By Jim McCausland, Sunset senior garden writer

When The Foundation for Tigard Tualatin Schools puts on a garden tour, pay attention. I did the pre-tour earlier this week and saw at least three landscapes that you can expect to see in the pages of Sunset during the next year or two. You'll get your chance to check these out for yourself tomorrow, June 20, between 10 and 4.

Taken together, the landscapes cover a wide range of horticultural interest, making the most of fruits and vegetables, roses, wildlife gardening, ornamentals, and patios set up for outdoor entertaining. Each garden also handles site problems well, showing what you can do on extremely steep slopes, on corner lots, and in situations where neighbors and traffic would be in your face if you didn't landscape them out.

The tour is actually just the second part of a two-day event. The first part is a free art show and sale that runs from 6 to 8:30 this evening at Tigard High School (9000 SW Durham Road) today.

To go on the garden tour, which also features plenty of garden-inspired art, you'll need a $20 ticket; click here to find out where to get it.

Which gardens will likely get published in Sunset? That's for you to guess. But if you feel strongly about any, let me know which and why. I'm all ears.