Thank you fro sharing. The photos are gorgeous

Yes, thanks for sharing! Even though I live really close to where the National was held, I have only been to Gossards, and that was early in the year for greenhouse bloom. Never been in summer.

Thanks for all the comments - half the fun of taking pictures is sharing.

Missed one flower at Lucius garden that I wanted to share -
Honey cruch cupcake which is now on my must have list

Lisa, thank you so much for posting your pictures so that that we may also see the beauty from this year's National. Honey Crunch Cupcake is one of my favorites!

The third garden was Angel'sParadise - Doug and Stacy Sayer. Unfortunately my batteries died and the back-ups were dead too, so no pictures.
Lunch was at Der Dutchman (delicious!) and I got batteries from a friend for the final garden of the day:

Hensley Gardens - Kim and Chris Hensley
Amazing what they did with a suburban lot!

Hensley Gardens - Kim and Chris Hensley

Hensley Gardens - Kim and Chris Hensley

Magician's Apprentice (Stamile G) and Pigment of imagination (Norris)
Horse Country (Rice) and Ocean Rain (Hanson C)

Hensley Gardens - Kim and Chris Hensley

Cupid's Cupcake (Herrington T) and Creative Memories (Brooker)
Hat's off to Sue (Herrington T) and Scratch and Sniff (Joiner)

Hensley Gardens - Kim and Chris Hensley

Little Orphan Annie (Stamile G) and Up against the Sun (Norris)
The stained glass stepping stone was in each garden

Will post day 2 gardens tomorrow. Good night!!

This is a WONDERFUL thread. The plants are stunning but the art is so amazing it's stealing the show for me.

Thank you so much for your fantastic photos and all the ID's of each photo.

I like all the hypertufa in the Hensleys' garden. I like the little houses, especially the "homestead" in the old wash tub in the background of the white coneflower. One of our daylily clubs will be meeting here for the August meeting to make hypertufa. This will be the 3rd year we have done this for our August meeting. Most of us make flower pots or troughs or mushrooms. I believe I will try to make a couple of the small houses and replicate the "homestead." Thanks once again, Lisa.

Great pictures, thanks for posting!

Everything looks good, for the heat and drought we are having. They must have been watering a LOT.

2nd day began with Deep Ditch Gardens - Donna Kowalczyk.
Light rain so some of my pictures were out of focus or spotted - here are the best

Deep Ditch Gardens - Donna Kowalczyk

2 birds I liked

Deep Ditch Gardens - Donna Kowalczyk

Pack Hunter (Mahieu) and Inca Puzzle (Petit)
Heavenly Final Destiny (Gossard) and Ashwood Dark Side (Norris)

Deep Ditch Gardens - Donna Kowalczyk

Sweet Isabela (Brooker) and Avian Artist (Lambertson)
Surfing on the Styx (Schaben) and Party Array (Branch 1956)

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A highlight for me was getting to see the Women hybridizers bed in Osman Garden - Cindy and John Osman

Snicker Knight (Fitzpatrick) and Victorian GardenTwilight Time (Brooker)

Osman Garden - Cindy and John Osman

Plastic Pink Flamingos (Wilkerson) and Gorilla (Reed)
Peasant Blouse (McCutcheon) and Every Which Way and Loose (Salk)