I had the good fortune to attend a sneak peek of this year’s Association of Northwest Landscaper Designers’ (ANLD) Tour, which will take place next Saturday, June 28th. Six gardens were showcased, with designers flexing their muscles to combat challenges like tiny urban plots, bad drainage, and the need for a beautiful garden that could accommodate a tractor driving through it (!).
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| The Best garden |
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| The Malone garden |
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| The Malone garden |
There was plenty of great hardscaping to ogle and a hefty dose of plant porn, especially in the Ernst and Williams gardens.
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| The Ernst garden, which will be featured in this year’s Garden Bloggers’ Fling |
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| Podophyllum ‘Red Panda’? in the Ernst garden |
I came away with a lot of ideas I’d like to steal and a profound respect for the association. The passion and support those members in the ANLD show for each others’ work in incredible. All proceeds from the tour benefit the ANLD scholarship fund. Tickets for the tour are available at Portland Nursery, Cornell Farms, Dennis’ Seven Dees, Garden Fever!, and Xera Plants. If that’s not tempting enough, I’m giving away two tickets for the tour. Just head over to Facebook and like ANLD, then leave a comment here saying, “Count me in” or something to that effect. I’ll announce the winner on Thursday morning!
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