Tour highlights area's best gardens

Area residents are invited to spend a delightful afternoon with the Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners as they present a collection of outstanding Newport area gardens during the ever-popular WSU/Pend Oreille County Master Gardener Garden Tour.

The tour is being held Sunday, Aug. 5, from 1-4:30 p.m. The tour, “Rain or Shine”, will begin at the Master Gardener demonstration garden and then continue to spotlight five additional showcase gardens, all in the greater Newport area.

Garden tourists this year will see a variety of gardening techniques and landscaping ideas including a monarch way station; drip irrigation for containers; re-using pallets; square foot gardening; a “work in progress” garden; lasagna gardening and much more. This year’s tour does not include a dinner, but cold drinks and refreshments will be available in some of the gardens.

Tickets for the tour cost $12 per person and are available on the day of the tour between 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the WSU/Pend Oreille County Extension offices, 227-A South Garden Ave., Newport.

vAll funds raised from the tour will be used by the local Master Gardener Foundation to provide gardening education programs to the community. If you would like additional information, or if you would like to place your garden on the 2019 Garden Tour, please call or e-mail Dixie Chichester at d.chichester@wsu.edu, 509 447-6453.