Harvest Dinner - Oct. 24 5:00- 8:00

E-mail address for RSVP is  jksoliver@hotmail.com

E-mail address for RSVP is  jksoliver@hotmail.com

Cindy Forsyth is considered our local Go-To expert on storing Dahlia and Begonia tubers.  This is a free program.  If you purchased baskets with begonias or pots of dahlias, you won’t want to miss this program.

HOW TO PREPARE DAHLIA AND BEGONIA TUBERS FOR WINTER STORAGE 

WHEN: AUGUST 29 @ 6PM

WHERE: THE GREEN HOUSE OF CINDY AND RON FORSYTH  

10170 BUCKINGHAM PALACE DRIVE.  TURN RIGHT, THEN IMMEDIATE LEFT.   CONTINUE  7/10 MILE.  TURN RIGHT. THERE WILL BE A GARDEN CLUB SIGN AT THE TURN.  

MAXIMUM ATTENDEES IS 20.  SIGN UP IN ADVANCE  TO BEV BLAKESLEE  907-250-7498

PLEASE BRING A SMALL CHAIR (FOLDING CHAIR IS PERFECT)

A BIG THANKS to all who participated in the Willow Garden Tour 2024 in one way or another, whether you prepared your gardens, mowed your grass, worked behind the scenes, or simply spent a glorious day visiting the properties.

We need your help, please. This message came from one who was on the tour: 

Ring lost on Willow Garden Tour. It’s likely on the road near Cheria Jerue’s garden.  The ring is wide silver with a Tlingit Raven design.  Please DM Barrie Blackman-Green if found.  Thank you!

If you have difficulty with doing a direct message, please send an email to carolgoltz@gmail.com and I will be happy to help connect you with the owner of the ring. Thank you!

 

 

Willow Garden Tour 2024: Descriptions and Directions

 

39th Annual Willow Garden Tour 

Directions and Descriptions of Gardens 

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Visit gardens in any order Saturday, July 20 from 10 am to 4 pm.

Look for Willow Garden Tour signs at each stop.  Please, no pets on the tour.  

Rest stops are available at the Willow Community Center and Library, Newman’s Hilltop Tesoro Service Station, Willow Townsite and Newman Memorial Park one mile in on Willow Creek Parkway. 

Willow Garden Tour July 20, 2024 Gardens

Karen Mattson has lived in Alaska since 1968, painting Alaskan scenes, florals and still life in watercolor, oils and acrylics. In addition to her art she loves to spend time in her large perennial garden where she has plants from as far away as the Himalayan Mountains. Karen is a past President of the Willow Garden Club, a Master Gardener and we are excited to have her garden on the 2024 Tour. Karen is hosting the lunch stop from 11 am to 1 pm.  Bring your own lunch, a chair or blanket to spread on the lawn.  All other gardens will be open during the lunch break. 

Directions —28466 George Parks Highway. Turn off the Parks Highway onto Buckingham Palace, turn right past Hatcher Pass Polaris.  Go to the end of the dirt road where it turns left into the driveway. 

Cheria Jerue and her husband are in their third summer at this location but the hanging baskets, large fenced lawn and long border planting are well established and immaculate.  Cheria starts annuals from seed to mix with perennials, for her hanging baskets and vegetable starts. The site has a remarkable come back past. The home was built in 2017 after the original structure was destroyed in the 2015 Sockeye Wildfire.

Directions —17438 N Heights Place location of “Serenity Heights Place”Air B&B.  Turn west off Parks Highway at Mile 73 follow in 1 mile on N Dell M Rd (or West Gratiot Drive past Trailside Cafe) to Maleia Lane, left on Serenity Drive, right on Heights Place. 

Jeanine Anderson has a large work-in-progress yard and garden with two hefty rock terraces leading down to Long Lake. Loads of lovely annuals in baskets frame the entry of the new home replaced after a devastating fire. This lovely lake-front home will be back next year so see what this eager gardener has done on her work-in-progress landscaping.

Directions — 11105 N. Lakes-O-the-Su Drive. Long Lake Road /Crystal Lake Road to Lakes-O-the-Su Drive.

Vicky Stephens has created a vegetable garden by forming terraces on the south-facing steep slope in front of her home of 32 years. The garden is an example of how to manage your landscape for diverse terrain. Over the past 20-plus years, Vicky has brought in by hand more than 500 concrete blocks to create paths between the terraced slopes where her vegetables grow.

Directions — 13771 Front Road.  From the George Parks Highway turn east on Willow-Fishhook Road, continue 9.8 miles. Watch for a small fire station on left. Front Road will be the next left turn.  

Carol Goltz’s WillowAK Pottery is a personal studio where functional "pottery with personality" is created and displayed in a lovely crafts shop in a beautiful lakeside setting. Ornaments from garden to Christmas, plus many more exquisite pottery pieces available for sale. Carol’s husband Keith maintains an impeccable lawn and garden.

Directions — 25879 W. Southlake Drive

From the Parks Highway turn west onto Willow Creek Parkway, left on Crystal Lake Road, left on Shirley Lake Road, right on Michigan, left on West Southlake to first driveway on left.

Check Willow Garden Club Blog for further updates: 

http://willowgardenclub.blogspot.com/

 

Willow Garden Tour 2024....Saturday, July 20

 The descriptions of and directions to the participating gardens on the self-guided tour are available at https://willowgardenclub.blogspot.com/2024/07/willow-garden-tour-2024-descriptions.html  .  A fun way to see and learn more about what is happening in Willow and to meet others interested in gardening and art. 

   

Pop Up Visit to Poppies and Peonies...Tuesday, July 2

 

Solstice Field Trip To Fire Apple

Learn about SHRUBS ....coming to you Thursday, May 16

 

If you are a Willow Garden Club member who uses  MTA Online , to ensure that you receive email from the Willow Garden Club, please add Janis Shary's email address to your Contacts.  The address is  sharyjl@outlook.com

If you don't know how to add to your contacts, MTA residential can provide directions.

  Call 907-745-3211 during their regular business hours.

Come Join the Fun...Making Seed Tapes April 25, 2024

 

Looking Ahead at Programs and Other Events

 

If you are an MTA Online user, to ensure that you receive email from the Willow Garden Club, please add Janis Shary's email address to your Contacts.  The address is  sharyjl@outlook.com

If you don't know how to add to your contacts, MTA residential can provide directions.

  Call 907-745-3211 during their regular business hours.