For several years, The Three Rivers Union School Foundation has organized a tour of gardens in our town to benefit the school.
The school always needs money. It is a one-school district, and the principal also teaches all day. These situations always cause me to wonder where the magical lottery money that was supposed to save our schools went, but no one brings that up or has answers. But, I digress.
On the first Hidden Gardens tour, I set up in the garden of my amazing friend Barbara. There were so many scenes to photograph and to paint! We collaborated on stepping stones a few years later. (lavender paintings on saltillo tiles)
This year, the Foundation has run out of celebrity gardens to bring in the visitors (William Shatner and Anjelica Huston both have places here in town). What to do?? Add homes!
I have the privilege of planting myself (ahem – pun intended) in a place up the South Fork with a beautiful view up the canyon, a fabulous new Craftsman style house, a classic barn, sheep, pigs, and plantings that were gorgeous in March. Not sure what I will find to paint in April, in spite of the cooler weather. March was hot and fried the hillsides to their more usual shade of brown.
The Tour is Saturday, April 18. A good article about it is here. Tickets may be found here. (will open in new windows)
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Jana, I didn’t realize you had celebrities in your town — that’s a fun tidbit of info about Three Rivers! Hope all is going well for you. I’m not scheduled to go and help again with the babies until the first part of May when my son-in-law has a business trip, but I always consider myself on call. And happy to go when called! 🙂
Cheryl, it is a fun tidbit. We are about 4 hours from Hollyweird, but I wouldn’t know any celebrities if I saw them in the grocery store. Anjelica bought one of my paintings from a local shop a few years ago. The thrill was that it was bought by someone I didn’t know, not that it was bought by someone well known!
Are you going to be okay with waiting until May to see the babies? That’s a long time!
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