Saturday, June 23, 2012, 10 am - 5 pm
Rain or Shine • Tickets are Limited!
Tour Tickets: $40 • Lunch Tickets: $20
or call 707 937-5818, ext. 10 or 800 653-3328, ext. 10
Donna Jensen Burke,
Garden Tour Poster Artist
Enjoy a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a diverse selection of some of the Mendocino Coast’s most beautiful private gardens at the Mendocino Art Center’s 20th Annual Mendocino Coast Garden Tour, Saturday, June 23, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The day’s activities include a gourmet vegetarian luncheon at Ravens Restaurant at Stanford Inn by the Sea, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Mendocino Art Center. The popular garden shop and plant sale on the Art Center’s grounds will be held two days this year, Friday, June 22, and Garden Tour day. The Garden Tour is the Art Center’s largest annual fundraiser.
This year’s self-guided tour includes:
• Gardens at Harmony Woods, nestled into a cathedral of redwoods, reflecting the owners’ penchant for collecting an enormous range of unusual and beautiful plants, including an emphasis on rhododendrons and conifers, with over 300 specimens of each.• An organic vegetable garden and fruit orchard situated on approximately one acre, produces crops that are canned, dried and frozen for the winter months for the owners and their friends.
• An artist’s English-themed garden at the edge of the Pygmy forest, accented by a timber-framed English-style garden shed and a perfectly handcrafted reproduction of Claude Monet’s Giverny Bridge. The gardens have received widespread accolades, having appeared in Sunset and Coastal Living magazines and featured as the cover story in Country Gardens.
• An ocean view garden with onion top fences, meandering pathways, a wisteria arbor and a wonderful variety of rhododendrons, helleborus, irises, heathers, bamboos, roses, ferns and trees.
• An eclectic garden featuring a mix of annuals, perennials, shrubs and repurposed material sculpture, as well as a koi pond.
• Digging Dog Nursery, nestled among towering redwoods on a rural ridge top, features elaborately planted grounds covering approximately two acres. The landscape designer and co-owner will be giving two informative guided tours amidst the nursery’s surrounding gardens.
Ravens Restaurant, the north coast’s premier organic vegetarian restaurant, will host a special gourmet meal for Garden Tour guests and friends. From the dining room, enjoy the breathtaking view extending from the Big River Estuary to the Pacific Ocean.
The 2012 Garden Tour is a fundraising benefit
for the Mendocino Art Center.
