Garden Tours and more

How many gardens can a person take in a week? This past week, I counted 9 gardens for me!

Monday, June 22nd, was the RBG's first bus tour which took a full load of gardeners to the Shelburne/Orangeville area where country gardens are usually very expansive.



















The Taylors are perennial plant collectors. They banished their lawn in favor of plants show casing flowers, foliage or both throughout the year.



















The Knowles are both avid gardeners who turned their 2 acre property into a show piece. Every corner finds one into another garden "room". This one is one of the smaller strip of a garden.

















This is the Morning Glory B&B: gardens in a rolling 2 acre property by a lake. Every window from the house has a beautiful view.




















This garden setting is atop the Niagara escarpment with the Hockley Valley View. The host is a Hostas collector.

Having to set my alarm for 5:45 AM in order to catch the tour bus at the RBG Center in Burlington at 7:30 AM was all worth it. The long ride meant getting to know a fellow gardener (my seat mate), a delicious lunch at the Grey Stones Inn and a nap during the ride home.

What about the 5 other gardens? That's another posting, of course.