The Pacific Northwest garden tour : the 60 best gardens to visit in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia

Title:

Author:

Olson, Donald, 1950-, author.

Summary:

Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia have a wealth of top-notch public gardens. In The Pacific Northwest Garden Tour veteran travel writer Donald Olson highlights sixty of the most outstanding options and provides all the information you need to make the most of your visit. This gorgeous and useful guide includes cherished public gardens and a handful of the most groundbreaking nurseries. Packed with memorable stories and stunning photography, it is a fantastic garden tour that only the scenic Pacific Northwest can provide.-- Publisher.

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

pt. I. Oregon : Portland and vicinity ; Cistus Nursery ; Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden ; Elk Rock Garden of the Bishop's Close ; The Grotto ; Hoyt Arboretum ; International Rose Test Garden ; Jenkins Estate ; Joy Creek Nursery ; Ladd's Addition Gardens ; Lan Su Chinese Garden ; Leach Botanical Garden ; Peninsula Park Rose Garden ; Pittock Mansion ; Portland Japanese Garden -- Salem and vicinity ; Adelman Peony Garden ; Cecil and Molly Smith Rhododendron Garden ; Dancing Oaks Nursery ; Deepwood Estate ; The Oregon Garden ; Schreiner's Iris Gardens ; Sebright Gardens -- Eugene, Central Oregon and the Oregon Coast ; Castle Crets Wildflower Garden ; Connie Hansen Garden ; Hendricks Park ; Shore Acres State Park -- pt. II. Washington : Seattle and vicinity ; Bellevue Botanical Garden ; Bloedel Reserve ; Dunn Gardens ; Elisabeth Carey Miller Botanical Garden ; Evergreen Arboretum and gardens ; Heronswood ; Kruckeberg Botanic Garden ; Kubota Garden ; Meerkerk Rhododendren Gardens ; RoozenGaarde ; Seattle Japanese Garden ; South Seattle Community College Arboretum and Seattle Chinese Garden ; Volunteer Park Conservatory ; Washington Park Arboretum ; Woodland Park Rose Garden -- Tacoma and vicinity ; Chase Garden ; Lake Wilderness Arboretum ; Lakewold ; Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection ; Point Defiance Park ; Powellswood ; Rhododendren Species Botanical Garden ; Soos Creek Botanical Garden ; W.W. Seymour Botanical Conservatory and Wright Park -- Central, Eastern and Southern Washington ; Fort Vancouver Heritage Garden ; Hulda Klager Lilac Gardens ; Manito Park ; Ohme Gardens -- pt. III. British Columbia : Vancouver and vicinity ; Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden ; Queen Elizabeth Park ; Stanley Park ; UBS Botanical Garden ; VanDusen Botanical Garden -- Victoria and vicinity ; Abkhazi Garden ; The Butchart Gardens ; Milner Gardens and Woodland.

Physical Description:

300 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

Genre:

Travel writing.

Subject Term:

Gardens -- Guidebooks.

Geographic Term:

Northwest, Pacific -- Guidebooks.

Publisher:

Timber Press,

Publication Date:

2014

ISBN:

9781604694512

Publication Information:

Portland : Timber Press, 2014.

Call Number:

712 OLSON

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"Your must-visit list of Northwest gardens is finally organized and illustrated." -- Sunset

Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia have a wealth of top-notch public gardens. In The Pacific Northwest Garden Tour veteran travel writer Donald Olson highlights sixty of the most outstanding options and provides all the information you need to make the most of your visit. This gorgeous and useful guide includes cherished public gardens and a handful of the most groundbreaking nurseries. Packed with memorable stories and stunning photography, it is a fantastic garden tour that only the scenic Pacific Northwest can provide.

Excerpts

Introduction When I first moved to the Pacific Northwest, it was the gardens that immediately caught my eye. I'd come from a place where gardens, when they weren't buried under snowdrifts, were yards with mowed grass, shade trees, a few hardy shrubs, and not much else--except for mosquitoes. What a different world it was in the Northwest, where I couldn't turn around without confronting a rose or a rhododendron, and where the pungent smell of bark dust was always floating in the air. Plants I'd read about but never seen grew with a kind of luxurious abandon. If I kept my eyes open, I could always find something in bloom, even in fall (autumn cyclamen and crocuses) and winter (witch hazels). And to top it all off, the natural landscapes of this region, where Native Americans had lived for more than ten thousand years and European settlers for fewer than two hundred, had a beauty and a grandeur that astounded me then and continue to astound me today. Yes, it's true, from November through May there is rain, lots of it, in every form you can imagine. And yes, the skies are sometimes dark and gray for weeks on end. All I can say to that is, so what? If you're a plant, or a gardener, this is paradise. Excerpted from The Pacific Northwest Garden Tour: The 60 Best Gardens to Visit in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia by Donald Olson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.