Georgetown Garden Walk 2011
July 13, 2011
This past weekend's Georgetown Garden Walk
Summer gardens are flourishing, and communities often host Garden Walks to showcase their gardens. I’ve never attended a Garden Walk event, so I made it a point to check out this year’s walk in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle. Georgetown is perhaps better known as an industrial and warehouse district, but there are a few residential streets and pockets of houses nestled among the businesses in the area. Armed with a map of the participating gardens, my friend Carol and I set off to explore the neighborhood. Here are some photos:
A private cafe table and chairs
Lovely arched arbor between a front and back yard
I loved the color of this ground cover plant
Hubcaps edge these borders. These gardeners also used old bowling balls to line the edges of some garden patches.
Floating four-leaf clover at Oasis Water Gardens
Old-fashioned hollyhocks
The most unusual flower I saw on the Georgetown Garden Walk -- passiflora, or passion flower
Giant Cowboy Hat 'n' Boots, Oxbow Park, Georgetown
My favorite garden: Jon B Dove's garden has a garden house, a perfect retreat!
Dove garden house, Georgetown Garden Walk
Interior of Dove's garden house
Rosemary's Blog 
July 13, 2011 at 1:41 pm
Wonderful garden house, love the colors and feeling of comfort.
July 13, 2011 at 8:52 pm
My father’s office (he was VP of logistics for a transportation/trucking company) was on Corson Avenue right next to the Hat ‘n’ Boots when it was a working gas station. One of the highlights of my childhood was going to work with dad on a Saturday morning and getting to “go pee” in the women’s boot! I just love that the grassroots community worked for years to restore the Hat ‘n’ Boots. Last time I visited the park, only the boots had been restored. I have a wood block print by Lockwood Dennis of the H ‘n’ B – this Seattle artifact is obviously a great childhood memory for me! As always, thanks for sharing.
July 14, 2011 at 11:18 am
Amy, thanks for sharing that lovely childhood story. I found the woodcut on Lockwood Dennis’s website (http://www.davidsongalleries.com/artists/dennis/dennis.php) — lucky you to have aprint. I love woodcuts and had not heard of Lockwood Dennis. So thanks for that artist info, too.
July 14, 2011 at 11:22 pm
thanks for posting this! Isn’t gton grand!
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