[UrbanCropCircle] Winter Garden Field Trip - YEAH!!!

[SEEABIRD at aol.com]

Hello, hello,
I'm Julianne's neighbor so I've been hearing about this, please count me in  
as well. I'm ready for some of nature's magic.
looking forward to it!
Cherie Byrd

Please  count me in - I have been proselytizing for the Winter Garden for 
most of the  25 years I've been in Seattle - it is a absolute (if largely 
unknown!)  treasure, and just at a point in the year when one begins to think: I 
simply  cannot take winter for another moment or I will run screaming from the 
room!!  - this is the *perfect* antidote.

The Winter Garden is mother  nature's original aromatherapy - and if it's a 
good day - sunny and mostly  still with just the tiniest wisp of a breeze, some 
of the fragrances can  easily knock your socks off at 50 paces.  Yet, even if 
it's raining, it's  still absolutely worth the trip!

And who doesn't delight in seeing a  single hummingbird, much less dozens!  
Anna's Hummingbird is the only  hummingbird to overwinter in our region, and 
they feed from the upright Oregon  Grape (Mahonia 'Arthur Menzies') which is 
itself a truly gorgeous  plant...  I've been to the Arboretum in January during a 
snowstorm and  still seen the hummingbirds darting about - an event truly 
magical beyond  compare.

This garden only blooms during the few middle weeks of January  - promise 
yourself you won't miss it this year, and you'll be forever glad you  didn't!

See y'all there!
>;-)
Julianne




Today's  Topics:

1. Visit to Arboretum January 10th (Rhonda  Brown)
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Hey Gardeners:

The Witt  Winter Garden at the Arboretum is legendary, and according to 
Ingela, an  absolute must-see.  With hummingbirds zooming around and flowering  
winter plants such as witch hazel, mahonia, heather and hellebore's, it's a  
great excuse for a gardeners field trip.

Saturday, January  10
Washington Arboretum Witt Winter Garden

_http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/hilights.htm_ 
(http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/hilights.htm) 

Directions:  _http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/directions.htm#directions_ 
(http://depts.washington.edu/wpa/directions.htm#directions) 

All  folks wanting to go should:

1. RSVP to _rhonda at sustainableballard.org_ 
(mailto:rhonda at sustainableballard.org)  to sign up.
2. Plan to  meet at the Loyal Heights Community Club at 9:45 am, Saturday, 
January  10th
3. Dress for the weather and be ready to have a good time!  Bring some hot 
chocolate!

Loyal Heights Community Club
2101  NW 77th St
Seattle, WA 98117
(206) 684-4052

Expect to hear more  soon about the Urban Crop Circle.  We may have a new 
meeting place, and  we definitely will be restructuring the format.  In the works 
is the  planning for new workshops for next spring (and if you have ideas, 
feel free  to send them along).

Hope everyone had a great holiday and see you on  the 10th!  Rhonda

End of UrbanCropCircle Digest, Vol 6, Issue  1
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