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Tour provides shortcuts for amazing gardens Please come the featured gardens on The see my garden! my new TV show “Dig In My home town of Seattle” this week. The Compleat Enumclaw is hosting show airs Sunday at 7:30 Home a tour of eight local a.m. on channel 10 or you Gardener gardens Saturday to can watch online at www. benefit our hospital diginseattle.com. Marianne Binetti care van. The tour Now here are the best Columnist includes garden art shortcuts from some of the vendors at every amazing gardens you’ll see garden and enteron the tour: Use outdoor artwork you cannot kill. tainment and I’ll be giving a seminar at the At the Roc Nob garden and weldgarden that is hosting the food vendors. The topic will be “Shortcuts to a Show ing studio you can explore five acres of Garden” and you’ll learn tips on how any- outdoor sculpture surrounded by unusual one can dress up a landscape with very specimen plants. An easy shortcut is to remove an ugly or sickly tree (George little time or money. For more information on buying tickets Washington had the right idea about cutto the garden tour go to www.enumclaw- ting down that cherry tree) and replace with some focal point art. “Primitiverhf.org or phone 360-802-3206. Can’t make the garden tour? You can futuristic” outdoor sculptures incorporatsee my garden and some highlights from ing stone and metal make this a garden
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that will transport visitors to a whole new world. Flatter the garden with fine foliage. In the La Penske garden there are mountain views and cold, cruel winds. By choosing drought-resistant plants with colorful leaves the landscape comes alive with color but is low on maintenance. It is the deft arrangement of the burgundy barberry, golden spiraea and deep purple smoke trees that light up this country garden. Arranging plant material for maximum contrast is a shortcut you can use in container gardens as well as in the large scale landscapes. You may not need to buy any new plants to put this tip to work. Just rearrange the colorful plants you already have with a new eye toward foliage contrasts. Add a personal touch with tiny details. Every visitor will fall in love with the “cowboy” theme garden on the Enumclaw
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garden tour but you don’t have to be into rustic Western collections to make your own garden a personal work of art. You’ll be inspired by the tiny details like how orange and peach flowers work well with the aged patina of recycled containers. Pick your own color palette and echo it throughout your garden for a landscape that is cohesive and personal. Display your personal collections outdoors during the summer months to give a patio a cozy living room flair. From pottery to antiques, use what you have to decorate your outdoor space. Get creative with containers. In the Matson garden the owner recycled silver-hued garbage cans, coal scuttles and tin tubs, then grouped them all together to create a vignette of up-cycled elegance that looks like it came right from
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Stop by for a FREE Memory Screening Thursday, June 20th
Expressions at Enumclaw will be offering free confidential memory screenings from 10:00am to 4:00pm. To schedule an appointment please call: 360.825.4565 Prestige Senior Living along with the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America holds National Memory Screening Days to stress the importance of proper detection and treatment and to help raise awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and related illnesses on a national scale. We encourage anyone who is concerned about memory problems or who is interested in memory care to take a free, five-to-ten minute screening. Each screening consists of a series of simple questions and tasks, administered by a qualified healthcare professional.
Who should be tested? What are the warning signs of dementia?
According to AFA if you answer “yes” to any of the following questions, a memory screening might be beneficial to you. • Am I becoming more forgetful?
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• Do I have trouble recalling words or names in conversation? • Have family or friends told me that I am repeating questions or saying the same thing over and over again? • Do I sometimes forget where I am or where I am going?
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