tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24616026.post-86787492595990937022008-03-27T01:57:00.000-07:002008-03-27T02:07:43.205-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.keveoriginals.com/images/Garden/wJGIntoGarden.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 140px;" src="http://www.keveoriginals.com/images/Garden/wJGIntoGarden.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This year, the annual <a href="http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/health/ehcsg/index.html">Garden Rhapsodies Tour</a> in Thurston County will be in the Griffin area with five gardens selected on the Steamboat Island and Oyster Bay peninsulas.<br /><br />The garden tour features lovely gardens cared for in an earth-friendly manner. Gardens included in the tour do not have to be strictly organic but they should use preventative techniques and pesticides only as a last resort.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Garden Rhapsodies Tour<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">July 26th<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">10:00AM to 4:00PM</span><br /><br />This is an educational event and a fund raiser for three local non-profits: <a href="http://mastergardener.wsu.edu/mgfws/">The Master Gardener Foundation</a>, <a href="http://thurston.wsu.edu/NPS.htm">Native Plant Salvage Project</a> and the <a href="http://www.olympiasymphony.com/pages/guild.html">Olympia Symphony Guild</a>.<br /><br />More information will be posted here, closer to the event.<br /><br />Or, contact Jennifer Johnson, Environmental Educator, Thurston County Public Health and Social Services Department, Environmental Health Division at (360) 754-4111 ext. 7631 or by email at <a href="mailto:johnsoj@co.thurston.wa.us">johnsoj@co.thurston.wa.us</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24616026-8678749259599093702?l=griffinneighbors.blogspot.com'/></div>Mark Messingernoreply@blogger.com0