EVENTS

The North End Gardens Tour

Our intrepid rose gardeners met at Sue Hopkins' and Marji Lynn's garden and toured Barking Dogs Garden while the dew was still on the roses.  We headed north to Len Heller's and toured the collection of new and rare spinosissimas from Europe and Canada as well as the Rose Chronology Garden where roses are grouped according to their age.  With a delightful Mt. Vernon lunch (during the USA-Ghana World Cup game), we replenished ourselves, then meandered through the rolling hills of Skagit County to Sedro Woolley.  Patricia McDonald welcomed us in a garden filled to overflowing with gallicas and mosses, centifolias, and hybrid albas.  We settled under the pavillion, sharing rose tales and cold drinks as the typical northwestern overcast skies turned to bright sunshine and sparkled off the reflective surfaces of colored glass art surrounding us.  On the way home, we stopped in for a surprise visit to the charming garden of Elaine Livengood in the hills of Renton, where she and John have planted antique bedsteads, bathtubs and benches among a collection of roses that includes many 'found' treasures of unidentified local roses.

The South End Gardens Tour


Sunday, August 22

Visit private gardens in Renton, Kent and Auburn
 
Details to come