Re: Northern Cal. Medit Garden Society Tour?

At 10:39 AM 5/8/01 -0700, Cheryl Renshaw wrote:
>On the Medit Plants event calendar, a garden tour is listed for Thursday,
>May 26. Sounds like a great tour--Bernard Trainor came and spoke to our
>plant design class last fall and I'm a great fan of his work. However, May
>26 is a Saturday. Is the tour on Thursday, May 24 or on Saturday the 26th?
>
>Thanks,
>Cheryl

Hi Cheryl -

Yes, the garden tour is on Saturday, May 26th.  I have fixed the web page 
and hope to have it uploaded before the end of the day.  This shows the 
folly in having a dyslexic, preoccupied webmaster with failing eyesight.

There is still some room in this tour, and I have recently received the 
descriptions of Bernard's garden that will be on the tour - looks like 
it'll be quite interesting:

Garden One - The quintessential mediterranean landscape. Dry climate 
plantings of lavender, thyme, and rosemary are nestled beneath edible fruit 
trees such as figs, olives, and a pineapple guava, with warm terracotta and 
buff colors predominant in the paving, garden walls, and large urns.

Garden Two - A renovation on an existing old garden, with plantings newly 
designed to reflect the strength and style of the beautiful residence, urns 
and Greek pots utilized as striking structural details in the landscape to 
marry the scale of the building with the surrounding landscape.

Garden Three - A compact city garden as an example of creative land use, 
with two distinctly different micro-climates - the front garden contains 
manzanita, madrone, and succulents; the rear garden appears lush and leafy, 
with tall ornamental grasses and herbs nestled beneath a California buckeye 
tree.

For those interested in reserving a spot on this local SF Bay Area tour, 
call Sue Ann Manners at (925) 254-0226.  The fee is $25 ($15 for MGS members).

Should be fun!
Regards,
Seán O.


h o r t u l u s   a p t u s     -    'a garden suited to its purpose'
Seán A. O'Hara        fax (707) 667-1173     sean.ohara@groupmail.com
710 Jean Street, Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
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