On a glorious Autumn Day a Coach of Vancouver MGs had a delightful time visiting Pacific Propagators Nursery and Minter Gardens.
Pacific Northwest Propagators is an incredible nursery with a great variety of specimen trees and shrubs . They specialize in unique grafted conifers, beech and ginkgo cultivars as well as 150 different cultivars of Japanese maples. They carry a line of miniature dwarf plants under name of Garden Delights. In total they have they have over 1500 different varieties of plants and sell wholesale only
At Minter Gardens, a wonderful and outstanding display garden we were delighted to have a personal tour with Brian Minter himself
Here's what a few of our members had to say:
"The tour was absolutely wonderful.
The Pacific Northwest Propagators nursery was the loveliest little operation!!
Seven acres of beautiful, happy little specimens - an absolute delight,
and what a privilege to have a tour of a place not-open-to-the-public.
"Minter gardens are truly gorgeous and Brian Minter so open, generous and knowledgeable.
What a lovely man! I just wish the gardens were closer to Vancouver so I could go more often!!""What a wonderful trip. We were so lucky to have such a beautiful day.
Thank you to everyone who organized the trip."
"The Vancouver chapter of the Master Gardenerstook to bus last week, heading out under a beautiful fall sky. We made our way out to Pacific Northwest Propagators in Rosedale, where we found fields of unique and prized trees and shrubs , including a large variety of dwarf and miniature conifers. After an hour of perusing through the rows of greenhouses, narrowing my must-have list was difficult. By the time we were ready to leave, oh let me tell you; my arms were loaded with treasures and I was in good company. This was a MG tour after all. I wasn’t the only one who got carried away!" Read more of the Dandelion Wrangler's Blog here: http://www.thedandelionwrangler.ca/2012/09/minters-master-gardener-tour.html
Walking with Brian Minter was an experience unto itself. When our large group passed other visitor’s along the trails, Brian always stopped to chat and have a word with them. He’d offer a smile, and ask how thier day was going, answering any questions they may have had. You could clearly see how much he loves his work. And why shouldn’t he? This place is stunning!
