By John Beaudry.
Our 2018 Garden Tour was a smashing success! We had nearly one thousand attendees plus ten plein air artists painting and ten craftspeople selling beautiful handmade garden related crafts. We were also supported by an incredible group of fifty generous volunteers to whom we shout out a very special thank you! The number of participants arguably makes our tour the largest garden tour in San Diego County.
The gardens were at the peak of spring bloom, each one lovelier than the next. Because our tour is always early in the year, the weather is generally not overly hot, nor too cold. It is a perfect time of year for gardeners to be with one another and to do what we all love: come together to enjoy and learn about plants and gardens.
We especially want to thank all the homeowners who graciously opened their gardens for us all to enjoy; the tour would not exist without your generosity.
If you missed our tour this year, be sure to sign up early next year. We always sell out!
And last, but certainly not least, I want to thank all the SDHS board members for their tireless commitment to pulling it all together and making our garden tours a success year after year.
A special thank you to our tour day volunteers:
Rob Ashley
Salina Baulen Ritchie
Benay Beri
Ann Blake
Kathryn Blankinship
Betsy Blodgett
Eleanor Bolen
Sandy Burlem
Ann Caprioglio
Terry Chamberlain
Jack Chamberlain
John Dunchack
Connie Forest
Jennifer Gersen
Michelle Golden
Julie Hasl
Greg Herbert
Myrna Hines
Heather Holland
Suki Ince
Barbara Jenkins-Lee
John Kramer
Gretchen Kramer
Phyllis Kuszneir
Susan LaFerniere
Leon LaFreniere
Nicole Lustig
Joy Lyndes
Stephen Magum
Kit Marshall
Mary Jo McCall
Juanita McColloch
Claire McGreal
Tom McGreal
Cindy McIntyre
Frank Mitzel
Colleen Moskol
Soledad Noland
Jessica Novak
Joan Oliver
Susanna Pagan
Neya Pasley
Mary Lou Peterson
Peggy Poorman
Barbara Redlitz
Jeff Redlitz
Jennifer Ryan
Lisa Schneider
Nancy Spieczny
Susan Swift
Laura Tezer
Jan Thomas
Linda Thompson
Donna Tierney
Diana Tigner
Francine Tong
Marcia Van Loy
Laura Walker
Jill Whitebook
Erica Windheim
Jan Zanville
Stephen Zolezzi