Pre-dinner stroll around Lakewold Gardens in Puget Sound

Day 2 of the Puget Sound Fling past period ended astatine Lakewold Gardens, a 10-acre property plot successful Lakewood, Washington. The Fling banquet meal was to beryllium held connected the terrace, but archetypal we had clip to research the grounds.

A brass quartet, including co-planner Camille Paulsen‘s girl connected trumpet, serenaded america connected the lawn. I admired the large, charismatic trees astir the house. In 1 sky-scraping tree, bald eagles were nesting, 1 of the parents keeping ticker connected a precocious limb.

Floating angiosperm successful a h2o vessel

Eryngium successful each its spiky, steely bluish glory

Lake view

Succulent vessel connected a log bench

In the shadiness garden…

…a watercourse coiled done ferns and sedges.

Bear’s breeches successful bloom

One of the garden’s majestic trees

At past it was clip to instrumentality a spot astatine the tables acceptable up connected the wisteria-shaded terrace. Texas readers, I archer you with astonishment, determination was nary humidity, nary sweating, and zero flies oregon different bugs connected the dessert platters acceptable retired up of time. No, I mean it. Zero flies. Zero mosquitoes also. What otherworldly spot IS this?

Fling co-planner Paula Rothkopf introduced adjacent year’s Fling planners, Kim Halyak, Sharron Johnson, and John Simi, who gave america a preview of the 2025 Memphis Fling. It’ll beryllium held successful Memphis, Tennessee, from June 5th to 8th. I’m already looking guardant to it!

As we headed backmost to the buses, the generous folks astatine Lakewold gave america each a transcript of their hardback publication Lakewold: A Magnificent Northwest Garden. Perusing it volition bring backmost bully memories.

Up next: The exquisite, jam-packed plot of Nancy Heckler. For a look backmost astatine Camille Paulsen’s spectacular plot overlooking Mount Rainier, click here.

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