Native Plant Garden Tour: Ken and Christine
Sat, Jul 13
|Ken and Christine's
Join us at the Ken and Christine's for a native garden plan tour.
Time & Location
Jul 13, 2024, 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ken and Christine's, 3125 College Ave, Regina, SK S4T 1V8, Canada
Guests
About the Event
Ken and Christine began removing their lawn after buying their home in 1999. The front garden is a woodland dominated by a mature Colorado blue spruce tree, with an understory of dogwoods, pincherry, nannyberry, western Canada violet, Solomon’s seal, and northern bedstraw. There is a small area of grassland species around a small bur oak tree, with wild rose, asters, bergamot, saskatoons, and hazelnut, all growing near artworks by Regina sculptor Sean Whalley. Three lodgepole pines, a large chokecherry, and silver buffaloberry also grace the garden.
ETIQUETTE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR GARDEN TOUR PARTICIPANTS:
1. The event will be identified with a Nature Regina yard sign.
2. Don’t pick the seed. Many gardeners would like to save the seed for birds. Seed may be available from Nature Regina.
3. If the site is a private garden ask permission to take photos. Many Volunteers have been showing their yard all day. Don’t…