Hardy Plant Study Weekend - Day 2

Today's featured gardens were on the "east side", that is east of Lake Washington, in upscale Bellevue and Medina. Most were very large gardens, with some pretty amazing hardscapes, but it is the beauty of the plants that we gardeners are looking for.  It was there in excess.

I am not supplying names and locations, because the owners want their privacy.  I will just refer to them as:

                         Garden 1- Pools and court yards and color

                                         Garden 2- In the shade

Garden 3- Patio and lawn and borders and rocks and some of everything.

Garden 4 - Borders on an estate. I think this may be Bill Gates' neighbor.

 Garden 5 - This was the smallest garden, but in many ways, it was the best.  The details were amazing.

End of the tour.  Whew.  I'm tired all over again. 

Hardy Plant Study Weekend - Day 1

Today we toured two large gardens next door to each other in Normandy Park, and then four small gardens in Georgetown.  Here are some highlights.

We also spent over an hour at the Bellevue Botanical Garden NPA Border before going to dinner and then attending the opening session of the conference this evening.

I took 114 photos at BBG Border.  After editing, some of those will make it into another post, later.

More gardens tomorrow!