Last year the Bowen Island Garden Club hosted an open garden at the home of John and Katherine Lawrence in daffodil season (March 2010). A year later, and summer about to explode, an entirely different garden experience greets the visitor.
Many of the former large open bare patches of earth in the southern part of the property (which housed the former expo building) have been filled with a variety of new plantings. Trees, scrubs and a wide variety of perennials have already begun to establish themselves in the short time the southern part of the garden has existed.
The development of the newer part of the garden includes an irrigation system and two decks salvaged from the original building. One of the latter has been modified to provide an attractive area of raised beds; the other features a large dining table from timbers recovered from the original house.
The garden has an extensive system of intersecting pathways, which provide visitors with splendid views of the garden and its backdrop of sea, sky and mountain ridges.
The garden is located at 105 Baker Road and will be open from 2 until 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 5. Visitors should park on Old Eagle Cliff road and walk down to the property on Baker. All are welcome. Memberships to the club can be bought on-site.
