By Cathy Wagner

Master Gardener

of Clallam County

The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County is proud to announce the return of the popular outdoor event, “Petals & Pathways Home Garden Tour” on June 24th from 10 am till 4 pm. Bring your sun hat, plans for lunch and comfortable walking shoes, and spend a Saturday touring some of Sequim s six most beautiful gardens. This year, the gardens are located in the rolling hills of happy valley to the big sky prairie lands.

All the home gardens that have been selected have parking, accessibility, diversity in design, and creativity.

These gardens feature greenhouse-growing ideas, vertical plantings, sacred spaces for reflection and relaxation, plant varieties that excel in our Sequim environment and all the factors that our Master Gardener Selection Committee looks for every year.

All the gardens will have 7-10 Master Gardener volunteers to help with questions on plant identification. A map will be printed on the tickets for this self-guided tour. Tickets are $15 in advance at local vendors and $20 on the day of the tour.

Tickets can be purchased May 14 until June 24 at these local vendors:

Sequim

Over the Fence, 118 E. Washington St

Sunny Farms Country Store, 261461 U.S. Highway 101

The Co-op Farm and Garden, 216 E. Washington St.

Port Angeles

Port Book and News, 104 E. First St

Swains General Store, 602 E. First St.

Airport Garden Center, 2200 W. Edgewood Dr.

Online tickets can be purchased till June 18 at: clallammgf.org

Proceeds from the tour help to maintain the Woodcock Demonstration Garden in Sequim and numerous Master Gardener community services such as the Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) and educational outreach programs such as the free “Digging Deeper “series on scheduled Saturdays 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at Woodcock Demonstration Gardens and the “Green Thumb Education Series” held at the Port Angeles Library and other locations.