The gardens are dedicated to L. Frank Baum because his family cottage was nearby, and it is believed that he wrote a fair amount of The Wizard of Oz while at the cottage. The book is a frame covered with 6000 plants. It is taken inside every winter.
I'll only show you a few of the garden beds. There were many! This one has several kinds of hosta - big ones- a purple heuchera, and a border of begoinias.
I love this! It's a very light-colored Hakone grass with really dark heuchera.
One whole garden was edged with alternate coleus and begonias.
Mass plantings of zinneas were bright! This has a racemed hydrangea behind it.
This was also one of my favorites. This is two different kinds of coleus both in the Flamethrower series. The red is 'Adobo Pink' and the green is 'Salsa Verde.'
I did OK at the event. The weater was cool (good), but drippy with sprinkles (hard to manage books, and lower attendance). The worst was I had a stomach ache all afternoon. Only a minimal clue why. Pretty much gone now.
I am declaring tomorrow a mostly rest day.
I may have figured out how to force Facebook to post a picture. We'll see. Of course it's a pain in the butt.
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