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Castlegar Garden Tour 2006 |
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On Sunday, June 11th we had an annual Castlegar area Garden Show, with nine beautiful gardens participating.
The weather was cooperating, with just a few clouds and a lot of most welcomed sunshine. |
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When talking about gardens and flowers a picture is worth a thousand
words, so let's talk with pictures. |
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First, I would like to give our viewers in Canada and around the world a
general idea about the show, with pictures of the gardens I have visited.
Since taking good pictures is very time consuming, I did not manage to visit
all the gardens on the show. |
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At the bottom of this page you will see pictures taken at the stunning
collection of over 500 varieties of Bearded Irises growing in the garden of
Val and Allan. |
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| The pictures above had been taken in a small garden belonging to Evert and Guelly, in the
center of Castlegar. |
| The garden is just in its second year. There are
perennials, annuals and inherited from the previous owners rose bushes. |
| The biggest part of the garden is occupied
by vegetables, some of them oriental. On the day of the show the fruits
on the Tomato plants there were already 10 cm in diameter! |
| There are also some fruit trees in the
garden, and two three year old Almond trees that the owners grow from seeds. |
| The Filipino cookies made by Guelly
for the occasion were delicious. |
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| On the pictures above you can see a
beautiful, well established garden in the Tarrys area, close to the Kootenay River. |
| There is a rock garden with a big pond in
the center, surrounded by spectacular specimens of Beauty Bush. |
| There are fruit trees, fruiting bushes and a vegetable garden. |
| The garden also features twig
gazebo and arbor. It is bordered by Grape plants. |
| All plants look exceptionally strong and healthy. |
| Good gardening, Judy and Peter! |
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| On the pictures above, at the left, you can see a rustic greenhouse at
the center of a mobile park compound, also in Tarrys area, close to the
highway connecting Castlegar and Nelson. |
| The interest in gardening of the
landlady spread to her tenants. Two of them, Gerda nad Rita, had their sweet little
gardens on the show. |
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| The Queen of this year Castlegar Garden Show was undoubtedly Iris. |
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I could not stop taking pictures of the stunning Iris flowers in the collection of 500
varieties of modern and heritage Bearded Irises in the garden of Val and
Allan, beautifully located close to the Kootenay River, in the tranquil and
picturesque area of Shoreacres. |
| Here are some of the pictures. Enjoy! |
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