This year she took the plunge, and her glorious garden was visited by 51 other avid gardeners. Each participating garden is marked by a red and yellow flag, and a sheet of addresses was available for $3. People were allowed to come from 10-12 and 2-4:30 today (May 2nd, Sunday), so we had to stay home from church (shucks) to host the guests (and to keep an eye on things). I should add that Kay was an important part of the big push to get things ready, carefully weeding this and that. Believe it or not, Janice ran out of things for Kay to do in the garden. Things never looked so good.
After watching how things were progressing,
Paul and I decided to contribute to the effort by getting out of the way, so we headed downtown to a favourite used book store.
Our plan worked marvelously, Kay and Janice were hard at work, enjoying their individual solitudes.
Paul and Kay returned to Seattle soon after breakfast on Sunday helping with the breakfast dishes, and Janice started preparations for the tour. She put out a small table offering her business card (blog address) and free plants, which proved popular.
Then she roped off part of the lower patio because the uneven flagstones were too slippery in the light rain.
When everything was ready, she put out the special flag which signaled to gardeners that her garden was officially open (you may have to click on the picture to see the flag).
Here are closeups of a few posies:
Judy (my former secretary) was the first visitor, soon followed by others.
Even one of the organizers came to visit and seemed to be very pleased to finally meet Janice.
Janice is already assuming she will enter again next year, but will have to coordinate schedules with Kay if the place is to look this special.
