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Earth friendly gardening in the Kootenays region of British Columbia, Canada |
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Sustaining connection between people and plants |
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The Castlegar
and Area Garden Club
hosts
9th
Annual Garden Tour
Sunday, June 27, 2010
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
10 Flagrantly Delightful Gardens
Brochure & Map
available locally or from
castlegargardenclub@shaw.ca
Contact: Dorothy: 250.304.2885
castlegargardenclub@shaw.ca
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Castlegar Garden Tour 2006
Pictures taken June 11th, 2006 |
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On Sunday, June 11th, we had an annual Castlegar and area Garden Show, with nine beautiful gardens participating.
The weather was cooperating, with just a few clouds and a lot of most welcomed sunshine.
When talking about gardens and flowers a picture is worth a thousand
words, so let's talk with pictures. Unfortunately, since taking pictures is very time consuming, I did not manage to visit
all the gardens on the show. |
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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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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, on the left, you can see a rustic greenhouse at
the center of a mobile park compound, also in the 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.
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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