{"id":1947,"date":"2014-11-19T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T08:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-66\/"},"modified":"2014-11-19T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T08:01:21","slug":"garden-tip-66","status":"publish","type":"tool","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-66\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden Tip #66"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Become a garden voyeur this season by participating in one of the many organized private garden tours.  <br \/>\nThe Garden Conservancy is a national organization dedicated to preserving America&#8217;s most significant private gardens.  Each year hundreds of private gardens hold <strong>Open Days<\/strong> to raise money to support Garden Conservancy&#8217;s work of preserving private gardens for future generations to enjoy.  The current year&#8217;s Open Days Directory is for sale in winter and is useful for planning garden touring trips across the country.  Available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gardenconservancy.org\/\">www.gardenconservancy.org\/<\/a> or call (845) 265 2029.  Washington had nearly 40 private gardens open in 2004.  There is a nominal admission charge to visit each garden.<\/p>\n<p>\nLocal communities also organize charitable garden tours which usually feature 5 to 10 private gardens within driving distance.  Some tours also include speakers or music.  The Elisabeth C. Miller Library compiles a <a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/calendar\/tours_sales.php\">list of regional tours<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Become a garden voyeur this season by participating in one of the many organized private garden tours. The Garden Conservancy is a national organization dedicated to preserving America&#8217;s most significant private gardens. Each year hundreds of private gardens hold Open Days to raise money to support Garden Conservancy&#8217;s work of preserving private gardens for future generations to enjoy. The current year&#8217;s Open Days Directory is for sale in winter and is useful for planning garden touring trips across the country&#8230;.<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/tool\/garden-tip-66\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Garden Tip #66<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","keyword":[189],"class_list":["post-1947","tool","type-tool","status-publish","hentry","keyword-garden-tours"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool\/1947"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tool"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tool"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"keyword","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/hortlib\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/keyword?post=1947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}