Monday, June 25, 2018

Seattle Hardy Plant Study Weekend

In the last three days we have attended three conference sessions, heard six speakers, had a chance to shop for plants at the conference, and toured nineteen Seattle area gardens. We even fitted in our usual Friday morning breakfast and a Sounders match at the stadium Saturday evening. 

The gardens are all private, home situated gardens, created by the owners and/or designed and installed with professional help. Some are in upscale neighborhoods with grand views, some are semi-rural, and others are in ordinary neighborhoods. All have much to offer in terms of interest, plant knowledge, and sheer beauty. 

I took hundreds of photos, of course, but since we are soon off on another adventure, for now I am giving you just a taste of what we saw, with at least one photo from each garden. It was hard to choose, and photos from the most photogenic garden cannot be posted because the owner is a garden designer who doesn't want to have others copy her ideas, I guess, although she would get free advertising.  I did sneak in one pot from her garden, which could have come from many others. 

Here is a brief glimpse of our three days of garden touring. 

All of the gardens were subtly marked. Our GPS phone apps got a workout. 
 City folks grow food too. We caught this owner tending his crop. 





View of Lake Washington. 









 View of Puget sound.





 Another sound view. 


 A view from the deck. 
 This gardener also quilts. 

It was all wonderful and exhausting and, for now, enough! 

We'll soon be back on the road, and there will be more gardens as well as some family history. See you around. 

14 comments:

  1. While you were doing this I was spending the night in Astoria! I’m so amazed at the number of beautiful gardens in and around Seattle.

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  2. Gorgeous venue. And you are still learning new things about gardening?

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  3. Stunningly beautiful!. Thank you for sharing your pics.

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  4. These people really know what they're doing and have some very attractive gardens.

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  5. What always impresses me are all the different colors and textures of foliage plants--my favorites.

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  6. thanks for a cool walk in some lovely gardens and what views...

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  7. Beautiful...those Coral Bells are stunning the old variety used to be 'Palace Purple' that was such a pretty color! :)

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  8. So beautiful and I don't think I would want to leave.

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  9. I still like your garden the best. It is so beautifully natural and artsy, and you and Tom manage it yourself.

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  10. As always, an incredible selection of pictures of beautiful, beautiful places. Thank you so much, and safe travels. :-)

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  11. What a treat to tour these private gardens. I love that quilt casually draped over the bench.

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  12. Some really impressive gardens. Sorry that I wasn't able to attend the plant study weekend but am looking forward to seeing the gardens through your posts!

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  13. What a nice variety of gardens! Hard to believe anyone wouldn't want to share their garden pictures. Most of us gardeners are pretty happy to share anything that works for us and are always looking for either new things to grow or ways to display our treasures, but surely not to try to compete with a professional garden designer.

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