We had a great turnout at the garden club annual community garden tour. Approximately 17 people turned out to have a look at five area gardens. Here are some pictures of what we saw!
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| We gathered at Sandra Harmon's at 6 PM |
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We toured Sandra's garden last year and came back one year
later to see what Sandra has accomplished!
This is only her second year at this site. |
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Delightfully whimsical is the best way to describe
Sandra's gardens! |
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Sandra has a great eye for what
works together. |
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| Every space becomes an opportunity to combine props and plants |
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| Always something for the eye to delight in |
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| Fun and colorful use of found objects |
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Sandra telling us where she acquired many of the objects she's
incorporated into her gardens and yard |
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This huge bed is really coming together. Sandra adds new
plants as she acquires them.
Can't wait to see how this bed matures! |
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Hauling all these wood chips from the public works
dump site was quite a job! |
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Love the canoe! And the chairs and tables.
Thanks Sandra for another look at your gardens |
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Next stop, the Grantsburg Library to see how the
new gardens are coming along |
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I forgot to take pictures so these are from a month ago.
The sculpture was donated by Bruce Erickson.
Georgianne donated and laid out the flagstone path
to allow children to get up close and enjoy the sculpture. |
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At Faith Lutheran Church we were invited to tour
the community vegetable garden |
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This is the second year for these raised bed gardens.
Everything was so beautiful and lush. |
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Marilyn Kooiker came to a meeting last fall to
tell us about what they are doing |
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Food from these gardens are donated to the food shelf
as well as being available to the community at large.
Thank you to all the FLC community garden gardeners
for letting us tour your garden |
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| Our next stop was the gardens of Sharon and Rick Danielson |
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| The gently sloping land was a beautiful setting |
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| The gardens were in full bloom |
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The gentle rain let up so we could more comfortably
ramble about and take in all the delightful beds |
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| This raised bed vegetable garden drew us to explore |
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We all loved the tunnel frame used for climbing beans!
And the sun flowers! |
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| Another view of the pole beans climbing the the frame |
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| Jolene enjoying this beautiful bed |
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Kris and Linnea checking out this beautifully landscaped pond.
Breath taking! |
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| Love the dry stream bed passing through the arbor |
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A massive lush vegie garden topped off the tour at the
Danielson's. Thank you Sharon and Rick. |
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| Our last garden, Sue and Dean Faulhaber's, topped off a great tour! |
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Dean talked about the storm that took away 100 trees in 2011
and how the gardens have changed since then |
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Dean talked about experiments with methods and plants,
successes and failures |
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| A view of the extensive deck off the house |
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| Two different vegie gardens allow for rotation of some crops |
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| Another view of the vegie bed |
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Beautifully orchestrated gardens transition from ornamental
to vegetables in one continuous bed |
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Dean is a great community resource for gardeners
and a born teacher! |
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| Beautiful! |
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Sue, Kris and Cynthia tend the fire that
awaits us at the end of the tour |
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| Another view of these gorgeous gardens |
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| My all time favorite touch, boardwalks!! Love, love, love them! |
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Georgianne enjoying the serenity of these wonderful gardens.
Thank you Sue and Dean |
Thanks to all the gardeners who let us enjoy their labors of love. And thank you to Sandy Hinrich, Jolene, Jennifer, and Kris for the sumptuous repast we enjoyed after the tour. Sorry I did not get a picture of the table--I was too busy eating and enjoying the fire.
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