Garden Tour 2024

Our 2024 tour featured small spaces, recycled and repurposed features, water wise native and mediterranean style, an outdoor “Catio”, a greenhouse, fairy gardens, cozy gathering spaces, straw bale gardening, and a working a butterfly habitat garden.

Oak Woodland Garden & Ticket Booth

Busy morning at the 2024 Marina Garden Tour ticket booth

Ticket booth volunteers take a break

Visitors enjoy strolling through the Oak Woodland project

Raised garden beds under the old cypress

Mosaic art on the Oak Woodlands tool shed

Gray-Wolf & Mann Garden

Tom and Pat in their pet friendly garden

Soothing fountain in the courtyard entry sets the mood

One of the many fairy gardens that were created with grand children

Another whimsical fairy garden

The small footprint of the garden is enhanced by its many features

Eisenhauer Garden

The Eisenhauers welcomed visitors to their tiny but maximized garden

Just a taste of the many textures and colors found in the shady side of the garden

Every square inch of the vegetable garden has a productive use

A happy jumbled planting along the decomposed granite walkway

Sunny front entry is a natural gathering spot

Crovello Garden

Hosts Mark and Joy

Great day to discuss how to design low water gardens

Street view of this water wise garden

A garden club volunteer greets tour goers

Central garden is an ensemblage of many types of low water plants

Train carries succulents around the track

So fun to watch the little train go round the central garden

The train is solar powered

Cymbidiums and succulents can grow well together on the coast

Many colors in the foliage and seasonal flowering

Silva-Santella Garden

Hosts Grace and Ray

Who says you can’t grow color under trees?

Trees and succulents line the sidewalk

So much to enjoy around the shady front entry

Path into the backyard garden

Arbor supports Roger’s Red grape that provides autumn color

A glimpse of tomatoes and basil in the greenhouse

“Catio” built for the indoor cat to have a bit of the outside

Another view of the “Catio” and the outside deck

Always something for the pollinators in this garden

Simmons Garden

Garden host Greg shared his methods for growing food in straw bales

Example of the many greens that flourish in a straw bale garden

Many food plants grow in the front yard including apple trees

A visitor admires the garlic growing in a raised bed

Cabrera Garden

The Cabreras hosted their beautiful garden

Lots of fun artifacts to find in this garden

Welcoming paver path into the front garden

The homemade outdoor oven is a central feature where many family gatherings happen

DIY Garden walls incorporate many interesting found objects

Gibson Garden

Garden hosts Mel and John

A moss garden creates a focal point in a shady spot

Mel collects chandeliers that are refurbished with solar lighting throughout the garden

Small trees help slow the wind on the back side of the garden

Cat quarters built for the semi wild ferals

Volunteers enjoy the garden space

A well used eating nook positioned in a sunny spot

Hardy Garden

Stephen describes the work in his garden

Lots of helpful signage to describe host plants

Maximum use of growing space!

Fabulous pollinator info table at the entrance of the garden

Donna and volunteers enjoying a slow moment during the tour

Meandering paths encourage a meditative ramble through the garden

Shade plant selections that butterflies like

Another inviting meandering path

A happy jumble of native and non-native plants that feed pollinators

Chinese Houses grow well in dappled light and are a favorite of bumblebees

Festive table setting for thirsty visitors

Vista Del Camino Percolation Pond Garden

Mike and Cossette in the newly adopted and planted perc pond on Vista Del Camino