August 2011 Garden Tours: Karol Kaye and Carolyn Starner

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Sep 122011

Karol Kaye’s Garden

On Sunday, August 14th we toured two absolutely beautiful gardens belonging to Spokane Rose Society members of long-standing.

The first garden we toured belongs to Karol Kaye. Her garden is a true labor of love, and Karol will tell you about the labor! It is so impressive to see what she has done.

About 20 of us showed up at Karol Kaye’s home, happy to see all the new things she has added to her marvelous yard. Her new garden shed was a big hit, though it is so much more than a shed, more like a full size doll house. It is absolutely delightful.

Karol has such a variety of plants in her yard. She has truly captured the cottage garden look. Her companion plantings are a source of all sorts of new ideas for our own gardens. Lilies, hostas, interesting groundcovers, and of course heuchera in various colors of leaves – all of these and more abound in Karol’s garden.

Carolyn Starner’s Garden

The next garden we visited was Carolyn Starner’s exquisite enclosed garden in the western end of the Valley. There is not one blade of grass other than the ornamental grasses. Paving blocks and brick cover all the area that is not planted.

Carolyn loves hostas and has many, many of them as you may be able to see in the photos. She also has roses and many other interesting plants, as well as some delightful statuary and other works of art that decorate her garden.

Carolyn has made a peaceful and tranquil spot. It is the perfect place to relax in that hammock you can see in the photo.

We all enjoyed refreshments that we brought to Carolyn’s home, and she and husband, Duane, were gracious hosts.

Our thanks go out to Karol and to Carolyn and Duane for allowing us to see their gardens, as well as to those who provided refreshments. We had a great day.

Pictures of Karol Kaye’s Garden

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Pictures of Carolyn Starner’s Garden

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Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens

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Sep 092011

We visited the Moore-Turner Gardens in June. Very nice. I’ve uploaded some pics to our Facebook page: Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens. Check ‘em out.

June 2011 Garden Tour: Moore-Turner Heritage Garden

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Moore-Turner Heritage Garden entrance

For our June garden tour we visited one of Spokane’s truly hidden treasures – the Moore-Turner Heritage Garden at Corbin Art Center. It was a very pleasant afternoon, and a few of us met to wander through this lovely garden. It is a bit of a hike, and there were some steep steps to climb, but it was well worth it.

The garden was very clean and neat and shows promise of color throughout the season. There is a bed of floribunda roses just waiting to show off, beds of iris, lilacs, and perennials of various kinds. I particularly enjoyed the ponds with their fountains and waterfalls. It is a truly peaceful setting with a nice view of the city. You can understand why Mr. Moore chose this site for his home, and it is just sad that it was torn down during the Great Depression. Fortunately, some of the original stone walls and water features were not damaged, so you get a flavor of what it must have been like.

After viewing the garden, we all retired to Rose Hill in Manito where a nice picnic table provided a cool area to enjoy refreshments. All in all it was a perfect afternoon that I will long remember.

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Moore-Turner Heritage Garden. There were hedges of Blanc Double de Coubert.	Moore-Turner Heritage Garden
Moore-Turner Heritage Garden. A beautiful pool surrounded by iris and fed by a gargoyle fountain.	Moore-Turner Heritage Garden. A hike up a steep hill leads to this pool.
Moore-Turner Heritage Garden - a beautiful shady path	Moore-Turner Heritage Garden. What a great view!

Spokane Rose Society Events for June 2011

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Jun 032011

Corbin & Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens

The Corbin & Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens is our destination for June 12. Their website says:

The Corbin & Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens were extensive and impressive residential landscapes reflecting a distinct way of life during the early development of Spokane, Washington. This archaeological resource contains much of its original form and material that is easily identifiable as a designed landscape reflecting the Arts and Crafts movement in America. In May 2000, the Moore-Turner Garden was placed on the Spokane Register of Historic Places. The D.C. Corbin House register listing was amended to include the Corbin Heritage Garden. The Corbin & Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens project is the first residential landscape of its kind in the state of Washington.

Gwynne and I visited it before it opened and it looks like it should be a nice visit. This is not a tour, just a “go and see what’s there.”

The garden is mostly flat, but it’s on a hillside and has gravel paths. We weren’t able to go in, but it looked to be very nice. I have no idea what the roses will look like on the 12th, but maybe we’ll get lucky and see come nice blooms.

June 12, Sunday

Corbin & Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens
Admission is free
3-4 pm
Information
Google mapto the garden

2011 Spokane Rose Show

The Rose Show will be at Northland Rosarium this year (see below for map.) This will give people an opportunity to check out the Rosarium, in addition to the show. We’ll also have Lynn Schafer, Carol Newcomb, and Ping Lim (more about Ping and his roses is here.)

If you have a few, or a bunch of, nice blooms in your yard then bring them by the show and we’ll show you how best to present them. If you are going to bring your own roses, here are a couple of easy steps to follow:

Keep as much stem as possible. We can trim it at the show, if necessary.
Keep the leaves!
Put the stems in water as soon as you clip them and bring them to the show that way.
The bloom should be just starting to open.
You do have to know the name of your rose and it has to have been grown in your yard.
We have a wide variety of categories and arrangements, so we should be able to find a class for any rose you might have. You can see all the show rules here.

Here’s the show info:

Jun 25 , Saturday

Spokane Rose Show
Admission is free
Location: Northland Rosarium
Google map to the Rosarium
Lynn Schafer – Rose Pests and Diseases (Presentation to be given at the Rose Show)
Details: 2011 SRS Rose Show

Garden Tours 2009 – Rendle Garden

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Oct 212009

In May we visited Harry and Leslie Rendle’s garden. We all refer to Harry as Mr. Mini with good reason. Miniature roses are his specialty.

Harry and Leslie keep their garden immaculate: everything is labeled and neatly manicured.

It’s no wonder that Harry takes home so many blue ribbons.

Garden Tours 2009 – Hathaway Garden

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In May we visited the Hathaways for a tour of Phyllis’ famed garden. Phyllis certainly has a way with growing things, and it was a pleasure and inspiration to see her “French intensive” gardening style in person.

Phyllis uses lawn for pathways and to divide her flower beds.

You’ll find clematis winding its way throughout her yard.

Roses, roses, roses . . .

Easy access fruit.

Contrasts in texture, shape, height, and color add interest.

A covered path adds mystery.

Little touches of elegance abound.

Garden Tours 2009

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Oct 162009

Just one of the many benefits of membership in the Spokane Rose Society is the chance to attend our wonderful garden tours each year. The 2009 season was another great year with several very well-attended tours of members’ beautiful gardens in the greater Spokane area. We would like to thank all of our members who generously shared their gardens for our enjoyment and inspiration. And what an inspiration it was to see just what can be done with imagination and a love of gardening, not to mention a lot of elbow grease.

We visited gardens all over the greater Spokane area with a variety of different soil and weather challenges: everything from a complete lack of topsoil, to solid rock or hard clay. What these gardens have in common is that they belong to gardeners who worked and coaxed them into a beautiful end result, to which these pictures will testify.

Here is a sampling of photos from several of our tours. Follow the links to see more photos from each tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Klement garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Hathaway garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Rendle garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Jacobus garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Neils garden tour.

Use this link to see more photos from the Gravelle-Odegaard garden tour.

Garden Tours 2009 – Klement Garden

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Oct 162009

In May we visited Charlie and Terry Klement at their beautiful, huge garden. This garden represents a labor of love – with an emphasis on the labor. The Klements went to a great deal of work and hauled in many truckloads of soil to create this little bit of heaven.

The garden is full of whimsical touches, and we will always remember Terry’s plum paint.

Are these the gardeners responsible for all of this beauty?

The earth laughs in flowers – this is certainly true in Charlie and Terry Klement’s garden.

Garden Tours 2009 – Jacobus Garden

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Oct 162009

In September we visited the garden of Leroy and Rose Jacobus. In addition to a beautiful garden for enjoyment, they have a huge vegetable garden that produces great quantities of fruit and vegetables.

Here is a sampling of what we enjoyed in their garden.