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Galega x hartlandii 'Lady Wilson' On Monday, our garden was included in the HPSO Study Weekend. This is a four-day event that includes speakers, plant/art sales and garden tours. The event rotates every two years between the cities of Portland, Seattle, Victoria B.C. and Vancouver B.C. It will be 2033 before Portland hosts again. I toured the Portland gardens on Friday and Saturday and will share some photos in my next post. The weather was perfect on those days. Not so much on Monday, the day for the Vancouver, Washington gardens tour, and by late afternoon, the temperature had reached 94. However, it wasn't too bad in the first part of the day, and that's when we received the most visitors. We didn't have an exact count, but making an estimate based on our guestbook, I would say around 200 people. It was a hectic but fun day! We had a lot of visitors from Seattle and areas north of us as attendees were making their way home. Every time we open our garden, there ...
What a wonderful place. It lowers the BP just looking at pictures of it.
ReplyDeleteWhen I retire, I hope to get another camper and continue visiting the state parks I missed the first go around. Very pretty. Thanks for posting. I started working two jobs the camper was sitting there, so I sold it. Mary
ReplyDeleteA lovely park and your vacation home rocked! I don't blame you for not cooking on vacation. It wouldn't be one then.
ReplyDeleteLooks rather tranquil and inviting. Lovely photos. Must keep that one on the list of interesting places to visit.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy Southern gardens so much! I hope to see this garden some day too.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your post. Unless you object, I've linked it on my state parks web magazine, http://www.scoop.it/t/state-parks/.
ReplyDeleteSome friends of mine love this house so much they actually built a replica of it and live in it now.
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