Ten gardens
This is the sort of thing I look forward to on the garden tour. I’m less interested in the decks and terraces and water features that the owners spent months installing — not that I don’t admire the effort — but what I like is to get out and see a garden at work. I like to check out the compost pile and look at the bugs and admire the transitions that gardens make over the year. It doesn’t matter to me if the peonies have already stopped blooming and the dahlias are not yet up. I like lively gardens that are in constant motion. That’s what you’ll see at Fern Cottage and all over the tour this year. I hope to see you there.
Tickets for the garden tour are $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. You can buy them at garden centers and garden gift shops around town, or visit www.hbgf.org to download an order form. For more information, call the HBGF office at 442-5139.
Speaking of garden tours , the North Coast chapter of the California Native Plant Society is trying a new garden tour concept this summer. Instead of holding the entire tour in one day, they are hosting an Open Garden Series. A different garden will be open every few weeks; to get the complete schedule, call Pete Haggard at 839-0307 or phaggard@suddenlink.net.
The first garden will be open this Saturday, June 16, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. in Eureka. The homeowner ripped out blackberry bramble and planted native berries, skunk cabbage, cattails, Douglas iris and more. Call Pete for directions, and don’t forget to ask about the rest of the Open Garden days on July 15, July 22 and August 18. There are no tickets to buy in advance, but they’d appreciate a $5 donation at the garden.
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