Selected photos of the gardens in the URI Master Gardener Tour visited on Saturday & Sunday, July 14 & 15, 2007. Wish I could have seen all 34 gardens, but it's not possible to drive around the state to see them all and live to tell about it! Fortunately, several Master Gardener "Shutterbugs" also took photos. All photos reference the garden's name as given in the Master Gardener Tour Booklet, the town or city, and the booklet page for each garden.
A Landscaper's Landscape, p. 8 ~ Gardening with the Masters, 2007 URI Master Gardener Tour. Note that this garden simply was not there 10 years ago. [Providential Gardener_1749]
A Landscaper's Landscape, p. 8 ~ Gardening with the Masters, 2007 URI Master Gardener Tour. Rather than a massive lawn, this gardener has grassy paths among extensive, ever-expanding gardens. [Providential Gardener_1751]
Making the Most of Small Spaces, p. 10 ~ Gardening with the Masters, 2007 URI Master Gardener Tour. The prickly pear cactus will grow in Rhode Island. It flattens itself out in midwinter, but bounces back in the spring. [Providential Gardener_1753]
Making the Most of Small Spaces, p. 10 ~ Gardening with the Masters, 2007 URI Master Gardener Tour. Gardens need chairs and benches so gardeners don't have to rest on their [mountain] laurel[s]. [Providential Gardener_1759]
Oak Hill Birds and Blooms Sanctuary, p. 11 ~ Gardening with the Masters, 2007 URI Master Gardener Tour. You get so many ideas from a garden tour. I was interested in this deciduous azalea, so I took a photo to remind me to get one for my garden! [Providential Gardener_1762]
Oak Hill Birds and Blooms Sanctuary, p. 11 ~ Gardening with the Masters, 2007 URI Master Gardener Tour. Note that the feeder is full of "no mess" bird seed. The birds happily eat the seed and anything that falls to the ground is consumed by other critters ~ like the chipmunk in this photo. [Providential Gardener_1773]
