Le Tour des Plants Starts Tomorrow!!!

Touring with heart
Several Le Tour des Plants garden centers have organized benefit sales with proceeds going to worthy causes.

See which ones here.

Kids/family
Have you ever had a fire-breathing dragon toast a marshmallow for you? I thought not! Daisy the Fire-Breathing Dragon is scheduled to toast all day, every day of the tour at Bloomer’s Nursery.











For a list of other family-friendly kids activities click here.

Special tours/visiting wholesale nurseries
Ever wondered about where all those adorable plants come from or what they might look like as grown ups? Wholesale nurseries Terra Nova and Peoria Gardens are opening their doors to the public during Le Tour, and J. Frank Schmidt nursery is opening its 10-acre arboretum to the public for the first time ever!

Click here for a complete list of special tours.

Find out the appeal of clematis at the extensive Rogerson Clematis Collection at Luscher Farm. The research facilities at Oregon State University Oak Creek Center for Urban Horticulture test plants and plantings to find which ones are suitable to use in ecologically beneficial garden features such as green roofs and rain gardens. The Oregon State Organic Growers Club invites you to see their all-volunteer organic farm.

Crafts/hands-on demos
There are so many things to make and do, from seed balls to scarecrows, Pot Men to petanque, living wreaths to lavender wands, we put all the crafts and hands-on demos here.

Complete list of crafts and home demos

Touring for food
Several nurseries are spotlighting what to plant for a great harvest, along with tips on how to turn fresh produce into superior salsa and gourmet meals. If you were wondering how to grow food in containers, how to prune fruit trees or which berry is best for backyards, these classes are for you!

List of foods HERE!

Food & wine & music
Gardening is for ALL your senses! Twenty stops along Le Tour des Plants will tempt your palate with such things as pastries, fresh roasted garlic, tomatoes, scones, apples, coffee, lavender lemonade, and more! Local wineries will be pouring at Larsen Farms, Out in the Garden Nursery, and Blooms-N-More.

List of food growing and activities

Catch live musical performances at Blooms-N-More, Dancing Oaks, River Rock Nursery, and Evans Farms. Click here for a listing of music and special events.

Click here for a listing of music and special events

Pamper yourself with a little chair massage at Madrona Hills ACE Hardware and Garland Nursery.

Click here for spa activites.