Thanks to fundraising events, the Mill Creek Garden Club handed out checks to some very grateful students at two local schools and to the Global Director at one local charitable foundation in February.

With all the wet, windy and gloomy days we’ve experienced this winter, the search for any hint of spring was even more urgent for Mill Creek Garden Club members and guests who boarded a bus for the jaunt down I-5 to the NW Flower and Garden Show.

“It was a dark and stormy night.” Well not really, but it was an inclement Tuesday morning when a dozen intrepid Garden Club members headed to Mount Vernon for a pre-Halloween visit to Gordon’s Skagit Farms.

Mill Creek Garden Club needs you, well more specifically, your garden for their 2018 Mill Creek Garden Tour.

Why show your garden?  If you chat with previous tour homeowners, almost to a person they viewed their participation as a positive experience.

How do I put “shine” into words when probably 30-40 pictures would say it best? Since this isn’t a picture book, let me put fingers to keyboard to convey mental images of the gardens, their owners and the tour goers of last Saturday’s Mill Creek Garden Tour. 

Get off to an early start on Saturday, June 24th:  First participate in the “Run of the Mill” 5K Walk/Run event. Then change into casual attire, and leisurely stroll through the not often seen backyards of the six lovely gardens open for the 3rd Annual Mill Creek Garden Tour.

Mill Creek Garden Club kicked off its May 9th meeting with a special appearance by Steve Smith, The Whistling Gardener, from Sunnyside Nursery, Marysville. His topic “Hot for 2017 Plants” was met with great enthusiasm, as was his Q & A session at the end of his presentation.