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Our annual open garden and nursery is May 19th and 20th, 2012 from 11am to 4pm. Like past years, we will have pots forsale and neighbor Kings Raven Winery will offer wine tastings and sales and River City events will provide lunch. In addition, two other nurseries on Criteser road will also be open. 

Our annual garden party is July 7th from 6pm to 9pm. Enjoy the garden on a summer evening while music plays. Wine and beer are available for purchase as well as gourmet dinner items.  This event is open by reservation only and there is a $10 cover charge. As the date gets closer, visit our web page later for more information. Reservations will be accepted after June 23rd by e-mailing us.

 

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Fall in the garden
Fall is here after a very short summer. We wish we could have had another month of summer, this year, but we get what we get when it comes to weather in the Pacific Northwest. We have had a number of light frosts that have taken out the tomatoes and burned back the cannas, but the hardy banana, Musa basjoo has barely been nipped. The Astors are done, but went out with a flourish and the tender...read more
Posted on 10 November 2011 | 9:10 am
Summer
Summer has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The wet cold spring (the coldest an wettest in 116 years) and the cool June and early July has finely yielded  to a pleasant, but not hot summer. These are the days that we cherish in the garden. It is not too hot, the major weed pulling is over and it is time to enjoy the fruits of our labor with dinners outside and a dip in the pond on hot...read more
Posted on 1 August 2011 | 9:36 am
Annual open nursery and garden
Well another open nursery and garden has come and gone. We were lucky we had no rain. Especially since this spring has been so wet and cold. We thought last spring was bad!  We had four garden designers this year that offered demonstrations, tours and garden design ideas. Wine tasting and lunch were also pretty popular especially in the afternoon when the morning rush was over. No one got stuck...read more
Posted on 29 May 2011 | 7:51 pm









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