By Jim McCausland, Sunset Magazine
The Seeding Our Future garden tour, sponsored by the Foundation for Tigard Tualatin Schools, runs Saturday from 10 to 4, and includes the widest range of gardens, from suburban gems to estates. Take this to see what may be the most beautiful garden greenhouse ever (pictured above), a thoughtfully designed Asian fusion garden by Paul Taylor, and a look at Bella Madrona (right), which for decades has been a very hot ticket among knowing gardeners.
There are six gardens total (four without lawns!), each with remarkable features, and an art show at Tigard High School. You can get into the art show free (it's on Friday), but you'll need a $20 ticket to visit the gardens. Go to the web site for more information.
The Association of Northwest Landscape Designers (ANLD) presents eleven gardens from 10 to 4 Saturday only, also for the price of a $20 ticket. Most of the entries are suburban gardens on city lots of all sizes, and taken together they show how you can master steep sites, corner lots, water restrictions, close neighbors, and more. Tickets were almost gone last time I checked, so if you want to join in, go to ANLD's web site fast.
