Food Drink & Gardening
Relax into summer and visit magnificent gardens in Manitoba
7 minute read Saturday, Jul. 2, 2022This July, gardeners throughout Manitoba will once again have the chance to tour a range of garden styles. Garden tours are an opportunity to be inspired and to explore innovative ideas, a chance to talk to other plant enthusiasts and receive gardening advice and valuable tips for success. Beautiful gardens and welcoming hosts await your visit.
Nature Manitoba will host its annual Gardens of Distinction Garden Tour showcasing gardens in North and East Kildonan on July 9, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tim Evans, garden tour organizer, says that many of the gardens on this year’s tour were selected in 2019 but with the popular tour cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to pandemic restrictions, the gardens and garden owners have been preparing for three years now. One of the stops on the tour includes Renata Cook’s garden which Evans describes as fascinating and eclectic with all kinds of unusual plants.
Cook, who is a member of the East Kildonan Garden Club, has lived at her property since 1989. Over the years her spacious backyard garden has grown to include a pond, cottage-style garden, kitchen garden, and flowering perennials including daylilies which she purchased from Beausejour Daylily Gardens. In recent years Cook has been inspired by workshops offered by Blue Thunderbird Land-Based Teachings Learning Centre and has incorporated more native plants into her garden design. A favourite is fireweed, a vibrant native wildflower with purple flowers. “It should be in full bloom in time for the tour,” says Cook.
Nature Manitoba’s Gardens of Distinction tour also includes a plant sale and refreshments at Seven Oaks Museum, 50 Mac St. Purchase tickets online at naturemanitoba.ca. The website also includes a list of locations where tickets are available.
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