My garden is on tour today!

12 years ago

Well, it rained last night.... half inch or so, but the tour is still on! So, now it's time for last minute chores!

It's the final week of the MN Hosta Society open tours and this week is my area, the SouthEast quadrant of the twin cities.

If anyone is in the Twin Cities today and would like to visit my garden in Lakeville, send me an E-mail ... being sure to include your screen name, and I'll send you my address. I would rather my address not be posted for all on the internet to see.

I'm open from about 3pm til dark.

My email address is ThisIsMelissa (at) hotmail (dot) com

I hope to see you this afternoon!

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anitamo
12 years ago
Have fun, good luck and take lots of pictures...please!
hostasformez4
12 years ago
Enjoy the experience. My garden was visited in 2006 during the local Gardens United Garden Walk. It has never looked that good since! lol

Connie
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Jaw dropping!!! Wow, I can't immagine how they created a garden so beautiful. PLus it looks quite large so has to be lots of work to maintain. I especially liked the shots of the golden colored Spuria Iris and a general gardenbed shot (picture 32). Then they just keep going, prettier and prettier. I see those golden colored spuria in lots of those shots. Just wonderful.
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As always, I've butchered the English language. This is not my yard, we were visitors on a small charity garden tour. Dear Lovetogarden, I'm from Massachusetts and it is a delight to learn about new plants, micro-climates, freezes, too much rain, not enough rain, and hot hot sun, oh my! Last winter was spent tearing things out, this winter I've truly had a lot of fun planting all kinds of things. I'm happy with my choice of Sarasota, however only Key West does not get an occasional frost. You can grow anything in Florida, as long as it is in a pot you lug in on cold nights. And the further away from the coast you go the larger your land, however, it's colder away from the water. Good luck, CB
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Thanks all! I have to tell you a story about those fairy gardens. My garden club had a master gardener come give a talk on Fairy Gardens back in February. Some of us, including me, actually went out and planted them. I found a little gnome at Big Lots to put in mine since with me having three boys - I don't think they would appreciate the feminine touches of the girly fairies. The lady who did the ones in the photos above said she and her husband went on a mission looking for "fairy stuff" for their gardens. But, she said they didn't dare ask any of the clerks at the stores for "fairy stuff" since they were afraid they might get the wrong idea - especially her husband. I mean, can you imagine a guy going into a store asking where they keep their "fairy stuff"? :D
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kskaren
12 years ago
How exciting for you! I hope it all goes smoothly!!
Karen
jennaj_z4mn
12 years ago
Hope everything goes well!!! I WILL get to meet you one of these days!! Unfortunately, work always seems to get in the way :(
in ny zone5
12 years ago
You people in Minnesota are so lucky having several garden walks a year to see how other gardens with hosta are designed and being able to talk about gardening in a garden!
ninamarie
12 years ago
I hope you have fun. I wish I could go too.
paul_in_mn
12 years ago
DW and I had an early start and just back from tours - Melissa's garden looked great. 5 fun gardens today, each a bit different.

Paul
hostaholic2 z 4, MN
12 years ago
Sounds like it went well, congrats Melissa!
thisismelissa
Original Author
12 years ago
Whew. It's over and I'm exhausted! I probably had 20 visitors. It was nice to start the day with friends (Paul and his wife) and end the day with friends (tsbccowboy and his sig other).

Paul, you are such a great friend.... I cannot believe that you started helping out when you arrived! Thank you soooooo much! And thank you for your kind words.

While I didn't get what I wanted to get done, I was pleased with the overall outcome.

Pics will have to wait till tomorrow! I'm tired and it's dark
nutmeg4061
12 years ago
Was this your first? I would be a nervous wreck, lol.
Congrats, can't wait for pics!
kskaren
12 years ago
"While I didn't get what I wanted to get done, I was pleased with the overall outcome."

Do we ever??? I think if we didn't run out of time, we would just keep tweaking, wouldn't we?

Glad it went well for you--congrats!

Now, rest....
Karen
thisismelissa
Original Author
12 years ago
Nutmeg....yes, this was my first tour.

Karen.... I was positively EXHAUSTED last night! The humidity was super high yesterday and it totally tuckered me out!

I really enjoyed getting to talk with other fellow hosta enthusiasts.

I think I might take a couple days off, but then it's back to the reality of having an overplanted garden. Time to start moving stuff again!

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