Pandemic Wanderings II

Another lovely day of exploration in the countryside. We were treated to two garden tours today. The first tour was the country home of Peg Emmling. She has a collectors garden where she has amassed a large collection of trees. She enjoys trying out new plant finds and doesn’t mind moving plants if they are not happy where they are originally planted. Peg  also has perennial and shrub beds that were full of happy pollinators today! We all were impressed with her large binder of information about her plantings and left promising to get our own more organized. A gracious hostess. We are thankful for her hospitality!

A short drive led us to Wollam Gardens which is a commercial flower farm. They sell flowers to local floral businesses as well as at farmers markets. We were very lucky to meet the owner, Mr. Wollam who shared his story on how he bought the house. We had lunch in the event space that is on the property. Due to covid many of their wedding events have been cancelled this year so we felt extra lucky to be able to walk amongst the flower beds today. It was fun watching the employees and interns putting together bouquets to sell this weekend. And of course, being able to grab a sweet bouquet to take home made our day! I think many of us will be back for the fresh seasonal flowers.