SEQUIM — Those who take the 22nd annual Petals & Pathways home garden tour Saturday won’t have to travel far to see seven unique gardens.
Three of the gardens are located within 2 miles of each other northwest of Sequim, while the other four gardens are located within 3 miles of each other south of Sequim.
“It will be less time to travel and more time to look at the gardens,” said Gary McLaughlin, garden tour coordinator.
The self-guided tour, which will benefit the Clallam County Master Gardeners, will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tickets, which will provide maps and addresses of the gardens, are $15 prior to the day of the tour and $20 the day of the tour at the first garden on the tour at 321 Bon Jon View Way.
All gardens will offer tickets for sale. Each also will be staffed with volunteers to do parking and provide information on the tour and on each garden, McLaughlin said.
Here are descriptions of gardens on the tour:
■ Marilyn and Stephen Brock have turned a bare 1.25-acre parcel into a garden with year-round color.
Throughout the garden, plants are complemented by art in wood, rusted metal and stained and fused glass.
■ Robin and Ray Bookter’s garden features a grape arbor, a walkway with unique stonework, a gazebo and a rose garden with more than 60 named roses.
Two other gardens focus on dahlias and irises.
The compost area is ideal for the home gardener with limited space.
■ Rob and Renee Johnston’s garden showcases creative solutions to such common challenges as the wind off the Sequim prairie.
Their use of raised beds is a response to the lack of plant nutrients in wet clay soil.
■ Tanya and David Unruh have created a variety of gardens and pathways on their 5-acre parcel — among them, a cottage garden, meditation trail and fountain garden.
The individual gardens showcase native plants.
At this garden, the Clallam County Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions about composting.
■ Linda and Jim Spreine’s 3.5-acre hillside garden, which overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca, features a duck pond, a gazebo, a woodland village of cabins and fenced areas for fruit and vegetables.
Vintage garden equipment is located throughout the garden.
■ Lony and Gary Huff designed their 1.25-acre landscape on a down-sloping lot that leads to a greenbelt.
Rivers of grass flow around large raised islands of plants that offer more than 300 plants and trees, with an emphasis on red and gold accents.
■ Janet and Roger Clark designed their garden to provide color throughout the growing season.
A rose garden and patio are protected from deer, as are areas for vegetables and fruit trees.
Views of Sequim and Vancouver Island complement the different themed areas of the garden.
Tour proceeds go to Master Gardener projects such as maintaining the Woodcock Demonstration Garden.
“We are the only county Master Gardener in the state that owns its own demonstration garden,” McLaughlin said.
The tour also raises funds for Class Act at Woodcock presentations and brown bag talks, as well as plant clinics in Port Angeles and Sequim.
Where to buy tickets
Tickets can be purchased in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend:
■ Port Angeles — Gross’s Nursery, Airport Garden Center, Port Book and News, Greenhouse Nursery and the WSU Extension Office at the Clallam County Courthouse.
■ Sequim — Over the Fence, Sunny Farms, Nash’s Organic Produce and Peninsula Nursery.
■ Port Townsend — Henery’s.
Tickets also can be purchased at http://tinyurl.com/pdn-gardentour.
