Patience Needed

It took 2 and a half years but our little new peony plant has finally come into its blooms. We now have four dark-red blooms on our Buckeye Belle peony which we bought at Adelman Peony Gardens. I knew we were going to be in luck this year when the ants started showing up on the buds.

There are even more fun things going on this weekend in case you are looking for something to do. Here are links I have found to information on these events:

The fairly new Willamette Community Garden in Albany is holding its second annual plant sale on Saturday:
http://democratherald.com/news/local/community-garden-to-hold-plant-sale-tour/article_5aae7312-9f85-11e1-823c-001a4bcf887a.html

Nichols Garden Nursery in Albany is holding its Plant Day on Saturday:
https://www.nicholsgardennursery.com/store/cmspage.php?page_id=visit_us

Hidden Treasures, The Backyards of Corvallis and More, a garden tour on Saturday:
http://www.ci.corvallis.or.us/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=74

I have heard that there is a Craft and Garden Fair going on in Burnt Woods on Saturday, but I don't have a link to that information.

and Leach Botanical Gardens near Portland is having a Children's Nature Fair on Saturday:
http://www.leachgarden.org/classes-and-events/

and one more,
on Sunday the Corvallis Environmental Center is holding Cooped-Up in Corvallis, a self-guided chicken and duck coop tour:
http://www.corvallisenvironmentalcenter.org/cooped-up-in-corvallis-2/