Showing posts with label secret gardens of lake forest park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label secret gardens of lake forest park. Show all posts

What will be at the Market at the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market?

Friday, June 7, 2019

On Saturday, June 15, 9:00am - 3:00pm, the day of the Lake Forest Park Garden Tour, the lower level of the Town Center will be transformed into a lush green nursery.


This market is part of the Garden Tour event. Everyone is welcome to look, get inspired and even purchase plants and garden art that will thrive in our local environment.

Chimacum Woods will be at the market with a variety of rhododendrons. Chimacum Woods is devoted to preserving local species of rhodies.

The owners have also traveled extensively to preserve rhododendrons where their native habitat is threatened.

If the snow took out some of your favorite rhododendrons, check out the variety and color from this grower.

Lee Farms and Nursery have been a staple of the garden market for years. One regular visitor to the Market said, 

“My garden is littered with the tags from Lee Farms. The plants they bring to the market are perfect for my garden. Plants grow in the shade and in the sunnier areas of my garden. I appreciate the variety and quality of the plants they bring.”

Mason Bee house
Have you ever wondered about Mason Bees? They are native North American bees and terrific pollinators. They are different from the honey bees. Mason bees (named because they build houses from mud like masons) are solitary bees. As early pollinators with a 30-day life span, they are used mostly for fruit trees and sometimes blueberries.

Ray Strelecki of Michael’s Mason Bees will be at the Market for the first time. 

Ray raised 16,000 Mason Bees this year. He teaches people about how to raise bees and sells several varieties of Mason Bee houses. 

Ray will be happy to chat with anyone interested in raising and releasing Mason Bees. And maybe entice you to buy a bee house!

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The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market June 15

Tuesday, June 4, 2019

World flute music with Peter Ali
Photo by Jerry Pickard
The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market Saturday June 15, 2019 

There are many pleasures in a garden and on a garden tour. One of the special pleasures is live music.

Each garden on the tour will have a musician playing for part of the day. The music ranges from jazz, to Latin, cello to flute, fiddles to piano. 

This year some favorites will be returning to the gardens and new musicians who are sure to become favorites will appear for the first time.

Guitarist Mike Good
Guitarist Mike Good will be returning to the gardens to perform his original tunes. He has played at event nearly every year. His music is the perfect accompaniment for a relaxing stroll.

Ken Kassover and Greg Schroeder will be playing jazz piano and trombone with vocals. Both of these professional musicians live in Lake Forest Park. Ken is active in the Puget Sound music scene.

Greg is a Northwest singer/songwriter and a bandleader. One of the best-known Seattle trombonists, Greg has toured with Natalie Cole and Henry James Orchestra.

Latin music of Julian Catford
In another garden, visitors will hear the Latin music of guitarist Julian Catford. He has a diverse musical style including bossa nova, choro, waltz, tango, and ‘flamenco jazz’. Julian has performed around the region at Bumbershoot, Bellevue Jazz festival, ArtStorm and many other locations. 

STRUM: Seattle's Totally Relaxed Ukulele Musicians. This amazing pickup group of ukulele players pays old favorites. They will be at the Town center right in the middle of the Market starting at 1 pm. This foot tapping group will make you want to get up and sing with them.

One of the gardens will feature peaceful and romantic cello music by Tracy Hagen, back by popular demand. Tracy is a teacher as well as a performer who has shared her musical talents around the world.

Milner Family Fiddles
The Milner Family Fiddles is a Lake Forest Park family band that has played in public on a regular basis for over 30 years.

Entertaining with Texas style fiddle and bluegrass with fiddles, guitars and mandolin, they often play at Third Place Commons and at local events.

Tracy Hagen plays peaceful and
romantic cello music

Peter Ali has also played in the gardens in the past. The music from this Native American flutist seems to float above the garden. Visitors in the past have commented about how much the music enhanced the experience.

Music in the gardens is one of the ways the tour is so special. Tickets to the Garden Tour and Market are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the tour.

Tickets are now available at Town Center Hardware, Wildbirds Unlimited and the Sunday Farmers Market in Lake Forest Park and at Sky Nursery in Shoreline.

Tickets and more information are available online: LFPGardentour.com.





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Art in the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market, June 15

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Anneke Wilder in the garden last year.

There are so many things that make the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market worth the visit to the gardens.

Of course, the gardens are extraordinary.

Visitors can see how gardeners use shade plants, perennial gardens and natural slopes of our area to the best advantage.

And, to enhance your experience in the gardens there will be artists working on oils, and watercolors.

Anneke Wilder is a natural science illustrator.

If you visited the gardens last year you may recall her work. She engaged visitors, especially children while she drew.

Monstera leaf drawing
by Kelsey Nollette
Kelsey Nollette is a botanical artist.

Her recent work includes a life-sized carrot with roots and stem. In the garden Kelsey will be illustrating a Panda Faced ginger plant (Asarum).

Rance Holiman, a Seattle artist, will be painting in oils in the garden.

Nancy Bishop Harvey
Graphic Design
Nancy Bishop Harvey is a graphic designer who works at Shoreline Community College.

Staci Adman has been in the garden in the past.

She organized the mural on the side of the St Vincent building in Kenmore.

Adman is a local artist who works in oils and mixed media.

Monica Lisette-Sanchez will be painting with watercolors in one of the gardens.

Monica Lisette-Sanchez works in a variety of formats.

Encaustic by Monica Lisette-Sanchez
She works in encaustic which is a mixture of beeswax and damar resin.

Art in the gardens is one of the ways the tour is so special.

Tickets to the Garden Tour and Market are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the tour. 

Tickets are now available at Town Center Hardware, Wildbirds Unlimited and the Sunday Farmers Market in Lake Forest Park and at Sky Nursery in Shoreline. 

Tickets and more information are available at LFPGardentour.com




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17th Annual Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market June 15

Friday, May 3, 2019

What to look forward to at the Garden Tour and Market? 

The six new gardens are, as usual, the centerpiece. Each garden is a story. The main characters are plants, sunshine, shade, dirt, slopes and of course the gardeners.

One garden on the tour is a local B and B, hidden behind a tall hedge and filled with garden art. The stream and other water features create a garden getaway. This delightful garden highlights a clearing with seating for a time to reflect and enjoy the space.

The many mature trees include a weeping Giant Sequoia and a hidden Cryptomeria, adding texture and color. A focal point is a wonderful large-scale garden sculpture which enhances the drama of this unique garden.

Tickets to the Garden Tour and Market are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the tour. Starting in May tickets will be available at Town Center Hardware, Wildbirds Unlimited and the Sunday Farmers Market - all at Town Center, intersection Bothell and Ballinger Way NE, Lake Forest Park.

Tickets and more information are available at LFPGardentour.com.



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Garden Tour today in Lake Forest Park

Friday, June 15, 2018


The 16th annual Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market is today, Saturday June 16, 2018.

The Market and the Tour both open at 9am and run to 3pm. Tickets are available at the lower level of the Town Center, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way, Lake Forest Park.

The ticket allows you to enter six private gardens and see the amazing work done in local spaces.

Birdwatchers, beekeepers, gardeners, photographers, rosarians, artists, and musicians will each find some delights in the gardens.



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Where in Lake Forest Park is Ray Skjelbred and his dolceola?

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Ray Skjelbred playing at the LFP Farmers Market 2015
Photo by Jerry Pickard

By Luanne Brown

For the past five years, virtuoso jazz pianist Ray Skjelbred has played his dolceola for the Lake Forest Park Secret Garden Tour and Market, which is held this Saturday from 9am to 3pm starting at Town Center in Lake Forest Park, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way.

As much as we’d like to share his location with you — we can’t, because like the six private gardens being featured — it’s a secret.

If you do go on the Secret Garden tour, you’ll probably recognize Skjelbred as that nice guy who plays on sunny Sundays (when he feels like it) at the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market.

Ray at the Farmers Market 2010
Photo by Diane K. Hettrick
He’s been doing that for the past eight years and is a favorite with the crowd.

Says Skjelbred, “The market seemed like a natural setting for this unusual instrument since they are both alternative ways of doing thing.”

Skjelbred likes the softness of the sound in the crowd.

When he plays at the market and elsewhere, he says, “I want everything that’s in me to be in my music ‘right now’.

As the audience watches him, he watches them, “I like seeing the person who understands what they are listening to and appreciates it. Or the person who just turns their head at the sound of the dolceola and wonders, ‘What have I just heard?’”

Like the market and the dolceola, Skjelbred himself represents a rather alternative way of doing things. Most pianists, especially those who go on to be virtuosos, start their piano studies at an early age. But he didn’t start playing the piano until he was 18.

The day was threatening rain, so Ray and
his dolceola were under a canopy at the market
Photo by Diane K. Hettrick
“I heard some music on KTAC radio in Tacoma, when I was that age, that I liked. I wanted to be able to play those sounds.”

So, he learned how — working on his own and with a piano player who was phasing out of performing to concentrate on giving lesson.

“I’ve always tried to pursue my truest self,” he says, and playing first the piano and later the dolceola are expressions of that pursuit.

He is also an accomplished poet and has published several books of poetry.

Skjelbred continued to study piano as he went through college and started teaching high school English. It wasn’t until 2002 that he found his dolceola at a garage sale in the Lake Union area. It’s a combination of piano and zither and very hard to find. It was built by the Toledo Symphony Company from 1903 to 1907.

Keyboard of a dolceola
Photo courtesy ToledoBlade.com

According to Skjelbred, his specific instrument was made in 1904. Designed as a learning instrument, its complex construction makes it hard to play. On one side of the keyboard, the keys are grouped into chords and the notes of those chords. On the other side, it’s two octaves of keys played like the piano.

Skjelbred had been looking for one ever since he’d heard a recording of a late 1920s street musician in Texas named Washington Phillips. The instrument he’d been playing was mistakenly identified as the ‘dulceola’ by Frank B. Walker, the talent agent who recorded Phillips and who also discovered Hank Williams and Bessie Smith.

At the time Skjelbred started searching for the instrument he didn’t realize that Phillips was perhaps playing either two different types of fretless zithers (a celestaphone and a phonoharp) or something quite different which has come to be known as a Manzarene.

Dolceola
Photo courtesy Ray Skjelbred
In the end, Skjelbred doesn’t really care that he went in search of one sound and found another. That’s just fine with him, because Skjelbred loves the sound the dolceola creates. How did he learn to play it? There’s a chart on the instrument and he just figured it out.

Skjelbred, who has played on over 100 albums, still does at least 100 gigs a year. He’s traveled extensively to play concerts, festivals, and private parties and has performed all over California, where he lived for several years, and in Scotland, the Netherlands, and England.

“I’ve never looked for a job,” he says. The jobs always just seem to find him.

His repertoire consists of a mixture of 1920’s jazzy songs (he’s a big fan of jazz pianist Earl Hines), ragtime, and blues and he still loves Washington Phillips’ songs, with evocative titles such as, “A Mother’s Last Word to Her Son,” and “What are They Doing in Heaven.” He also appreciates artists like Patsy Montana, from the 1030s who sang, “I want to be a cowboy’s sweetheart.”

Born in Chicago, Skjelbred has lived in many places. For the last several years, he has lived in Lake Forest Park with his wife Elsa Bouman, who is active in the community’s art scene, and their dog Pika.

You can learn more about Skjelbred and the dolceola on his website, which includes pictures of the instrument and videos of him playing.



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The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market Saturday

Tuesday, June 12, 2018


This Saturday, June 16, the weather is supposed to be perfect for a garden tour.

So, get your tickets now for the 16th annual Lake Forest Park Garden Tour. The tour includes access to six local gardens. Ticket holders on this self-guided tour will be able to see ways local gardeners have solved challenges like drainage, slopes, shade and sunny spots ... Strolling through six local stunning gardens you will see how to attract birds, and divide space to encourage contrast and variety.

Each garden will have a musician and an artist in the garden.

The proceeds of the ticket sales are returned to the community through support of four local non-profits. Half of the proceeds from the sale are used for public art in Lake Forest Park. The Garden Tour contributed to the art at the Blue Heron Park bridge and commissioned and donated the piece in front of City Hall.

There will be a garden market in the lower level of the Town Center, selling plants that will thrive in our local environment. You can learn how to keep bees, and purchase flowers, plants, and garden art.

Tickets are available online or at Town Center Hardware or Wildbirds Unlimited in Lake Forest Park Town Center, intersection of Bothell and Ballinger Way.


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Music and Art in the Gardens

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

STRUM - Seattle's Totally Relaxed Ukulele Musicians
The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market -- June 16

One of the most delightful aspects of the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market is that in each awesome garden, in addition to plants, landscapes, vistas and flowers, has both live music and working artists.

Peter Ali, native flute player
Each garden is paired with a musician who multiplies the impact of the garden with music.

One garden will have Peter Ali, playing a native flute, while Tracy Hagen, a cellist, will play in another. 

Additional musicians include the Milner Family Fiddles, a guitar player, a jazz trio and a dolceola performer.

At the Garden Market, a playful group called Strum will be performing. Strum is made up of ukulele players and singers. They will fill the garden market with old favorites and new songs.

Purchase advance tickets at Town Center Hardware, Wildbirds Unlimited and the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market in the Town Center or online at LFPGardentour.com.

On the day of the tour tickets are $20 and available at Lake Forest Park Town Center.


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The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market -- June 16, 2018

Saturday, June 2, 2018

Plant and garden sale at Town Center
Saturday June 16


The Farmer’s Almanac predicts June 16 as “warm”. A perfect day for the Garden Tour and Market.

Ticket holders on this self-guided tour will have a chance to wander through six Lake Forest Park gardens. One is an eclectic northwest native garden, another features hardscapes and landscapes, one has created a place for birds and bees and another has landscaped solutions to a major water issue.

Walking throughout the gardens ticket holders can take photographs, ask master gardeners questions and soak in the pleasures of gardening.

The Garden Market in the lower level of the Town Center will be filled to overflowing with local nurseries and local garden artists. Take an opportunity to browse and purchase something for your garden.

Purchase advance Tour tickets at Town Center Hardware, Wildbirds Unlimited and the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market in the Town Center or online at LFPGardentour.com.

On the day of the tour tickets are $20 and available at Lake Forest Park Town Center.




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LFP Garden Market Saturday, June 16

Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Geranium
LFP Garden Market and Garden Tour Saturday, June 16, 2018

As part of the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour, the lower level of the Lake Forest Park Town Center will be filled with local flowers, trees, and art.

One of the vendors will be Jordan Nursery. Kevin and Jeanell Jones have an amazing nursery dedicated to raising, preserving and selling fuchsias and pelargoniums (geraniums).

Over the years Jordan Nursery has acquired one of the largest fuchsia and geranium collections in the U.S. Just last year the Nursery cultivated 40 new varieties of geraniums previously not in circulation.

They are in contact with people across the world to find and share old fashioned, non-patented varieties.


Geraniums/ pelargoniums are a perfect plant for newcomers and experienced gardeners alike. The plants are easy to care for, they last all summer (and can be wintered over), they are scented and they repel flies. They can be in gardens; they take part shade and they can be in containers.

The flowers come in lots of different colors in the pink, red, orange and white families. The leaves themselves are interesting with varied leaf and color structure.

Percy Dicker - Regal / Martha Washington
pelargoniums / geranium
Martha Washington’s, known in the British Commonwealth countries as Regals, will be in full display at the Garden Market.

Nestled nest to the geraniums will be fuchsias. These hardy and varied plants come in single blossoms and double, some of them trail out of baskets others stand upright. The colors range from white to pink, red to purple.

The leaves can be variegated or regular. Take a look around the city to feast on the varieties of fuchsias. These delightful blossoms attract hummingbirds and other pollinators. This year the Jordan Nursery made 30,000 cuttings of these amazing plants.

A wide variety of these plants will be available at the Garden Market at the Town center on June 16.

Garden Tour tickets are available at the Secret Gardens website, and at the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market, Wildbirds Unlimited, Sky Nursery and Town Center Hardware.



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Sunday is a great day to purchase Garden Tour Tickets

Sunday, May 20, 2018


As you shop at the Lake Forest Park Farmers Market, you can purchase your ticket to the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market of June 16, 2018.

Tickets for this year’s fabulous tour are available at the Farmers Market, Wildbirds Unlimited, the Town Center Hardware store and Sky Nursery — so whatever your Sunday chores include, add the purchase of a tour ticket.

The ticket for the June 16 Garden Tour allows you to visit six local garden treasures. Your ticket will get entrance to gardens that feature:

-a living wall
-bee friendly habitat
-perennial gardens
-streams that have sea otters, eagles, salmon, king fishers and more
-pathways that flow and encourage meandering
-shelter and nesting places for birds
-rain gardens
-child friendly gardens
-ground cover and pavers

…and so much more

Tickets are also available online.


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Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Tour features six local gardens and a market

Thursday, May 17, 2018


THE SECRET GARDENS OF LAKE FOREST PARK 
GARDEN TOUR AND MARKET
 
Saturday, June 16, 2018, 9 am to 3 pm 

This year the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden tour will feature six local gardens in Lake Forest Park. Each garden opens up to fascinating and unique plants and garden features.

One home has four rain gardens to solve a drainage issue, transforming the space into a delightful garden. At another home, the owner is the head gardener at a major institution who brought her talents to bear on her own home.

You will find garden rooms, bird habitat, garden art and amazing walkable ground cover and pavers.

Master gardeners, musicians and artists will enhance your experience in each garden.

In addition, there will be a garden market filled with plants that thrive in our local environment. Garden art and garden enhancements will also be available.

Tickets are available online and at Ace Hardware and Wild Birds Unlimited in Town Center. Advanced tickets are $15 and on the day of the tour the tickets are $20. The tickets are exchanged for a map of the self-guided tour at the Lake Forest Park Town Center, 17171 Bothell Way NE.


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The Garden calls ....

Friday, May 11, 2018

A Secret Garden
Ah Spring… 

The garden calls on these beautiful spring days.

If you are looking for inspiration for your garden, plan on attending the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market on June 16, 2018.

As you wander six outstanding gardens on this self-guided tour you will get ideas, inspiration and encouragement.

Do you want to know how to handle excess water on your property and how to use rain gardens to transform a problem into a marvelous solution? One of the gardens on the tour will help you envision possible solutions.

Do you want to think about garden rooms in your space? Or how to arrange artfully different plantings? The gardens will encourage, stimulate, embolden gardeners, plant enthusiasts and garden fans.

Tickets are available now online, or at Town Center Ace Hardware, Wild Birds Unlimited and Sky Nursery.



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Ciscoe Morris will be at the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market

Friday, June 16, 2017

ooo la la - Cisco Morris will be in LFP Saturday 11am - 1pm
Ciscoe Morris is a gardening legend in our area. He was the Landscape and Grounds Manager for 24 years at Seattle University. He now writes for Pacific Magazine, is on television and radio.

You can get your garden questions answered by this renowned local gardener at the Garden Market this Saturday between 11am and 1pm.

Ciscoe will be answering questions and talking with Mike Munro. So if you have a plant you can’t identify or a great plant that is thriving in your garden, take this chance to talk to Ciscoe one-on-one. 

The Garden Market is part of the Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market on Saturday, June 17. There is no fee for the garden market which, in addition to Ciscoe, will be overflowing with plants and garden art.

Tickets are $20 on the day of the tour, but just $15 each when you buy early either online or at one of ticket outlets. Get your tickets online or find an outlet at lfpgardentour.com/tickets.



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Gorgeous gardens, art, music, and more.. this Saturday

Tuesday, June 13, 2017


Saturday, June 17 is the big day for the beloved annual Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market!

For one day only, you get to peek behind the gates to tour six of the most special private gardens in Lake Forest Park. Exquisite landscaping, glorious flowers and plants, peaceful water features, unique garden art, and more will inspire and delight you on this wonderful tour.

Each garden will also feature live music, working artists, and gardening experts to enrich your experience and make each stop extra special.

Meanwhile, back at Town Center, the garden market will offer up a dazzling array of native plants and flowers and handcrafted garden art to help turn your own home retreat into something wonderful as well!

The ever-popular gardening celeb Ciscoe Morris from KIRO-FM will be on hand at the garden market from 11 to 1 to talk gardens with emcee Mike Munro and answer your gardening questions. And after that, Seattle’s most relaxed ukulele band Strum will take center stage to entertain and amuse throughout the afternoon.

The annual Secret Gardens event is co-presented by four local community nonprofits – the Shoreline - Lake Forest Park Arts Council, the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation, the Lake Forest Park Garden Club, and of course, Third Place Commons. All proceeds benefit these four organizations and are also used to purchase public art for Lake Forest Park.

The market opens at 9am when you can also begin picking up your garden maps and get an early jump on the shopping before the gardens open their gates at 10am. The gardens and market close at 4pm, so be sure to get there early so you don’t miss a thing!

Tickets are $20 on the day, but just $15 each when you buy early either online or at one of ticket outlets. Get your tickets online or find an outlet here



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Beautiful Lake Forest Park gardens open June 17

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park


Six beautiful Lake Forest Park Gardens will be open to Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Market ticket holders on June 17. These gardens are local jewels.

Imagine a delightful June day. Just a slight breeze, the smell of summer just around the corner. On tour day visitors will be welcomed to gardens large and small. Each garden jewel reflecting the owner's sense of space and wonder.

Get your tickets online at Lake Forest Park Garden tour or at any of these outlets:

  • Garden Essentia, 20152 Ballinger Way NE, Shoreline
  • LFP Farmers Market, LFP Town Center, Sundays, 10-3 only
  • Molbak's, 13625 NE 175th, Woodinville
  • Ravenna Gardens, University Village
  • Sky Nursery, 18528 Aurora Ave N, Shoreline
  • Town Center Hardware, LFP Town Center
  • Wild Birds Unlimited, LFP Town Center


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It’s a Photo Op - LFP Garden Tour welcomes photographers

Tuesday, June 14, 2016

The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour and Plant Sale June 18 welcomes photographers!

Professionals and amateurs are welcome to snap away in the gardens during the tour. It is a chance to hone both close up and wide-angle shots in some of the most beautiful gardens in the north end.

It is a special treat to be invited into the back yards of local gardens. This year the homeowners are sharing their beautiful garden sheds, amazing native and specialty plants, water features and splendid vistas. Maybe your photo of one of the gardens can be featured on the 2017 poster.

Pre-sale tickets for the June 18, 2016 tour are just $12 and are available now. You can purchase them online.


Tickets are also available at the ticket outlets listed below:

On the day of the tour tickets will be available at the Lake Forest Park Town Center lower level main entrance for $15.



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Attention Garden Lovers

Tuesday, June 7, 2016



Have you ever walked around the neighborhood wondering what is in the back yard of some of the homes in Lake Forest Park?

The Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park tour is your opportunity to find out. On June 18, six gardens will be open for viewing. You will have a chance to walk around private gardens, ask questions of Master Gardeners, listen to music and engage with artists creating their work.

This season, with its wacky weather, every garden will be thought-provoking and inspiring.

There is Japanese inspired garden with terraces and ponds, and other varied areas of special interest. A couple of wildlife gardens show how to integrate pesticide free gardening that attracts local birds One of the gardens features legacy plants from homesteads and friends.

You won’t want to miss this once a year opportunity so get your tickets now. Pre-sale tickets are just $12 for the June 18, 2016 event. You can purchase them online.

Tickets are also available at the ticket outlets listed below:

On the day of the tour tickets are $15 at the door: the Lake Forest Park Town Center lower lobby entrance. Town Center is located at the intersection of Bothell Way and Ballinger Way.



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Tickets available now for the 2016 Secret Gardens of Lake Forest Park Garden Tour

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Begonia in Basket
Photo courtesy LFP Garden Tour

At the same price for 14 years, pre-sale tickets to the always engaging Lake Forest Park Garden Tour are just $12. You can purchase these pre-sale tickets for the June 18, 2016 event now online 

Tickets are also available at:

On the day of the tour you exchange your pre-ticket at the LFP Town Center for a map of the six gardens. Visitors on this self-guided tour can stop at the gardens in any order during open hours, 10am to 4pm.

This year the tour features a heritage garden, a Japanese garden with ponds, hillside gardens with spectacular views of Lake Washington and several certified wildlife habitat gardens.

Each location is unique and shows off the plants and landscape in ways that will inspire. Master Gardeners will be on hand in some gardens to answer questions and all gardens will have artists and musicians to enhance your visit.

Be sure to mark your calendar and get your tickets early. This is one spring event you won’t want to miss!



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Photo: Perfect art piece from LFP Secret Gardens Plant Sale

Monday, June 22, 2015

Donar under his tree
Photo by Judith Mullenburg

Judith Mullenburg reports that she had been looking for the perfect art piece to hide in an enormous cedar in Lake Forest Park - and found it Saturday at Secret Gardens vendors at the Town Center.

Donar posing for his close-up
Photo by Judith Mullenburg

It was created by Ken Hinch of Art in Stone in Brier.

"Ken is so proud of his work! It was delivered yesterday -- my granddaughter was there with 2 1/2 year old twins she was babysitting. The children loved this guy, who I have named Donar. I Googled "Thor" as the only name I could think of and found Donar. It is high Germanic - the god of thunder.  Hope I am here to see my great grands delight in him."



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