Inviting Vines—A Tour of Private Gardens
On Saturday, May 24, FRCC is sponsoring a tour of private gardens in the Portland metropolitan area. The seven gardens will be open from 10 am to 4 pm. All of the garden owners happen to be members of the Friends of the Rogerson Clematis Collection, and you will see everything from gardens with just a few well-chosen clematis to gardens very much afflicted with “a vine madness”, including the garden of RCC’s curator, Linda Beutler, garden designer Lucy Hardiman, and for the first time, the garden of Susan Toler, FRCC’s recording secretary. This tour is a fund-raiser for FRCC, so we hope you will enjoy the tour and bring your gardening friends!
There will be clematis for sale at one eastside garden and one westside garden. (As our curator always says, “Shop early and shop often!”). The collection itself, at Luscher Farm, will not be open during this event.
Tickets are $20.00, and garden descriptions and directions are included with each. You may buy tickets at the following area nurseries:
Bethany Nursery (NW 185th)
Farmington Gardens (SW Farmington Rd. Aloha, OR)
Garden Fever (NE Portland at 24th & Fremont)
Joy Creek Nursery* (Watson Road in Scappoose, OR)
Lake Oswego Dennis’ 7-Dees Nursery (just 1/2 mile from Luscher Farm, on McVey)
Portland Nursery (5050 SE Stark St. location only)
*join FRCC at Joy Creek Nursery for our Spring Clematis Celebration, from 9 am to 5 pm, Sunday April 27, 2008. Special guest presenter: Brewster Rogerson at 1:00 pm. Discounted clematis for FRCC members, and lots of fun and information for everyone! Come admire the early-flowering clematis.
