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Project GREEN Garden Tour 2008

Cancelled.

We sincerely regret that the 2008 Garden Tour has been cancelled due to flooding.  Three of the originally scheduled gardens on Normandy Drive back up to the Iowa River, and they are now totally submerged. The difficult decision for us was whether to continue the Tour with only the two Marcy Street gardens, or cancel altogether. With only two gardens on the tour, our fear was that tour-goers and the host gardeners would be disappointed, and most likely fewer people would go on the Tour. The other possible result might be that the two gardens would be so crowded that it could be difficult to fully appreciate the garden designs and hard work that had gone into them. Parking and traffic were also major concerns.  None of these scenarios were desirable.
 
At this late date, substitute gardens would be a challenge to find.  Re-scheduling the date to later summer or early fall is not usually a good option, because garden plants usually look their best in early summer. So, the difficult cancellation decision was made. Our sincere thanks go to those gardeners who had agreed to be on the Tour:
 
        Keo Hoang and Paul Measells
        Jack and Pat Sallady
        Greg and Linda Schrock
        Sue and Sam Mullins
        Julie Dahlberg   
 
We also extend our apologies and sympathies to them, after all their hard work, excitement and preparation.