The following pictures are photos of our display garden at the
2010 Northwest Flower & Garden Show.
We took pictures during the preparation, the show and the take-down.
We want to thank our volunteer helpers: CPH members of WSNLA; horticultural students at Edmonds Community College; and at Lake Washington Technical College; and members of the Partnership for Water Conservation organization. Thank you!

About the 2010 Garden:

There’s No Place Like Home

There’s a big message for change in this garden themed around the “Wizard of Oz.” It all has to do with leaving behind the Wicked Witch of over-consumption and environmental degradation.

We’re reminded that the Tin Man represents the HEART of our garden---a peaceful home for humans and wildlife to live in harmony. 
The Scarecrow’s INTELLIGENCE represents the informed choices we make to live more lightly on the earth and protect our limited resources. 
And from the cowardly Lion, we get COURAGE to simplify, prioritize choices and reconnect with the basic pleasures of life.

Rich with examples like green roof systems, living, planted, cistern fences, water-wise irrigation, edible plants and wildlife habitats, this display demonstrates that functionality can be fun and creative. Any urban family with a small to medium site, who is concerned about our world and about conserving water and other resources, can leave this garden with a wonderful and empowering message about their own possibilities.  

We’re in a different world now, Toto!

Our design team:

Zsofia Pasztor

Gayle Larson

Jan Nunemaker

Jill Nunemaker

Rose Perry

Clay Fife

Chris Cunningham

Zsolt Pasztor

John Hunkele

Glenn Hemmen

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Our garden won a Bronze Medal. It was filled with creative new solutions that are simple to make and install, yet change the way we garden in a BIG way.

One of the most innovative structures was our living cistern fence. The rain is collected into this 2' wide dimensional fence. The fence was planted with strawberries on the outside by utilizing our own invention: simple vertical boxes that hold soil and plant material.

The site was designed to minimize run-off. Rain was caught in several ways beside the cistern fence: if the green roof did fill to its maximum capacity, the water was stored in a rain barrel with an overflow moving the water into an infiltrating bioswale and ultimately into a rain garden. 

All of the hardscaping was permeable: mulch path, flagstone patio with large gaps, and a path built with pervious pavers.

We had a fancy chicken coop for five cute 'showgirls'. The chickens were trained from the time they hatched so they were used to noise, flashing lights and lots of activity.

Ciscoe called our garden 'the garden of the future':

http://www.king5.com/on-tv/gardening/Ciscoe-and-Meeghan-at-the-garden-show-83724432.html

Please take your time to look at the structures and other design elements in our garden. Construction design drawings for some of these items are available for purchase on our Store page

If you are interested to find out more details about anything you see and like, do not hesitate to ask - we will be happy to help you with more information by answering your questions. 

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