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Featured Gardens

“Eastern Eden”
Matt and Lori Feurhelm
927 East Broadway St
The serpentine edging along the perennial border leads your eyes to the Vietnamese fired pot! This bed includes delphiniums, lilies, fire witch dianthus, everlasting hydrangea and a William Baffin rose bush. The alley garden is graced with peonies, coral reef poppies, baptisia, purple allium and cerastium. In the shade of the majestic conifer discover the hostas and a small water pond with goldfish.

“Blufftop Bliss”
Scott and Debbie Birdsall
292 East Garvin Heights Rd
Perched on the edge of the bluffs on the southern side of the Mississippi gorge is the Prairie style home of Scott and Deb Birdsall. The house is surrounded by a meandering path and a large waterfall that cascades to a pond below. Beautiful roses, weeping spruces, a Japanese maple, perennials and grasses grace the pathways. Breathtaking views overlook the expansive valley below. Hidden among the oak trees is the timber frame, sod roofed garden shed and playhouse. The house nestles back into the bluff and fits naturally in with the environment, surrounded by aspen,

“Dody’s Container Garden”
Dody and Lee Huwald
809 West Burns Valley Rd
Dody is passionate about her container garden! Her potted creations are mostly started under lights from seeds at her headquarters in the basement. Roses, elephant ears, hostas, salvia artemis, pansies, ivys, Princess of India nasturiums, and Pee Gee hydrenga are used in her colorful potted creations, all vibrant and a sight to behold. Dody will be giving demonstrations of arranging potted plants.

“Memory Garden”
Karen Resch
337 Knopp Valley Dr
As you come through the arbor into the backyard you enter a secluded park-like setting with large shade trees, a garden tier and a pond with gently flowing water. It makes the perfect setting for a garden party and Karen likes to stage it for such! This garden is a place of nostalgia with many of the plants reminding Karen of those her grandmother had, such as; clematis, hydrangea, hollyhocks, peonies, lilies, bleeding heart, phlox, hosta, coneflowers, iris, redbud, and coral bells. Nostalgia is also carried out to the front porch with a hodge podge of vintage finds and another cascading pond in the landscaping.

“WK Elementary School Kids Garden”
WK Elementary School
365 Mankato Ave
The school has learning centers within the landscape that provide beautiful educational areas for curriculum-based activities with hands-on learning. Each of these learning centers reflects habitats in our area, and includes; a shade garden, a bird/butterfly garden, and a water/bog garden.

“Rain Garden”
Jo and Leslie Hittner
1340 Conrad Dr
The centerpiece of this manicured front yard is Leslie & Jo Hittner’s much talked-about rain garden. From the front yard you can take a stroll down along the south side of the house past a dry desert microclimate complete with cactus and succulents to view the young oak savannah in the back yard. This unique young garden of perennials and self-seeding annuals and biennials gets better every year!

“Roadside Distraction”
Mary Parish and Randy Severson
W26064 State Rd 35 & 54, Trempealeau, WI
Located along the Great River Road, the garden features a 100' + perennial border along the highway. The back yard garden is graced by majestic Burr Oaks that arch over the 100 year old farmhouse. Defined by Boxwood hedges, the back yard is filled with raspberries, rhubarb, strawberries, lettuce and assorted vegetables as well as perennials and annuals.

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