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Event: Garden Tour
June 8 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday, June 8, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Event: Garden Tour
Leader: Maggie Daly
Location: Various locations in Gold Beach
This native plant garden tour will be held at four locations in Gold Beach. To sign up, or if you have questions, please email Maggie Daly at ma***************@gm***.com. The tour brochure with addresses and a map will be sent to people who sign up a few days before the tour. Suggested donation will be $10.
In the meantime, here are brief descriptions of the gardens to whet your appetite:
A Mountaintop Pollinator Garden
The landowner moved 100 cubic yards of rock and soil to create a flat space for a pollinator garden, greenhouse, and raised vegetable beds. Planted a little over a year ago, this garden was designed by Darcy Grahek and features pollinator plants that together bloom over a long period of time in many colors.
See How a Bioswale Works!
When water runs off a parking lot it is moving fast and is carrying all sorts of pollution. A bioswale slows the water down and filters it, creating clean, clear water fit for our creeks, rivers, oceans, and for all the creatures that live and play there.
A Blank Canvas
When purchased four years ago, this small yard was almost all lawn. This gave the landowner an opportunity to enact a long-time dream: to demonstrate that you can create a beautiful, pleasing, functional garden with native plants. So out with the lawn and holly and tibouchina and in with the cardboard and mulch! And lots and lots of native trees, shrubs, perennials, and grasses.
A Delicate Stream Restoration, A Bold Elegant Front Yard
This landowner has spent hours and hours restoring a treasure: a stream bank filled with native plants. The removal of blackberry allowed a surprisingly diverse variety of native plants to thrive and reestablish. In addition, a bold design in the front yard creates a beautiful setting for the house.