Woodinville Garden Club Tour is on July 21

By Heather Babiak-Kane

The thirteenth annual features five private gardens that offer serenity to grandeur featuring four seasons of colors and structure. On Saturday, July 21, you’ll find meandering paths and streams, secret gardens and tranquil ponds. Lush ornamentals, robust vegetables and stunning specimen trees showcase our region’s diverse planting palette. Come get inspired by garden and outdoor spaces that make the most of each of the four seasons.

This is a self-drive tour. Your ticket brochure has garden descriptions and driving directions. Tickets are $20 and available at and in Woodinville and Ravenna Gardens, in Seattle. Also tickets are available online at our website www.woodinvillegardenclub.org using paypal.  As a bonus, each online order will ship with a voucher for a free 2012 tour poster per ticket, redeemable in the gardens on the day of the tour.

Join us for a reception after the tour from 3:30-5 p.m. at Molbak’s. Your ticket brochure will gain you entry to the events area where Woodinville’s will host a wine tasting.

At 4:30 p.m., we will draw winning names for some great raffle prizes.  Raffle tickets will be sold in all the gardens and at the reception.  Winners need not be present.

Raffle Prizes: 

• Four Yards of Mulch (Your Choice of Variety) from deJong Sawdust and Shavings
• One Hour Landscape Consultation from Land2c Landscape Design
• $100 Molbak’s Gift Card
• One Night Accommodation for Two at the acclaimed in Woodinville
• Original Signed and Framed Artwork by Catherine James as featured on our tour poster

The Woodinville Garden Club was established in 1984 as a community organization, whose mission is to offer enrichment through leaning about horticulture, participating in civic beautification and enjoying the friendships as we pursue these activities.

The Tour of Gardens was organized to showcase the diverse beauty and design of local gardens. A portion of the proceeds of the tour and the club’s other annual fundraiser, the plant sale at the , are used to fund ongoing civic beautification, horticulture scholarships and educational activities.

This year’s contributions include a donation to , three and the new bronze .