A couple of months ago, Papa was contacted by someone at the USU extension office and asked if he would be willing to be a part of the Alterniscapes Tour this summer. He had never heard of this before, but learned that it is like the Parade of Homes, but in the garden areas. Of course Papa thought that this would be great, so he agreed to be a part of it all. He worked very hard to get our yard in the best condition possible for this tour. Mama was a bit worried that the unfinished part of the yard would not be so "cool", but Papa reassured her that nobody's yard is ever finished and just because we did not have grass did not mean that we had nothing to share. He was right! People loved what they saw! They took pictures, asked questions, and raved about all the detail that has gone into the yard and showed excitement for what is to come. Papa had a ball!! He was in seventh heaven showing off all his hard work. Here is the page from the brochure about our yard:
Here is what the brochure says: "The Anderson's residence utilizes the yard to not only grow underutilized landscape plants, but features a variety of well designed areas for kitchen gardening. In the design, the kitchen garden is not placed in the back corner, but instead incorporated into the whole of the landscape. Included in the landscape are fruit trees, berry patches, raised bed, and rock gardens. There is also an innovative compost operation and other unique opportunities to learn new methods of gardening."
Papa made up a detailed map which was handed out to everyone that toured the garden. Mama was also highly involved in this tour. She got on her trusty computer and made signs (about 120-ish) for every one of the plants that were too small to show up on the map. They added a lot to the yard and many people appreciated that they could then know what each of the plants were around the yard. Many commented that we had the best labled yard of them all!! Here are a few pictures that mama took durring the tour:
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WOW! Your yard is like the Los Angeles Arboretum. I had no idea!!
And thanks for posting footage of the Fiddle Concert. That was really fun to watch. Great job, Goldie!!
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