Garden Tour
2008 Presenting Sponsors:
Click here to download the Garden Tour 2008 Postcard
Advance purchase Garden Tour Tickets are discounted until May 31st
Call 206.463.5131, stop in at Blue Heron or Heron's Nest or you
can download, fill out and mail in the order form, but hurry!
Click here to download the Garden
Tour Ticket Order Form
Garden Tour 2008
June 20-22
What better time to start thinking about gardens than the end of
winter? Plans for Vashon Allied Arts’ 18th annual Garden Tour are
well underway for another stellar Tour weekend for both Islanders
and off Island guests. This year’s Tour is sponsored by John L.
Scott and Puget Sound Energy with additional funding by Thriftway
and JR Crawford.
Experience the art of gardening June 20-22, starting with a special
event designed for Garden Connoisseurs. Mysteries of the garden will
be unveiled for intimate groups of serious gardeners to include an
afternoon in the garden of Terry Hershey, author of Soul Gardening.
Hershey offers serious gardeners an opportunity to explore his
five-year-old garden with guided walks, plant lists, slide show.
Questions encouraged and light refreshments are included.
Celebrate summer solstice Friday evening ‘til moonlight at the
Sunset Garden Gala, a lavish garden dinner party where guests will
enjoy a sumptuous feast, catered by Melinda Sontegerath, along with
live music amid towering firs and spectacular Colvos Passage views.
Limited tickets available.
Saturday and Sunday, 10 am to 5 pm, visit five diverse Island
gardens offering a mix of mature and new plantings, water views and
personal touches inspired by each owner. Additional inspiration may
be had with free seminars offered by landscape and gardening
professionals, music, art, poetry and plein air painting in the
gardens.
Who can forget the amazing artist-embellished watering cans up for
grabs last year? According to coordinator, Karen Biondo, this year’s
Garden Tour will feature artist-embellished birdhouses, again
available by auction during Tour weekend. Also new this year, a
plant sale will take place in one of the featured gardens. All
proceeds benefit Vashon Allied Arts.
Special thanks to gardeners: Linda Rhodes, Shirley Bonney, Marie
Stanislaw and Steve Abel, Mia McEldowney and Bill Mitchell, Janet
and Tracy Bishop and Garden Tour’s generous event sponsors.
Garden Tour Tickets will be available mid-April. Discount tickets
will be available until May 31. If interested in volunteering for
Garden Tour, please call 463.5131.
Important Details:
Garden Connoisseurs
Friday, June 20, 1 to 4 pm
Mysteries of the garden unveiled when intimate groups of serious gardeners visit the garden of Terry Hershey, author of Soul Gardening. Learn garden tips, receive plant lists and enjoy light refreshments. Tickets $55/per person
Sunset Garden Gala
Friday, June 20
5 pm ‘til moonlight
Celebrate summer solstice at sunset! Enjoy a lavish garden dinner party, live music and more amid giant firs and exquisite flowers with spectacular Colvos Passage views. Tickets $125/per person (limited tickets available)
Garden Tour
Saturday and Sunday, June 21 & 22
10 am to 5 pm
Enjoy, explore and experience five artful Island gardens. Bring notepads and cameras and plan a summer weekend around the Tour. Tickets (valid both days) $25/per person or $20 through May 31. For more information, call 206.463.5131 All proceeds benefit Vashon Allied Arts.
