Saturday, May 19, 2007

Bibler Garden Tour

After we finished taking photos of my relatives looking like ranchers, we had a quick mad drive across town to arrive at the Bibler Gardens by noon for the start of our tour.

We had 20 minutes to drive to SW of Kalispell. Larry is scrupulous about not exceeding the speed limit. I don't know if he did this time (I ride in the back of the minivan) but I do know he drove faster than normal. We arrived with one minute to spare. We were the second to last vehicle to arrive. We made it! Good job Larry!

The Bibler garden tour is done twice a year, in the Spring and again in July. The Biblers both passed away in 2002 but a foundation continues to maintain the property and house and the tours are conducted to raise money. The tour of the house and property is approximately 90 minutes long.

Both the house tour and garden tour were very nice. Curt favors gardens and Larry is not a garden person but favors buildings. Both enjoyed both aspects of the tour: Curt the house and Larry the property and flowers.

No photos were allowed inside the house but I got a number of nice photos of the flowers outside and of the property.





The chair was originally from the Queen Elisabeth 2 cruise line and has been restored.



The view from the garden back towards Glacier Park and the ranch.

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