The Club’s first Open Garden of 2015 will be held this Sunday, April 26th at the home of Michael and Diana Kaile, 835 Hummingbird Lane, from 2 to 4 p.m. Non-members are welcome for a small fee, collected on-site. Please note that memberships can be purchased at the door. The Open Garden program provides a forum where gardeners meet, share news and views and enjoy beautiful Bowen Island gardens.
The Kaile’s garden occupies the high ground off Hummingbird Lane, with sweeping views south over the entrance to Queen Charlotte Channel and Passage Island. The property is fenced, so you can expect to find a wide variety of plants which anywhere else would provide fodder for Island ungulates.
The garden boasts a wide variety of mature Rhodos, an orchard, a wisteria, a splendid honeysuckle, and a gracious lawn where weeds fear to incite the wrath of 'groundsman' Michael. Large rock outcropping have been cleverly integrated into the garden and together with attractive decks and stone-paved patios provide features which set off a multitude of perennials and shrubs.
“This is a garden to rest your soul, to take a moment to breathe in the sea air, admire the view, walk barefoot on the lush carpet of grass, listen to the wind, the bird song, wind chimes and lose yourself in Nature.”
Diana and Michael
