MSHS is shudder to be working with the Washington County Horticulture Society on a particular garden tour , Saturday , July 20 . TheTour of Washington County Gardensfeatures eight amazing secret gardens along with the patio displays atHedberg Nurseryin Stillwater , which will be our tab - in detail for the tour . There ’s so much to distinguish that we ’ll be running three posts over the next several days about the gardens that will be on the tour .
But our verbal description can not do these gardens justness . Come and see them for yourself . The self - guide duty tour is assailable from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you register before the event , which is urge , the cost is $ 15 per person . Same day registration is $ 18 . luncheon is on your own — and there are many options for luncheon around theStillwater , OakdaleandWoodburyareas . Make a sidereal day of it , and come see some of these garden :
Gardening Neighborhood
This water feature is part of a five-yard garden on the tour.
The anchor garden in this horticulture neighborhood in Stillwater was started in 1998 , but over the preceding five year , five adjoining yards have been incorporate into the excogitation . All of the gardens feel tincture and more than 1,500 mixed bag of hostas , plus other shade perennials , thrive in these gardens . Lillies , daylilies , and other sun - loving perennials and annuals also scatter the landscape . Well - determine paths and bridge link the gardens together . Other feature include broad rock work , a fountain , and the cul - First State - sac holding pond that feeds a Isle of Man - made brook , which meanders through a minuscule terraced pine orchard and over several waterfalls before returning to the pool . You wo n’t want to miss run across this gorgeous space .
A Red - red-hot Garden
The gardener who make and tend this wonderland loves the warm coloring of a sundown : red , orange , yellow , coral , and bloodless , and she has created her own sundown in the garden . You ’ll be greeted by her collection of unfearing cactus and succulent . Then follow her sunset paths through her front yard where all grass has been removed and supplant with blooming perennials . As you continue to her backyard , you will find the absolute majority of her collection of lilies , iris , and daylilies . On the back berm , you will find her begin collection of evergreens . As you curve back around , you will come to the mini espalier grove , which include : peach , apple , and pear trees , grape vine , raspberry chaparral , and both June and everbearing strawberry plants used as groundcover . A red-faced red-hot garden that always has something in flush .
Outdoor Living
Hedberg Nursery , 8400 - 60th St. N. , Stillwater is allowing go - goer to take a sneak - peak at its new Outdoor Living Center . It is fully furnished with stone patios , outside kitchen , hearth , rock flooring , seating wall , pergola and much more . This one - stop extract center will give you many of idea for your own yard .
amount on Monday : Descriptions of three more tremendous gardens on the tour .
