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2008 Garden Tour Fact Sheet
WHAT:
The 20th Anniversary Bainbridge in Bloom Garden Tour
Benefiting the Bainbridge Island Arts & Humanities
Council
WHEN:
July 11, 2008 - Patron Day (10:00am-5:00pm)
July 12 & 13, 2008 -Garden Tour (10:00am-5:00pm)
Bus Hub: 9:30am-5:30pm
GARDENS:
Five established, owner-tended gardens, plus the Little and Lewis garden on the weekend (special hours). Enjoy the remarkable diversity of this year’s garden selection, from a 5 acre, English-inspired garden with Pacific Northwest native plants to a garden High on a bluff overlooking Eagle Harbor. Visit a garden designed for low water usage and low maintenance; enjoy a garden filled with beds of winter-tolerant tropicals and Mediterranean plants, as well as a haven abundantly planted with colorful foliage and framed with well-placed hardscaping, and more.
- Plant vendors to offer high quality plants for sale
- Free, air-conditioned Kitsap Transit coaches during the weekend tour
- Bike the Bloom- lower priced ticket includes map and bicycle parking
- Sustainable gardening presentations/demonstrations in four gardens
- Choices of refreshments in the gardens from exceptional local chefs
- Plein air painters painting in the gardens
July 11, Patron Day:
Enjoy these value-added features with a paid Enthusiast Ticket:
• Photographing the Garden, with a local professional photographer $35
• Up Close & Personal with Bloom Plant expert $35
• Lunch with Little & Lewis in their famous garden $35
• Authentic English Cream Tea, in one of the five gardens $30
July 13, Ciscoe Morris will speak at two of the gardens about the plants that are for sale in those gardens from local nurseries.
EVENT INFO/TICKETS: www.gardentour.info or 206.842.7901
ABOUT BIAHC:
Bainbridge in Bloom benefits the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council.
When you "take the tour," you help create an environment where the arts and humanities on Bainbridge Island flourish.
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