorplan Feature: Two Bedroom Villa

| Community, Floor Plans, General, Independent Living

If you are thinking that Springmoor is the right place for you, it’s now time to figure out what floorplan would work best for you. We offer multiple floorplans for prospective residents to choose from. This allows them to find the new home that will fit them perfectly. One of… Read More