This past week, I enjoyed a preview of the 11th annual Association of Northwest Landscape Designers Garden Tour happening a week from today, on Saturday June 20, from 10am to 4pm.
If you've been thinking about a yard makeover, are curious about how a professional Landscape Designer can help you achieve a beautiful outdoor space, or if you just like to enjoy Portland gardens, then this is the tour for you.
Eight beautifully designed gardens run the gamut from modern spaces,
- to shady glens,
- to accessible gardens designed for aging in place,
- to wonderful food garden options. There's literally something for everyone on this tour.
In one garden, an admitted plant collector shows how a diverse group of plants can be unified and celebrated.
In another, beautifully-designed details make a simple path special.
Cor-ten steel figures large in one of the gardens, both for food and ornamental plantings.
Clever plant choices light up a shady spot in this garden.
And with Portland weather always a factor, each garden designer has provided spaces to enjoy the sun and the shade.
Containers are a big feature of some of the gardens, and they range from lush and full,
- to xeric interpretations, perfectly placed in the sun.
For those that like things on the wild side, there's even a meadow, complete with leaping salmon.
Tickets for the self-guided tour are $25, and proceeds benefit the ANLD scholarship program for
aspiring landscape designers. While they last, tickets are available from these independent garden centers: Al's Garden Center - Sherwood location, Cornell Farm, Garden Fever!, Gardener's Choice and Portland Nursery - check before you go. They're also available at the first and last garden on the tour - details here.
Between the ANLD designers and the generous sponsors, they have put together a delightful summer garden tour for your pleasure. So far, the weather is looking perfect for next weekend - I hope you enjoy the tour as much as I did!
If you've been thinking about a yard makeover, are curious about how a professional Landscape Designer can help you achieve a beautiful outdoor space, or if you just like to enjoy Portland gardens, then this is the tour for you.
Eight beautifully designed gardens run the gamut from modern spaces,
- to shady glens,
- to accessible gardens designed for aging in place,
In one garden, an admitted plant collector shows how a diverse group of plants can be unified and celebrated.
In another, beautifully-designed details make a simple path special.
Cor-ten steel figures large in one of the gardens, both for food and ornamental plantings.
Clever plant choices light up a shady spot in this garden.
And with Portland weather always a factor, each garden designer has provided spaces to enjoy the sun and the shade.
- to xeric interpretations, perfectly placed in the sun.
For those that like things on the wild side, there's even a meadow, complete with leaping salmon.
Tickets for the self-guided tour are $25, and proceeds benefit the ANLD scholarship program for
aspiring landscape designers. While they last, tickets are available from these independent garden centers: Al's Garden Center - Sherwood location, Cornell Farm, Garden Fever!, Gardener's Choice and Portland Nursery - check before you go. They're also available at the first and last garden on the tour - details here.
Between the ANLD designers and the generous sponsors, they have put together a delightful summer garden tour for your pleasure. So far, the weather is looking perfect for next weekend - I hope you enjoy the tour as much as I did!
I seriously need a garden tour buddy. I've never been to any. Sad, but true. This sounds awesome.
ReplyDeleteHave missed seeing/reading your posts_ trying to get back to the gardens I enjoy. Thanks for the heads up on this event.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a great tour, Jane.
ReplyDeleteI really like the waterfall photo. And what is the identity of that white-leaved plant in the 10th photo down?
ReplyDeleteI, too, was intrigued by the white-leaved plant in the 10th photo down back when I read this post, but I had no idea what it was. Then this morning, completely by chance, I saw a photo of the same garden on the Facebook page for Alyse Lansing Garden Design. She identifies it as a "white variegated Helleborus (such as 'Nancy Starnes')."
DeleteP.S. Here's the link https://www.facebook.com/lansing.garden.design/photos/pb.117211861645585.-2207520000.1439217974./1003399829693446/?type=3&theater
DeleteTake lots of pictures and do some posts for those of us who can't go!
ReplyDeleteGood job, as always, Jane. It was fun to spend the day with you.
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