(WSB photos by Cliff DesPeaux)
During today’s West Seattle Garden Tour (co-sponsored by WSB), that sign outside the Morgan Junction garden dubbed “Treasures of Strange Origin” told visitors how the garden got started. We don’t know if 3-year-old Kieran Peterman of West Seattle could read it – somehow we suspect he didn’t need to:
Also in the Treasures of Strange Origin Garden, Jamie Murphy of West Seattle was surrounded by green:
Tourgoers admired the many attractions:
And owner Andrew Malcolm took a coffee break:
The garden was one of eight on this year’s WSGT. Visiting a sampling of them for WSB coverage, photojournalist Cliff DesPeaux discovered other small treasures, like these baby hummingbirds at the “Tree Lovers’ Garden” in Gatewood:
And a bird bath with toy boats at the “His and Hers, or Hers and His Garden” in Admiral:
And an irresistible rose in the “Master Composters’ Garden”:
From the personal experience, to the big group – standing-room-only for guest speaker Willi Galloway of DigginFood.com, at the South Seattle Community College Arboretum:
She is an expert on what some call urban farming – growing your own food – even raising chickens in your back yard:
Back out in the gardens – the Master Composter’s Garden offered everyone a hand (or two):
Splashes of color delighted in spots like this one in His Hers, Hers His:
And after all, in the end, of course, there’s simply the beauty of the plants:
The West Seattle Garden Tour is a nonprofit event that raises money for local beneficiaries – this year, the ArtsWest Theater Education Program, the Duwamish Longhouse Rain Garden Wetlands, Highland Park Elementary School, Seattle Tilth, South Seattle Community College Arboretum.
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