Mary Lou Heard MEMORIAL GARDEN TOUR 2019 38 Magnificent Gardens in Full Bloom Await Garden Enthusiasts May 4th & May 5th 10am - 5pm heardsgardentour.com Locally World Famous Newsletter, Edition No. 16 in memory of Mary Lou Heard’s Spring Garden Tour. A personal, informative & affordable tour guide. GARDEN EXHIBITOR listing published for your visual pleasure. . . developed by a “Real Gardener”not a “Real English Teacher”

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Drum Roll Please !!!! spread. The Bolen’s garden beckons you. Birds and butterFLies love their he Mary Lou Heard Foundation place – we know you will too! Twelcomes you to Tour 2019! This annual Please visit the garden of - self-guided tour is hosted by real gardeners Helen & Denny Bolen who generously consent to share their 8761 La Zana Ct personal creations. Our committee has been Fountain Valley 92708 privileged to visit in advance and see fabulous Open Saturday & Sunday gardens and hear the stories of our generous Bolen’s cottage welcomes you with bright hosts. They speak of the joys of gardening and FLowers and undulating walks of brick and sharing theirs with you, our honored guests. stone bordered by split-rail fences. At the Our hosts Find great satisfaction in knowing front door, there’s a courtyard replete their many efforts will surely help others. In with vines, roses and a fairy garden. today’s uncertain times, many, many families Their property features an English garden are Finding themselves suddenly in need. We herself. Your donation is a free-will offering. 2019 Featured garden: look with a wide variety of FLowers and ask for you to keep them in mind. Your We humbly ask that you let your heart Bolen Garden an array of critters (i.e. , pretend critters). donations to the Mary Lou Heard Foundation dictate what to give & that you dig as It all started in 1994. The First One real critter will probably make herself ensures that a hand is there to help mothers deeply as you can. Net proceeds go entirely Heard’s “Real Gardens by Real available, Abby Rose (their Wheaten and their children in crisis. to our charity. We are often asked, people” Garden Tour – and Helen Terrier) is their ofFicial greeter – she will “What should I give?” The answer is, give & Denny Bolen were there. Their want to help you out of your car! There are Tour History – Those of us who knew what your heart and wallet allow. Cash riotous, but deliberate English garden swings in the backyard covered with bower Mary Lou Heard sometimes forget that or checks made out to Mary Lou Heard was featured on the very FIrst tour, vines and are inviting to young and old alike. there are quite a few people who never had Foundation or MLHF are joyfully gathered and the garden missed only a couple of You will Find beautiful shades of amaryllis and the pleasure of meeting her. This woman at any garden. Leave your entire donation at tours in the following 25 years. a variety of clematis. Helen always says, the was absolutely dedicated to gardening. In one home, divide it between two homes, or Helen recalls visiting Heard’s Country Queen of the Garden is their spider lily. 1985, Mary Lou opened Heard’s Country leave a donation at each home. You decide. Garden Nursery (now closed) to just Birds and butterFlies love this place -- they Gardens, a soon-to-become-beloved nursery You may also make your donation at our walk about and enjoy its atmosphere. hope you do too! in Westminster. Many years passed, until website: heardsgardentour.com. Just click on It was like a retreat. She would take Finally in the summer of 2002, Mary Lou the “Donate” button. There you will also out-of-town guests to visit it and be had to close Heard’s due to the illness that see our gallery of photos!!! inspired. shortly claimed her life. On page 2 you will AND THANK YOU!!! Helen remembers Mary Lou fondly Find the message Mary Lou wrote for her THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! and describes her as “very special and last newsletter. She speaks for herself so ******************** loving,” and as a person that really much better than anyone else could, and we The Mary Lou Heard Foundation: connected with people. She presented want to share her, and her story with you: Supporting the people who provide Mary Lou with a plaque that said our honored guest. hope and safe refuge for “The world breaks everyone and mothers and their children in crisis afterwards some are stronger at the In 1994, Mary Lou dreamed up a garden - one family at a time broken places.” tour by and for real people, a tour “for the ******************** We hope you enjoy Helen & Denny’s rest of us”, so a yearly event was born bout the Sheepfold–More often than country garden featured on this year’s that brought out thousands of guests who Awe know, a woman must wake her tour. The garden overFlows with gave generously to Mary Lou’s charity, children and fIee in the middle of the night with Flowers and birdhouses that embody the Sheepfold. After her passing, we just the clothes they are wearing. Where can the English country spirit which is so asked ourselves, when the Mary Lous she go at this hour??? By morning the children beautiful. She has eight fairy gardens of the world are lost, how will charity will be tired, hungry and frightened. Rebuilding to charm you. There are garden swings organizations like these go on? The tour is these lives while keeping mother & children under a bower, yep that’s swings with continued today in Mary Lou’s name because together & safe is a monumental task. This an ‘s’ along with chickens and other she was so devoted to giving back for the is the Sheepfold’s mission. They never turn critters. This garden is fun and full of For more garden info. see help she received during a very rough time away anyone in need. For more info, visit their color, and in 2010 it was on the cover and saw the beneFits of helping others like website @ www.sheepfold.org. of a major magazine with a six-page Heardsgardentour.com

...Fruit doesn’t just pop up overnight. Fruit comes in seasons... --Lysa TerKeurst 2 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019--Remember to “Like” us on FACEBOOK & “Follow” us on INSTAGRAM!!! Mary Lou wrote the following for her last newsletter, published Spring 2002.

t seems like just yesterday. It’s hard just to see where it led. I happened upon a would do to let them down. That was 1985. It was so much more than I ever imagined even Ito believe it’s been nearly 20 years. I piece of property with an out-building on it. possible. I loved to talk about fIowers. Their remember thinking that I would be happy if I sat there for the longest time just looking There were obstacles. Many obstacles. very special attributes, such as their nodding I can have even one year to garden. I don’t at it. Although the building and grounds Some that even threathened to shut us heads or their diminutive nature. Oh, they know if I ever had a newsletter that was had fallen into disrepair, it looked like a doll down. In the beginning I would literally were all so special to me, but Finding other harder to write, even though I’ve always house to me. I could feel my heart jump. It shake as I would see the city car drive up people that wanted to talk about fIowers? I wanted to tell you how much I’ve felt took all the courage I could muster to knock and walk across the gravel carrying ofFicial always assumed things like that would be too blessed being allowed to do what I love and on the door and ask for a chance to rent a forms. No, it was not always a smooth ride, frivolous for anyone to take time out of their share it with others. This newsletter is still portion of their property. but one by one I came to learn and trust busy day to indulge in. Does God give us the difFicult, so bear with me please. . . someone greater was clearing the way for desires of our heart? Make no mistake. The young man explained the property was us. It was in the late 70’s and I had been owned by his Grandfather and handled You have become more than customers to through a divorce that literally pushed me by his Uncle. It would be a week before There were always plenty of chores. Enough us – you have become friends. We laughed over the edge. My world came to an abrupt they could get me an answer. I could hardly so that you could never say you were done. with you when you had joy to share and halt, and no matter how hard I tried to breathe. At least he didn’t say, “No.” At the end of each day I would look around cried with you when you hurt. You made it regain my footing, I just slipped further and Now all I had to do was wait. . . and pray. at trays full of plants all “cleaned up” like possible – you are Heard’s Gardens and you further away, When it became clear that I little children with freshly scrubbed faces blessed us. I know I speak for all of us when could not even handle any of the simple tasks Well, the day arrived. I had all I could do to and in clean pajamas ready for bed. I would I say “Thank you.” Thank you for standing of caring for my 10 year old daughter, I was wait for a decent hour. After all, I don’t be covered in dirt and exhausted – but it was by us when conditions were less than ideal. hospitalized. I’m certain there was no other think it would have set very well with a wonderful feeling. All my energy spent in Thank you for your loyalty and friendship. choice, but it also meant that it would be them if I had knocked on the door at 5:30 tasks that I loved – I wouldn’t realize how Thank you. like building a life all over again, one painful AM, but I could have because I didn’t sleep tired I was until I Finally sat down for the step at a time. a wink that night. The young man answered First time. I ached – but felt good. I usually I always knew our crew was special – we the door and invited me in. “Did you fell asleep before I had a chance to watch a were more like family than co-workers, I discovered gardening when I was in the decide?” Not wanting to appear too anxious. single television program. but I never knew how special until June hospital. It was just the smallest patch of “Yes, my Uncle thinks it would be good.” of 2000 when I was diagnosed with earth, but there was such peace there. It “Really?”, I answered. By anybody’s standard the store was colon cancer. They were right by my side was in great disrepair, and sometimes I would humble at best. Our goal was to offer old- throughout the ordeal and without a word just stand there and survey all that needed This was probably not one of my notable fashioned fIowers, plants and herbs. Plants of complaint they took on the additional to be done. It wasn’t too long before I was conversations because I was totally that would help people discover the joy of workload and kept the place running on my hands and knees pulling weeds and lost speechless and fIoating 10 feet off the gardening, fIowers that I remembered from without ever missing a beat. To the public it in chores. Time passed so quickly when I was ground. I wondered if he noticed? With a my childhood. We loved every minute of looked like business as usual, but it was not. in the garden, and for the First time in many few other details and a handshake – I was it, even though there were many times I They have carried the store for two years. weeks, there were no tears. It became my on my way. Now if you were to ask me if literally held my breath to keep the doors As my strength has slipped away from me, special place. I would throw on my clothes I had a plan – I did not. I only knew that I open and pay the bills. they became the “wind beneath my wings” at the First light of morning and stay there felt I was being given a gift from God and I quietly holding me up so that I could be the all day. My heart was at peace, and though was going to be allowed to garden. – for how I was used to Saturdays as being as quiet one to fIy. There are no words that I can I didn’t know it at the time, the long road long . . . I don’t know. It didn’t matter to as the other days, but on this particular Find that would adequately say thank you to healing had begun. me. This dear family did not know me from Saturday I looked up to see people lining up to them. We had all hoped that this thing Adam and had put total faith and trust in me by the front gate!!! A sea of people. More would have run it’s course and allowed me to Discharge day came, and it was time to face and given me the opportunity of a lifetime. . people than I had ever seen at the store at bounce back, but it has not. Though there the world again, but I would never forget . an everyday occurrence? I don’t think so. one time. One lady was clutching an article are still many more gardens in my heart that what happened in the garden. I came to Not in this world. in her hand. I asked her how she had heard have to be planted – the body is calling for know God there. . . I was not alone. No about us? “Why because of the article in rest. Saying good-bye is the hardest thing I matter how difFicult what lay ahead, I was I threw myself into the clean up effort (I the paper. Here, you can keep it. I know have ever had to do. not alone. Does God actually care enough was never short of elbow grease), put a coat where you are now.” Unbeknownst to me a to give us the desires of our heart? Well, of paint and some curtains on the building, and reporter from the Orange County Register Once again, you tell me. it became my cottage. I couldn’t wait to get had come in looking around and written about Thank you and God bless, there in the morning, and I hated to leave at us. She even explained how to Find us, and Mary Lou It might have only been a “passing prayer” night. I was gardening, and my heart was at people came. Once again I knew we had been that you say as an after thought, but as peace. My love for the garden was insatiable, blessed. Ed: Heard’s Country Garden ofFicially the world pushed harder for me to take my and all the years I spent reading garden and closed in the Summer of 2002 after a place. . . I asked, “Please Lord, just let me seed catalogues were beginning to Find a As the days went on, people began coming lively and much-attended sale and send off. garden for my life’s work” – as path led home. What I couldn’t get at the wholesale to the store. They would bring their friends After spending the summer with her family, unto path, that prayer would come to mind. growers I would grow myself, from seed. and the friends would bring friends. It Mary Lou Heard left us on September 18, I didn’t care how – I just wanted to spend The joy was almost more than I could stand, seemed I was always running out of stock. 2002. She was 57 years young. my life there in the garden. so when the family that owned the property Since I was too small to have any vendors came to see if I would be interested in the deliver to me, it meant that I had to take my Sticky Notes: I began selling herbs and fIowers at the entire front half of the property including the truck up to Santa Barbara to pick up stock. swap meet on the weekends, and attended building – I jumped at it. First it was once a week, then twice and horticulture classes and gathering and planting then three times. The fIood gates of heaven my plants during the week. I couldn’t see I knew I would have to make the additional opened and poured out a blessing the likes of where it was going, but the swap meet space pay for itself, but somehow I would which I could not contain. . . and we grew. had become a sort of “mini” business. The have to make it work. Friends tried to plants and fIowers that I would take were talk me out of it using all logic of a business Sometimes I would stand alone in the gardens now everywhere, covering every bush and person. The location was not right. I would after everyone had gone home and in the quiet patch of lawn that belonged to our four unit never be able to recoup my investment. The – survey all that I saw and remembered the apartment. I wasn’t too surprised when the family or the city could come at anytime and broken, wounded woman that asked to be landlord said it had to go. Problem was I had pull the rug out from under me. My answer allowed to garden for my life’s work. And I nowhere to go and no money to offer if I did was always the same If I’m allowed to would look around at all the beauty I saw. . locate a place. I thought I had gone up and garden even one more year, I will be happy. . including the woman whose life He had put Visits us on the web at: down every street in Orange County when As always it was a handshake agreement. back together. . . and I would hear Him say heardsgardentour.com I turned down an out-of-the-way street They believed in me, and there was nothing I “Behold my handy work!”

The Love of Gardening is a seed that once sown never dies. --Gertrude Jekyll Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019 3 Planning Your Tour 20. - Marilyn & Jim Cavener 9272 Christine Dr he gardens will be open from 10am– Huntington Beach 92646 T5pm, rain or shine. Gardens are 13. - Helen & Denny Bolen Access: 75-90%--some bumps listed alphabetical order. Find the 8761 La Zana Ct 26. - Colette & Tim Bruce Open Saturday gardens that most speak to your heart. Fountain Valley 92708 12572 La Bella D/OL If one is not to your taste, then please Open Saturday & Sunday No Tustin 92705 COT/F/OL Open Sunday The Cavener’s are blessed with a secluded move on to another. Others surely location bordered by two channels of the will surprise and inspire. Remember, NEW - BW/D/M Bolen’s cottage welcomes you with bright Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy some gardens are designated either and only one neighbor. Since moving to this, fIowers and undulating walks of brick and Colette and Tim were originally daunted their “dream come true,” they have Saturday or Sunday, and many are stone bordered by split-rail fences. At the by the large lot when they purchased their adopted a focus on creating a California- open both days. To get a preview, see front door, there’s a courtyard replete home in February 2009. They didn’t friendly xeriscape. our website: www.heardsgardentour. with vines, roses and a fairy garden. believe in wasting water on the expansive, Marilyn hopes you will be delighted from Their property features an English garden existing lawns, so they embarked on creating com.The “Gardens” page offers the moment you arrive and experience the look with a wide variety of fIowers and a water- wise garden. photos of all the gardens, as well as comfortable ambiance created by succulents an array of critters (i.e., pretend critters). The front yard includes a cactus and succulent a description for your convenience (many started from cuttings from friends) and One real critter will probably make herself garden with a Palo Verde tree, olive trees, grasses, as well as other plants with nostalgic as you plan your tour. Enjoy your available, Abby Rose (their Wheaten ornamental grasses, and a variety of native or appeal. The pinyon pine (Charlie Brown’s adventure!!! Terrier) is their ofFicial greeter – she will pollinator-attracting shrubs. They also added Christmas tree) is virtually unchanged from ******************** want to help you out of your car! There are a vegetable garden that provides an abundant its First appearance as their oldest son’s First swings in the backyard covered with bower amount of produce year round. The backyard Christmas tree (which was 45 years ago). vines and are inviting to young and old alike. includes lemon, lime, mandarin, avocado, Also visible is a rose, a gift from Marilyn’s You will Find beautiful shades of amaryllis and apricot, and mango trees. Both lawns are mother in 1984. The Cavener’s feel you 25. - Michelle Bates a variety of clematis. Helen always says, the UC Verde Buffalo Grass; a low water, will appreciate the volcanic stone water 14821 Ridgeboro Pl Queen of the Garden is their spider lily. high heat-tolerant grass. feature, and hope you’ll take a moment to Tustin 92780 Birds and butterfIies love this place -- they The gardeners increased their useable enjoy the quiet of the pergola which was hope you do too! outdoor space by incorporating two Brazilian Open Sunday constructed using scrap lumber from their Walnut (Ipe) decks with a wonderful NEW - C/OL remodel several years ago. designed driveway that captures and returns Their side yard features an outdoor room the rain water to the ground water supply. After 30 years of always wanting to with a Fireplace–an extension of the home Their favorite part of their creation is the landscape their front lawn, the city offered that provides a perfect place for relaxing butterfIies, bees, praying mantis, ladybugs, a rebate to homeowners to water wise their 9. - Vicki & Greg conversation enhanced by the sounds of a and all the birds that enjoy sharing this space. yards by removing half of their lawn, replacing Brown-Middlesworth water feature with aqua garden and the The Bruce’s were excited to be a runner old sprinklers with low water efFiciency sight of stunning Staghorn fern. Then 16521 Charleyville Cir up winner in Roger’s Garden California sprinklers, and using drip irrigation. This was continue along one of many paths through Huntington Beach 92649 Friendly Garden Contest in 2014 and are the Bates’ perfect opportunity to landscape the vegetable garden and see if you Find Open Saturday & Sunday happy to be part of the Mary Lou Heard their front lawn and make their backyard their unique clay sewer pipe and wine bottle Memorial Garden Tour for the second time. water wise, also. Access: None succulent garden! Beyond you will Find the Michelle planned everything from laying out NEW gazebo with an invitation to enter and enjoy the design, to picking out the water wise BW/C/D/EC/OL the view of Huntington State Beach, the plants, choosing the color scheme, and installing wetlands with its many birds and interesting outdoor lighting. She had the contractor do When the Brown-Middlesworth’s bought environs, and Catalina Island. the work, but Michelle placed every plant this house in 1994, it was Filled with dying 32. - Mary Calvin and tree where she liked it. trees and dirt! They had visions of turning 27106 Arena Ln Ed: Showcased in an IMAX Film and award The Bates’ backyard is like a little piece it into a “cottage garden” with lush green winner of Roger’s Garden Contest 2007 of Mother Nature, a place to enjoy all of Mission Viejo 92691 lawns. Ha! Mother Nature, bad soil, dogs, Open Saturday nature’s splendor and beauty. Michelle has and the drought had other plans. BW/D/ED/M/OL created her own country garden with several Today, the garden has emerged into an fruit trees and berry bushes. She loves making outdoor living space with multiple garden A 1970’s, Mission Viejo, split-level lot delicious jams with the fruit. Michelle enjoys vignettes. Sit in the courtyard of artificial with plenty of room for gardening! The cooking and using the vegetables and herbs she turf, Filled with Australian Violet, Baby 38. - Cathy Chamberlin focus in the front is on edible gardening, grows. Their garden expresses Michelle’s Tears, azaleas, camellias, and Pittosporums. 27391 Lost Trail Dr with multiple, raised vegetable beds situated love for horses, her enjoyment of watching Stroll down the side yard, “secret garden” Laguna Hills 92653 behind a colorful fIower garden. A harvest birds, and her imagination, as seen in the little Filled with succulents growing in re- table in the middle of it all is often used for Open Saturday fantasy of her miniature gardens. The Bates’ purposed vessels. The Donkey Tail plant is intimate garden-to-table meals with family Access: None garden is a place for friends and family to from a 1974 cutting. Spend time on the and friends. Walk through the side gate NEW - C/D/OL gather and enjoy. patio with hanging annuals, or sit on the into an old-fashioned backyard and a canopy redwood deck and listen to the wind chimes of shade from a stately 40-year-old silver This half-acre garden rises to the height in the ornamental pear growing though the maple tree. Find grapes for jelly, vines for of four stories. It has been terraced and deck. Venture up the stairs to the pergola butterfIies, and California native plants Filled with individual seating areas set into to watch the sunset. The gardeners let combined with a variety of colorful annuals small retreats. The garden has several the sod go, in favor of “playground” grass and perennials Sit a spell and enjoy the shade “microclimates”, and Cathy has been that grows with very little water. The before you travel to the next garden on the creative in designing it over the past 22 60-foot, terraced Flower beds are Filled tour. years. with fIoribunda roses, Lantana, California natives, butterfIies, and hummingbirds. The bottom of the hill is overfIowing with roses, annuals, and trees. This cottage style is set in a verdant, green, fIat area that leads t each garden, please see our you on pathways and stairs to the beginning of ADONATION JARS which a hill. As you ascend, sages take over, along have lovingly been hand decorated by with small trees. There is a small meadow the children of The Sheepfold--yep, with stone sheep, several arbors and vintage they should be easy to Find!!! railings scattered throughout the area.

No two gardens are the same. No two days are the same in one garden. --Hugh Johnson 4 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019

A “glass garden” Fills a small area that wander along fIagstone pathways you’ll see never gets enough water; over 500 wine large waves of the same color planted next to bottles are used for edging another area. The waves of contrasting colors to create a mosaic hill is home to many birdhouses and birdbaths pattern. Everything has been densely planted 23. - Anne Delgadillo ensuring lots of feathered visitors. to eliminate the need for mulch, reduce weeds 7. - Kym Elder The top of the hill is a perfect place for and further reduce water requirements. Enjoy 2242 N Spurgeon 1015 Coastline Dr a succulent garden, and it has grown like the spectacular 180-degree views of Orange Santa Ana 92705 Seal Beach 90740 crazy. Red hot Firesticks muscle up to County provided by the hilltop setting. Open Saturday & Sunday Open Saturday agaves and Matilija Poppies. Blooming yellow On a good day you can see Catalina Island! NEW - BW/D/EC/OL Access: 100% Palo Verde Trees share the top of the hill Another advantage of succulents is that they NEW - D/OL with Olive trees. This part of the garden is propagate very easily. As a result, she has This “Little House Under the Rainbow!” bursting with amazing colors that rival the only purchased 25-30% of plant material was a blank canvas with wall to wall grass, Kym never used to be a fan of succulents, roses at the bottom of the hill. This garden and propagated the remainder. The small front both front and back. Its saving grace was a but after drainage issues forced her to is full of surprises and color, scents, and yard has been recently removed and is being 49 year-old Chinese Elm tree and a large completely re-do her hardscape, she decided beauty! replanted with cuttings from existing plants. sycamore tree. Anne spent the First 8 years to reinvent her yard to be drought-friendly Another bonus is that Kay no longer has creating rose gardens; however, the drought and serene. She quickly learned about the a lawn, so she only needs a gardener every and the increased shade brought rose gardening great number of beautiful succulents that three months to hedge the shrubs. to an end! are available to all. These plants now give The backyard grass was removed and special her yard so much character, they’re easy to Ed Note: A must see!!! 37. - Lana & David Chang planting areas designed. A raised garden and maintain, and as a result she is now obsessed 17907 Mariposa Ave decomposed granite create pathways and with them! outdoor living spaces. Initial plantings were all Kym’s new passion is now proudly displayed Yorba Linda 92886 native plants for birds and butterfIies. Over Open Saturday in her front yard. The succulents surround time, succulents and rocks were added. This an olive tree, with accents of Iceberg roses, Access: 75% 21. - Margie Cramer was to be a place for adults and children and a few “cousin” it’s thrown in for good alike, a place for grandchildren to experience AI/C/EC/F/OL 14536 San Feliciano Dr measure. A stepping stone path guides us gardening, wildlife, and fun with Grandma! La Mirada 90636 to the front door entrance into a courtyard The entire garden is a little over half an Seven special garden areas were designed for featuring rocks and more succulents. Here, Open Saturday acre, not including the residence and has been the grandchildren’s gardens. With help from enjoy additional potted plants and a peaceful divided into several garden areas beginning with Access: None a wonderful volunteer from the Southern rock fountain. This is where Kym spends a potager garden in front of the house with NEW - BW/D/F/OL California Bluebird Society, Anne learned a lot of time enjoying the sun and ocean hedges of thyme, rosemary, and lavender. the best place to put her bluebird house and breezes, and it’s the place she warms up by The back gardens include the main garden When Scott and Margie bought their home began her quest to attract and provide for the Fire pit at night. The backyard, better which features rose arbors, a pergola and in 2002, the backyard was a large patch the Western Bluebird. Within a year, they known as her “morning yard”, is where a willow tree and has been the site of over of grass. Margie became passionate about began nesting and raising their young. Each year she likes to sit and enjoy her morning coffee twenty weddings of friends and family. There gardening (after attending a few garden since, they’ve been a special blessing! while watching the hummingbirds battle for is an arched rock bridge overlooking a small tours!), and decided she wanted to create Today’s garden is eclectic with garden art, their daily turf. water garden and a pathway through the her own sanctuary. rusty accents, and shades of a shabby chic This garden showcases plenty of planted backyard leading to a cottage garden featuring In 2010, they had all the lawn removed, past; and she’d love to share it with you! and potted succulents, beautiful trees and a playhouse. Across from the playhouse is a and the soil sifted. With a blank canvas plants, and is really a blend of Kym’s labor wrought iron gate leading to a secret garden before her, Margie started to create. Not of love and her love of nature. with a fountain. There is a sensory garden knowing what the next section would featuring a trampoline and magnetic beach become, she worked on one vignette at a sand. The rock swimming pool stairs branch time. She gave herself one year to complete 29. - Joan & Michael Doyle off to a pathway across the back slope, and her garden, but quickly learned a garden is 10001 Timothy Ln a woodland garden. A bench on the slope never really complete and always changing! overlooks a cutting garden which features Margie’s Garden is Filled with surprises in Villa Park 92861 14. - Kathy & Lynn Ericksen an arbor covered with morning glory over a every corner. You will Find repurposed items Open Saturday & Sunday 8557 Phoenix Ave. planted birdbath. There is a small fairy garden - rustic, vintage, and antique. Step stone Access: 90% Fountain Valley 92708 under the willow tree which is often missed pathways lead to different garden rooms, NEW - BW/O/ED Access: 50% on a walk through. There are many butterfIy including a room with colorful fIowers Open Saturday host plants and nesting bluebird houses. During the severe drought in 2015, this and vine-covered arbors; another with a BW/C/EL birdbath, bird houses, and water fountains; homeowner took the water restrictions and even a white-picket-fenced room. seriously and turned off the sprinklers. The Kathy’s garden is her interpretation of an There are no rules in the garden! You will result? -- A half-acre lot of brown grass. English garden and a Rosarian’s delight. It is be greeted by birds and butterfIies! Scott The time to re-landscape with drought- abundant with critters, vibrant colors and says he is the “hired help.” He explains, “I tolerant plants had come. With a Cape Cod 27. - Kay Colello aromatic scents. As you enter the front, only prune and dig what and when she tells style home, the owners wanted to avoid a 10861 Skyline Dr you will Find a variety of roses, a mixture of me.” Margie’s and Scott’s greatest joy is water-wise, “desert scape”. dahlias, Iris’, and seasonal annuals. She also Santa Ana 92705 sharing their garden with others and they After removing over 6,000 square feet shares a little patch of her neighbor’s front Open Sunday are excited to welcome all of you! of grass, the yard was replanted with fIower bed to grow some organic veggies. The mass plantings of drought-tolerant grasses, Access: Front Yard sitting area out front is a pleasant gathering Iceberg and groundcover roses, Mexican D/OL Sticky Notes: place for neighbors and friends to share a glass sage, and other fIowering shrubs. Mature of wine while enjoying the view. Welcome to this water-wise succulent and trees, two established rose gardens, and a much smaller lawn were retained. Raised cacti garden. After many years of growing The backyard is also an English fIair with an beds for vegetables and herbs provide an plants that required constant feeding, Italian style fountain surrounded by azaleas, endless supply of summer produce. Flagstone amending, watering and extensive labor, it calla lilies and hydrangeas on the west side. and decomposed granite pathways complete decided to work with Mother Nature and In the early morning, you will Find squirrels this cottage garden design. grow only what Flourishes in this environment and birds stopping by for a drink. Bird houses Today, this attractive garden is a mini- without assistance. That did not mean giving and feeders have been placed throughout the sanctuary for birds and butterfIies, home to up color, fIowers or texture. Not only garden for bird watching. While strolling a fIock of chickens, and the perfect spot to does the new garden have more year-round through, stop and take a look at the lovely sip a glass of iced tea. color than the original perennial garden, but Lady Gouldians in the aviary. Feel free to Kay was pleasantly surprised to Find that sit and enjoy the birds, Flowers and squirrels. most succulents and cacti fIower. As you

You don’t have a garden just for yourself. You have it to share. --Agusta Carter Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019 5 19. - Dixie & Bill Fisher-Haley 24. - Miriam Johnson 1510 Backbay Cir & Tom Ledbetter Huntington Beach 92648 2. - Laurie Galvan 1852 Pennington Ave 4. - Michael Esparza Access: 50% 2306 San Anseline Ave Tustin 92780 3346 East 1st St Open Sunday Long Beach 90815 Open Sunday Long Beach 90803 EC/ED Access: 100% Access 90% Open Sunday Open Saturday & Sunday C/ED/OL D/EC A small Huntington Beach garden destined BW/D/ED for the kitchen table awaits you. Dixie This Mary Lou-inspired cottage garden is and Bill designed their back yard to allow Mike’s goal was to transform a bland Wild-turtle habitat plus kitchen garden in welcoming and full of surprises. Meander a maximum of edibles in a minimum of space. space of lawn into an inviting garden. back, to stunning, water-wise xeriscape in under archways and past trickling fountains, Two avocado trees, 8 blueberry bushes, 4 California design concepts encouraged him front, neighbors call Laurie’s place, “Desert claw-foot soaking tub, lamb’s ear borders, raised strawberry boxes, 3 dwarf potted to reinterpret his desire for an English in front, dinner in back!” Out front, the herb beds, dahlias, lavenders, hollyhocks, citrus, and 2 potted apple trees surround a gentleman’s garden. Existing trees would colorful, rocky streambed really works, roses, larkspur, and sunfIowers. Have a tiny cluster of Earth Boxes providing a variety remain as the border for Mike’s new recapturing rain and returning it to the soil. cup of tea in the walk-in playhouse cottage of fruits and veggies both in the summer garden which he named “Bisbee”. Instead Granite paths wind among gentle berms (built by the gardener herself) and peek and winter. An additional tiny greenhouse of fIowers, texture, form and leaf color covered with bee-loved sage, salvias, agaves, into the little greenhouse made from vintage provides protection from bugs and critters dominate. Whimsy and playfulness are seen buckwheat, cacti, and graceful grasses. windows. Also, don’t miss the giant stag for growing plants. Even though the alongside classical elements like a pergola, The backyard kitchen garden has long been horn ferns! Dwarf kumquat, pear,Fig, and gardeners have encountered some interesting arches, potted specimens, winding paths and a CertiFied Backyard Wildlife Habitat. pomegranate trees are tucked in among the challenges, they have found few things are water elements. Benches and seating areas Raccoons, possums and squirrels give Laurie fIowers and the espaliered Asian pear tree more rewarding than cultivating delicious invite you to linger; a subtle Zen is at play the merry Finger as they strip apricots, Figs, leads the way into the secret garden exit. foods from their own soil. Come feast with here. So please sit, feel the gentle breeze, persimmons, peaches and bananas off our much- your eyes. breathe deeply, and relax. Mike hopes you appreciated orchard buffet. Box turtles and a enjoy Bisbee and maybe, are taken back to a tortoise also live wild out back and spend their different time. days canoodling, digging nests and laying eggs in creative locations. Cheap, easy vertical- 15. - Jane Kamenster gardening techniques also maximize her 9765 Red River Cir 16. - Debbie Freeman vegetable bed and insect habitat. Fountain Valley 92708 9109 Cardinal Ave Open Saturday 17. - Anna & Greg Ferree Fountain Valley 92708 Access: 75% 20732 Brookdale Open Saturday BW/C/ED/OL Huntington Beach 92646 Access: 50% 6. - Lynne & Richard Hodge Open Saturday BW/C/OL/T The garden, featured a couple of times in the Access: 100% 1005 Coastline Dr Fountain Valley Living Magazine is designed NEW - BW/C/D/OL Walk out of the big city and enter through Seal Beach 90740 around the idea that gardens are extensions of a white picket fence and bower arch of pink Access 90% living space. This garden, as it wraps around After more than 30 years in their modest roses to Find yourself in an English garden Open Saturday the house, is home to over 130 rose bushes tract home and a number of projects to extend adorned with hydrangeas, impatiens, daisies, D/OL and a wide range of fruit trees, herbs, and the interior footprint, Anna and Greg tulips, roses, milk weed and geraniums. vegetables. recently extended the living area to the This is a pleasant surrounding not only for Stop by and enjoy a touch of hospitality as There are two rose gardens, one open to the outdoors. Anna spent years imagining how butterfIies, but a full shade tree arbor you tour our cozy beach hideaway, “Pau street and the other tucked away behind a her garden area might be designed. Triggered bordered by white wooden lawn furniture Hana.” The property was taken down to custom gate and curving fence. The formal by their kid’s graduation from a private promising hours of conversation and relaxation. the studs to create a home that serves as rose garden contains several iron sculptures university, they worked to start the For privacy you can stroll into a quiet tropical the Hodge’s last stop. The garden vision was and a fIowing corner fountain. Continuing process of converting Anna’s imagination into back yard with mature palm trees, display of to create three unique and special places: the around the house you enter into the formal reality. many shades of plumeria, a 20-yr old large front is a bit of a desert landscape with warm sitting and dining area that is bordered by The hardscape, grass, plants, irrigation fern, marigolds and an orchard including olallie weather friendly specimens and a distinctive fruit trees and fIowers that lend privacy systems drainage and driveway were berries the grandkids love to pick. This relaxing welcoming front. The secluded front patio and divide the outdoor rooms. The entire removed providing for a blank canvas from setting includes a playhouse with bench and taps into the feel from Jurassic Park with back fence of the property is painted to which to begin the transformation. Only the shade tree, a BBQ Fire pit and beautiful Fire, water and planters Filled with unique create an illusion of depth and to merge into ornamental pear tree remained. The result brickwork, a huge waterfall, bar and green and uncommon plants and shrubs. Top off the garden and skyline. The back garden is a lovely garden surrounding comfortable lawn surrounded by fIower beds and lots of with a sunken conversation pit, warmed surrounds an informal dining and outdoor outdoor living space where friends and succulents and colors. All of this provides with volcanic Fire. The piece d’resistance cooking area. The “Library Garden” family gather. While in the front courtyard evidence of a resident gardener who unwinds is the backyard--a dry riverbed, meditation contains a koi pond encircled by a formal rose or seating area in the backyard, Anna and from busy working hours by lovingly tending refuge, and plants galore bordering the and vegetable garden. A sitting area under a Greg sip wine as they enjoy the fountains, her vernal artistry throughout the year. outdoor dining room which carries an island sprawling grapefruit tree overlooks a water fIowers, and trees that make for a haven for feel. Here, they have brought together lily pond and formal rose partiers. It’s a quiet birds, butterfIies and bees. fIowers, shrubs, and trees from the various place to sit, listen to the fIowing water, or After years of imagining their dream garden, places they’ve lived, in an ecologically watch the hummingbirds that frequent the Anna and Greg feel fortunate every time friendly low-maintenance way to enjoy life. water feature. they spend time in it.

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My wife is a Water Sign. I am an Earth Sign. Together we make mud. --Rodney DangerField 6 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019 18. - Jennifer & Steve McInteer 9681 Flounder Dr Huntington Beach, 92646 3. - Mike Kirsch Saturday & Sunday 34. - Darla & Geoff Miller 5. - Kye & Elena Osti 1612 East 3rd St Access 25% 19231 Jasper Hill Rd 925 Coastline Dr Long Beach 90802 D/EC Trabuco Canyon 92679 Seal Beach 90740 Open Saturday & Sunday Open Saturday & Sunday Access 100% Access 90% Jennifer’s “All White Garden” was Access: 50% Open Saturday BW/C/EC inspired by seeing one on the Mary Lou C/EC/F/T D/OL Heard Tour in 1999. A “moon garden” The courtyard garden in this vintage is most beautiful glowing under a full moon. Darla and Geoff’s garden started with clay Kye and Elena’s garden is drawn up of 1920’s Spanish 6-plex in old Long Beach During the day it is charming and peaceful. and weeds on all four sides of the home in succulents with a mixture of tropical plants is an eclectic mix of just about everything: This cottage style garden is very eclectic 1993. Slowly, the husband and wife team including, bromeliads, 40-something A cottagey feeling with loads of roses, with lots of fabulous fIea market Finds and (and their kids) have adapted their 1/3 + pineapple plants, plumeria varieties, and perennials and old-fashioned heirloom annuals, includes custom welding by hubby, Steve. acre yard to their family needs and activities. succulent colors. They created a low- lots of butterfIy attractants and places to Come meet the “fat kids” hanging out by The front yard is casual and inviting, with maintenance front and backyard with sit and enjoy the birds, squirrels, and the the curb, walk the mini labyrinth, and taste a seating area where the couple visit with today’s need for more water in the world. occasional resident cat or two! Several a mulberry right off the tree. neighbors and enjoys a variety of sage and The garden is made up of 3 different rooms. rusted arbors clad with a variety of climbing grasses. The back yard has several ‘rooms’ The front area is loaded with succulents roses, and fIowering vines lead you through under the patio cover, plus a pool and Fire that make you want to stop and view, but a veritable maze of small garden “rooms”. table. The plantings around the pool are when you walk into the Courtyards, most There’s lots of color running amok in the mostly tropical. One side yard is planted people say, “This is not what I expected various beds and an abundance of garden art 11. - Cynthia & Robert Meyer with lots of roses, citrus and banana trees. to see “and one guest saying, “This yard is ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous, beautifully staged and relaxing and I feel like 6301 Vatcher Dr The other side of the house has a more making it a “fIea market Finds” attraction— cottage-like feel, with plantings along a a yoga mat is going to fIy out where I can do Huntington Beach 92647 always evolving. A small fountain attracts row of decorative wine bottles that light yoga.” Come enjoy the yard and be on the visitors and wildlife alike with its subtle Open Saturday & Sunday the way to the backyard at night. Stairs lookout for Buddha. music. Come and enjoy. Celebrating Mike’s Access: 75% lead down to the secret garden below with 11th year as a host gardener and he’s very NEW - C lilacs, fruit trees, roses and complete with a honored to do so. hammock, crow’s nest, and a hand-built and Rose Cottage: This cottage garden is a lovingly decorated she-shed constructed by little salute to England with niches, woven the Miller men. The lower area looks out to 1. - Mikki Popovich vines, and covered arbors. The copper-capped Whiting Ranch Wilderness with occasional 3411 Brayton Ave picket fence was painted black to showcase views of Catalina. There are fairy gardens Long Beach 90807 31. - Elaine Larsen plantings, a device used in many English sprinkled throughout the yard for an extra Open Saturday 23816 Coronel Dr planting beds. treat! Typically, small Southern California tract Access: 75% Mission Viejo 92691 homes need height for interest and this Ed: Worth the drive!!! NEW - BW/OL/D Open Saturday & Sunday one has Eden and Cecil Brunner climbing Access: 50% roses, wisteria arbors, and shady beds of Feeling the curb appeal for the home was C/EC/OL Hydrangea varietals. Unusual trees, such as unfriendly, Mikki designed the current a pineapple guava, fruitless pear, and Pinkball iteration of her front landscape. Building This is a garden you have to see. The cottage- (Dumbeya Wallichi) also give the garden a 22. - Karen & Jim Mittendorf a rounded entry way to the home added a style front intrigues your senses of what is larger appearance. more welcoming appeal. 910 Riviera Dr to come. Let your ears follow the music To decorate a neighbor’s garden wall, an Working with the criteria speciFified by the to the surprise that awaits you: a hidden espalier of dwarf Fuji apple trees was planted Santa Ana 92706 Long Beach Lawn to Garden program, she paradise in the suburbs. Turn the corner and and is reminiscent of old Europe. The theme Open Saturday & Sunday had all the grass removed, reconFigured her before you is a secluded garden with a 40 is repeated in the rear garden with dwarf Access: 75% entrance, added a border wall to create a foot multi-pool waterfall tumbling down Asian Pears interlaced with grape vines on BW/D/OL friendly, comfortable courtyard. She planted the slope. Everywhere you look, there are a stone garden wall. Flagstone pathways drought tolerant, California native plants, charming gathering areas with quiet getaway surround the yard, which is punctuated by A lot has been packed into this garden and focusing on bee, butterFly and hummingbird- spots and elevated decks to enjoy the view. a variety of ground covers, and a row of lime with every step there is something more to friendly varieties. The garden is Filled with a multitude of trees in the rear garden. see. The Mittendorfs are gardeners at heart Five separate gardens capture the different fIowering plants and spots of whimsy. and love sharing their passion with family, types of plants. In Mikki’s succulent Pots and baskets change with the seasons. Ed: This quaint garden is a must-see!!! friends and other gardeners. garden, several varieties of echeveria grow, The colors are not limited, and Mother Walk up the shady brick path to the iron as well as Sticks of Fire, jades, and aloes. Nature has contributed with some of her gate and fencing that was bought while on Another garden fIowers with aromatics like own wishes. The music surrounds all of the a road trip in El Paso. Just inside is a cozy lavender and sage to attract and support bees greenery and it is your choice to pause and spot to enjoy an evening Fire amongst some and butterfIies. In the native plants garden, linger at a sunny spot to relax or a shaded of their favorite Japanese maples and listen butterfIy bushes and “Hot Lips” sages area where you can read a good book and to the soothing sounds of the pond waterfall. mingle with other drought tolerant plants. listen to the soothing sounds of the water. Continue around the garden shed, though Pond lilies and water cabbage dwell in the There is no reason to leave; you can Find the rabbit run to the backyard. Have a seat water garden. peace and contentment here. on the garden wall and hear the sounds of the waterfall table Filling the dogs water bowl Mikki invites you to her garden, where Sticky Notes: and their Finch aviary bursting with activity. natives and visitors alike, are welcome. They love to BBQ, eat alfresco next to the pond Filled with Koi and sometimes enjoy a movie night on the couch. This yard is a series of spaces, each a little different, but all planned to be cohesive garden experience with carefully selected California water wise plants, seating areas and water elements that makes walking through the garden an adventure, but also one that invites you to linger along the way. In the Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. --Margaret Atwood Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019 7 30. - Teena & Jeff Spindler 56 Copper Creek 10. - Denise & John Pulley Irvine 92603 16811 Greenview Ln 33. - Cindie & Bob Reilly Access: Limited with stairs which 35. - Dan & Kathie Wickham Huntington Beach 92649 24432 Diemante can be avoided by walking on grass or 1 Los Pioneros Open Saturday & Sunday Mission Viejo 92692 decomposed granite pathways Rancho Santa Margarita 92688 Access 80% Open Saturday Open Saturday Open Saturday & Sunday BW/C/D/OL/EC NEW - C/F BW/D/OL Access: 75% BW/D/ED/F/OL This colorful garden is now a decade old. Cindie and Bob Reilly’s cottage-style The location of the garden adjacent to open How time fIies! Intermixed in this typical garden has been in the works for 36 years. space and a creek provide the backdrop for The newly built home was purchased 31 residential lot is a drought-tolerant street Bob has done all of the hardscaping, and a naturalistic garden with meandering shaded years ago, and Kathie and Dan have been side garden, a shady entry courtyard with together they’ve brought in hundreds of paths, secluded seating areas, and bountiful adding to the garden ever since! They have privacy for quiet time, and a colorful cottage pounds of good rich soil. There’s now three fIowerbeds. The unfenced property provides a little of everything: shade trees, fruit backyard where family gathers for al fresco separate garden areas for their green thumbs an open, spacious feeling as well as the joys trees, a vegetable garden, mini-gardens, and dining and serious water balloon skirmishes. to dig in. and challenges of visiting wildlife: bunnies a log cabin in the middle of it all. A couple Growing are fIowering attractants for In the front garden, Bob is trying oh so hard and deer feasting on plants and remains desert tortoises share the yard with them! butterfIies, hummers, Bluebirds, Wrens, to get every type of lavender to grow, as from an occasional coyote dinner. But the It is a peaceful place to relax and get away and Phoebes whose numbers are kept track well as a Dynamite Red Crape Myrtle excitement of seeing a doe and her fawn in from it all. They’d love to have you stop in of. There are blooms for bouquets, culinary that was his birthday present last year. This the garden is worth the sacrifice of a few and visit! herbs, dwarf and espaliered fruit trees area also contains a wheel barrow which is plants. It is also an edible garden for humans, planted along upcycled broken concrete changed out for the seasons. containing a raised bed vegetable garden and pathways making harvest easy, and do Enter the fairy garden quietly through the a fruit tree orchard. A potting counter double-duty for playing ‘tag’ and ‘hide and courtyard gate, and you might be lucky with a sink for washing fruits and veggies, seek’ with grandchildren. enough to see one! You’ll also enjoy other a composting area, as well as a greenhouse 36. - Sally & Bob Zens annuals, perennials and of course, sweet for propagating plants make caring for the peas. The wandering snail statues, which garden a pleasure. The front yard, back slope 25381 Coach Springs Ln came from Cindie’s mom’s garden, are the and creek side garden areas contain native Laguna Hills 92653 best kind as they don’t consume her plants! and drought-tolerant plants that blend Open Saturday In the back garden, you’ll Find three rose 8. - Sue Ramirez seamlessly into the surrounding wild areas. Access: 75% gardens as well as other fairy enclaves The Loggia provides a relaxing place to sit by 6132 Shawnee Rd NEW - C/ED/OL that are waiting to be found. “Peep” the an outdoor Fireplace and watch TV, or have Westminster 92683 dragon (statue) resides over all. There is dinner while watching the setting sun turn Sally and Bob have created a cottage garden also a loquat and lemon tree that were the Open Saturday & Sunday the nearby rock formations a brilliant gold. with several areas for entertaining. The half- gardeners’ son’s favorite climbing places. Access 20% acre property provided a challenge, how to NEW - EC/F/OL Ed: Entry to Community: Shady Canyon is enhance the spectacular view while creating a gated community. Present tour guide with intimate areas of interest? Integrating a It takes a leisurely visit to appreciate all address of home at guard gate. rectangular pool into the organic fIow of the that has been created in this garden. Besides cottage garden called for some creativity! garden rooms and paths that split, taking you 12. - Lauren & Roger Simpson Each year, they have undertaken a project in various directions, there is also a special 6621 Horseshoe Lane to expand the uniqueness of the backyard. feeling to this garden. Entering the gate, it Huntington Beach 92648 The Zens added a large covered patio and is surprisingly tranquil, but there’s another Open Saturday 28. - Kay & Pat Thomsen bar for entertaining, a bocce ball court with feeling that is almost “magical”. The garden 7143 E Arabian Ave gazebo, and a serene waterfall and pond seems to transport you to another place Handicap Access 100% surrounded by lush foliage. A rose trellis Orange 92869 and time, your own inner child starts to BW/C/D/ED/F with a fIagstone path and patio create a place emerge, and you delight in the wonders of Open Saturday for a Fire pit, where the gardeners can enjoy the whimsical details surrounding you. ROGER’S GARDEN 2018 CA Access: 75% the view and a glass of wine. Finally, they Many features of the garden were made by FRIENDLY GARDEN CONTEST BW/D/ED/F/OL added a secret garden which hides a terraced the gardener, Sue, herself. Gnomes hanging WINNER. The yard is now 2 years old after vegetable garden. The garden theme is Color from potted succulents welcome you on a undergoing a complete makeover. The front Adorable, colorful, eclectic yard spread over and Creativity. Pinks to purples unify a sunny path, while another path can lead past yard features a CA friendly landscape with quarter acre in Orange Park Acres. The landscape, peppered with yellow accents. playing elves to the fern garden surrounding a beautiful fIorals throughout the year. The garden is decorated with several charming At every turn, discover a surprise treasure. garden of miniatures. There are no rules, you walkway is lined with iceberg roses inviting small outbuildings that were designed, You are warmly invited to come explore and choose what path you want to take. Sue guests to enter a front seating area which built and decorated by the owner: a tool enjoy the fruit of their effort! personally loves Finding the herb garden and features potted succulents and interesting shed, a garden room, a summer house (art all the red doors hidden there. A whimsical garden apparel. The backyard features a pool studio), a Fishing house, a country cottage display of gnomes and fairies, complete with and spa with landscape plants winding through (tea room) house, and a bird house (aviary). surprising details, is scattered throughout the yard and into another seating area and side It also has a covered patio, a pool complete the garden. It’s guaranteed there will be yard with another beautiful water feature. with swans, and a pond Filled with Fish. The things you miss your First time through. Throughout the yards are apple, lemon, garden is loaded with plants, fruit trees, This is a very special garden. Come for a orange, mandarin orange and guava trees as pine trees and many succulents. Cobblestone visit, and you too will believe gnomes and well as other edibles and ornamentals. Yoga walkways adorn the fruit trees; small bird fairies dance in the moonlight. bunnies, Mooney Looney, fairies and other houses and quaint seating areas are found artwork abound. Birds, bees and butterfIies dispersed throughout the yard. It is truly abound, attracted to friendly plants, water our country paradise. and feeders. very dollar counts (loose ED: PLEASE do not park in front of house change too!!!), please dig E or mailboxes. deep and as generously as you are able. Checks accepted, and you may use Paypal at: heardsgardentour.com

Hoe! Hoe! Hoe! --Santa Claus 8 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour 2019

** 2019 Supporting MLHMGT Nurseries ** Map Your Day(s) by determining which gardens to visit here: *No. Host(s) Sat Sun Catagory Decription Plant Depot Brita’s Old Town Gardens 25 Bates X NEW - C/OL 225 Main St. 32413 San Juan Creek Rd. Seal Beach, 90740 San Juan Capistrano, 92675 13 Bolen X X COT/F/OL 562.430.5019 949.240.2107 9 Brown- X X NEW Middlesworth BW/C/D/EC/OL Potting Shed Green Thumb Nursery 26 Bruce X NEW - BW/D/M 23782 Bridger Rd. 401 West Chapman Ave Lake Forest, 92630 Orange, 92866 32 Calvin X BW/D/ED/M/OL 949.837.3040 714.468.5154 20 Cavener X D/OL 38 Chamberlin X NEW - C/D/OL H&H Nursery Ricardo’s Nursery 37 Chang X AI/C/EC/F/OL 6220 Lakewood Blvd. 6850 Atlantic Ave. Lakewood, 90712 Long Beach, 90805 27 Colello X D/OL 562.804.2513 562.428.7252 21 Cramer X NEW - BW/D/F/OL 23 Delgadillo X X NEW - BW/D/EC/OL Heavenly Vintage Nursery Roger’s Gardens 9080 Talbert Ave. 2301 San Joaquin Hills Rd. 29 Doyle X X NEW - BW/O/ED Fountain Valley, 92708 Corona Del Mar, 92625 7 Elder X NEW - D/OL 714.377.1077 949.640.5800 14 Ericksen X BW/C/EL Laguna Hills Nursery Tree of Life Nursery 4 Esparza X D/EC 1829 North Tustin Ave. 33201 Ortega Hwy. 17 Ferree X NEW - BW/C/D/OL San Juan Capistrano, 92675 Santa Ana, 92705 19 Fisher-Haley X EC/ED 714.542.5600 949.728.0685 16 Freeman X BW/C/OL/T M&M Nursery Upland Nursery 2 Galvan X X BW/D/ED 1518 N Tustin Ave. 380 N Tustin St. 6 Hodge X D/OL Orange, 92867 Orange, 92867 714.538.8042 714.538.4500 24 Johnson Ledbetter X C/ED/OL 15 Kamenster X BW/C/ED/OL Nursery by Southwinds Village Nursery 3 Kirsch X X BW/C/EC 7000 Marine Way 10500 GarField Ave. 31 Larsen X X C/EC/OL Irvine, 92618 Huntington Beach, 92646 949.854.0540 714.448.1604 18 McInteer X X D/EC 11 Meyer X X NEW - C Orange County Farm Supply 34 Miller X X C/EC/F/T 1826 West Chapman 22 Mittendorf X X BW/D/OL Orange, 92868 See you on the road!!! 714.978.6500 5 Osti X D/OL Aunt Flora Says 1 Popovich X NEW - BW/OL/D ”Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!” 10 Pulley X X BW/C/D/OL/EC 8 Ramirez X X NEW - EC/F/OL 33 Reilly X NEW - C/F The Mary Lou Heard Foundation, a 501(c) (3) Public Charity 12 Simpson X BW/C/D/ED/F Board of Directors: 30 Spindler X BW/D/OL Kathie Ferree, President Denise Pulley, Vice-Pres 28 Thompsen X BW/D/ED/F/OL Sarah Eakins, Web Master/Chief Information OfFicer 35 Wickham X X BW/D/ED/F/OL Jennifer McInteer, Secretary 36 Zens X NEW - C/ED/OL Jan Kabat, Treasurer John Pulley & Ron Ferree, OfFicers * Numbers indicate furthest North (1) to furthest South (38) Kama Langston, Tour Guide Design Description Key 8484 Shamrock Circle Huntington Beach, CA 92646 Visits us on the web at: heardsgardentour.com C - Cottage F - Fairy Garden There you’ll see our gallery of photos!!! AI - Asian Inspired D - Drought BW - ButterfIy/Wildlife EC - Eclectic here will be a tour signup sheet at each garden during this weekend. ED - Edible M - Mediterranean TPlease consider it—we work at this all year long and it is one of the most OL - Outdoor Living T - Tropical worthwhile causes in all of SoCal.

Real Gardens by Real People --Mary Lou