Re: Garden Conservancy Tours in Bay Area
- Subject: Re: Garden Conservancy Tours in Bay Area
- From: d* f*
- Date: Tue, 8 May 2001 08:29:42 -0700 (PDT)
--- David Feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I just checked the www.gardenconservancy.org
> website,
> and unfortunately they don't list individual gardens
> to be open unless you buy the $15.95 guide book,
> which
> can be ordered through info@gardenconservancy.org,,
> or
> phone 845 265 2029. This lists the open garden days
> for the whole year/entire country. I personally
> think
> this is a marketing mistake not to also advertise
> locally with info for people who choose not to buy
> the
> book, but there you are. If you show up at one
> garden, you can get info for the rest on the tour
> that
> day at each garden, but it will mean copying the
> info
> down by hand. Admission is $5 per garden. The
> garden
> of my client, with the proteas, is 1341 Haskell St.
> in
> Berkeley, and it will be open on Sunday, June 3rd,
> from 2-6pm. Other gardens will be open starting
> from
> 10 am, and I think there are 10 or 12 gardens in the
> east bay, and 10 or 12 open in San Francisco, (I
think that Sonny Garcia's garden is on the tour this
year), on
> Saturday, June 2. As my own garden isn't on the
> tour
> this year, I don't have a copy of the book myself.
> It
> is for a good cause, so if you buy the book, and are
> travelling across the country, there are other
> gardens/dates in 2001. It is not quite the way I
> would run their advertising, but it is an east coast
> mentality, and based on the english open gardens
> role
> model. Another garden that I know is on the Sunday
> tour, is Marcia Donahue's garden, at 3017 Wheeler
> St,
> Berkeley, which is definitely open 2-6pm, and maybe
> all day. Sorry I can't give you more specific info,
> hope this helps
>
> Also, the preview Sale For Cal Hort Society starts
at 6:30 pm Saturday, June 2nd, for people who want
first crack at things. $5 at the door to get in. We
also welcome any volunteers who would like to help set
up on Saturday, starting at 8 am, and also donations
of plants, what may be old or unwanted to you could be
new to someone else! As an example, I always bring
some Impatiens balfourii, which selfseeds by the
1000's to the sale, and they always get sold...
>
>
> David Feix
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