On Friday , wedescribed some of the gardenson the MSHS / Washington County Horticulture SocietyTour of Washington County Gardens , which will be apply from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday , July 20 . Eight incredible private garden will be open to tour - goers during the term of enlistment . To order slate ( $ 15 in onward motion , $ 18 day of tour ) , contact MSHS at 651 - 643 - 3601 . you’re able to get same daylight tickets at theHedberg Nurseryat 8400 - 60th St. N. in Stillwater .
Here are descriptions of three more of these tremendous spaces .
Memory Garden
Familiar plants and a restful design give this memory garden its peaceful feeling.
This Cottage Grove garden is a memorial to the gardener ’s son . It is filled with flowers that were favorites of special nurseryman in the tender ’s life : her parents , grandparent and friends . Their favorite plants are thread among the gardener ’s own love : hostas , coral Melville Bell , ferns , lily , cone flowers , dame slippers . The pool , waterfall walkways , and filmdom are the hardscape component in the yard . garden are always changing with trees maturing , storm damage , plant diseases , and now the age gardener , whose mobility is wane , though It is toilsome to reduce the activity or the sizing of one ’s garden when you bleed green .
Woodland Garden
For many years , these White Bear Lake gardeners have battled the twin evils of rock and roll and clay . They ’ve rejoice to create a woodland wonderland , satiate with river birch , white birch , pagoda dogwood , Kentucky coffee tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , Ohio buckeye , large leafage magnolia , and tall evergreens , which provide the backdrop for the couple ’s more than 1,500 hostas . More than 550 of their Funka are appoint variety . In the spring , wild efflorescence and passing plant life fill the timberland . A grove of oaks stand watch on the place , wandering the pathways . Be sure to note the many Rock ringing the gardens . Each of these rock was in the ground before the garden begin , sometimes requiring an hour or more to dispatch one rock music so the plant can go in the ground . This endearing countryside garden has been a undertaking of making love .
A Country Garden
Like many Minnesota gardeners , the owners of this 2.5 acre Lake Elmo garden have deer , and lots of them . But over the years , they have think of a variety of wily ways to outsmart the intruders . Everything in the garden is tough and unfearing . The gardener — one is a Washington County Master Gardener — have incorporated more than 50 varieties of cosmetic grasses and lots of aboriginal plants into the landscape painting . The garden also has many wonderful wooden social organisation , built by one of the homeowners . Stroll the path through the pergola back to the pond , and enjoy the mix of sun and wraith - loving gardens along the style .
