SPU Hosts Second-Annual Queen Anne
and Magnolia Garden Tour on June 5
GARDEN ENTHUSIASTS, MARK your calendars. After the
success of last year’s sold-out event, ɬÀï·¬ will
kick off the second-annual Queen Anne and Magnolia Garden Tour on
Saturday, June 5.
The full day of gardening inspiration begins on campus at 10 a.m. with a lecture
by ɬÀï·¬ Post-Intelligencer columnist Marty Wingate titled “Small Garden
Design: Making the Most of Every Square Inch.” Afterward, participants are invited
to join ɬÀï·¬ Pacific’s head gardener, Jeff Daley, for a tour of the University’s
award-winning gardens and arboretum including an exclusive viewing of SPU’s
new Science Building’s high-tech, top-floor greenhouse.
From there, the tour moves to select residential gardens in Magnolia and on Queen
Anne Hill, where several in-garden musical presentations will be held courtesy of
ɬÀï·¬ Pacific musicians. In addition, one garden in Magnolia and another on
Queen Anne Hill will feature complimentary coffee and cookies from Starbucks
Coffee and Cascadia Restaurant.
At 2 p.m., ɬÀï·¬-area garden writer and editor Debra Prinzing ’81 will bring
the event to a close with the lecture “Finding God in the Garden.”
Last’s year’s keynote presenter, garden writer Marianne Binetti, had this to say
about the event: “Of all the garden tours I’ve attended, this one was the best value
for the price of the ticket.”
Tickets for the event are $15 per person, $25 with van service on a space-available
basis. To register, visit , or call 206/281-2138.
Tickets may also be purchased
at the following ɬÀï·¬-area nurseries: Fremont Gardens, Magnolia Garden Center,
Ravenna Gardens and Swansons Nursery.
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