Today was Garden Day – the day once a month (or so) set aside to spend with my garden group: Jane, Dorothy and Jutta. We’ve been doing this for about 15 years, ever since we met during Master Gardener training; we start with breakfast at someone’s house (Jutta is famous for her apple pie) then go to gardens, parks, nurseries and end up at a restaurant for lunch. The only requirement for the restaurant is that they have a liquor license. In all those years, we have never been at a loss for conversation, whether it’s about plants or politics – as Dorothy pointed out today, our times together just keep getting better. Gardeners really do make fabulous friends, but as this post was really supposed to be about where we went today, I’d better get to it. It was a dim, gray day (it never rains on Garden Day, although we conceded to the weather after lunch) made much brighter by our stroll through the conifer garden at the South Seattle Community College arboretum. The hort program at SSCC is outstanding (run by Van Bobbitt), and the conifer garden is a wonderful place to visit at any time of year (more about it here: www.southseattle.edu/arboretum/1homepage.html). Read my P-I article about the garden and go visit: seattlepi.nwsource.com/nwgardens/295016_smallconifers09.html
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