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Puget Sound Fling 2024 - That's a wrap!

Enormous thanks to co-planners Camille Paulsen and Paula Rothkopf for hosting the Puget Sound Fling and putting together such a spectacular lineup of gardens, events, and community for us! Approximately 100 garden bloggers, Instagrammers, YouTubers, TikTokers, podcasters, and others sharing about gardening online spent the weekend touring gardens in the Tacoma-Seattle area, socializing and networking and even participating in impromptu dance videos. Paula and Camille, you showed off your region beautifully and created an unforgettable event. Thank you!

Puget Sound attendees at the Brindley Garden. Photo courtesy of Becca Mathias.
Co-planners Paula Rothkopf and Camille Paulsen
Here's a message from Paula and Camille:

"The planning of the Fling kept us busy for many, many months. But throughout this journey, a number of people gave their time and energy to help. We'd like to thank these key individuals:

  • Loree Bohl, our point person on the Fling advisory committee, who provided continual advice and feedback on so many decisions.

  • Gillian Mathews, who came up with the idea of an optional Seattle tour day and was a key player in its planning.

  • LaManda Joy for designing and creating the sponsor brochure.

  • Idelle Fisher of Pickle-Wix Web Design for designing and creating the Fling Guide and Sponsor Directory.

  • Jean McWeeney for adding all 100 names to our blog post on Fling attendees.

  • Camille’s daughters, Marian for designing the 2024 logo and Louisa for creating the name tags.

 

Then there were all the folks who helped out during the Fling weekend, including these special people:

  • Dirk Paulsen, Camille’s husband, who did all the shopping for the food, snacks, and spirits. He was there every morning making sure our buses had everything we needed for each day.

  • Pilar Hernandez, Sue Goetz, and Gillian Mathews for their help stuffing 100+ swag bags and greeting our attendees at the welcome desk.

  • The bus captains, Gillian, Sue, Cindy Funes, and Erica Browne Grivas, who spoke about each garden and kept us on schedule.

 

We'd also like to thank all of our amazing garden hosts, who welcomed our Fling community by sharing their beautiful gardens. We're grateful to everyone who attended the Fling from all over the U.S., Canada, and Europe, who spent the weekend enthusiastically touring gardens with us. Last but not least, thank you to our sponsors, who were integral to the success of the Fling. As we know from experience, it takes a Fling army to build something great!"


Blogs and videos about Puget Sound Fling

If you joined us on the Fling this year, we'd love to read your blogs and watch your videos about it. So would the garden owners, sponsors, and the gardening public. To help us find your posts as you publish over the weeks and months ahead, please share your links on our official Facebook page with hashtag #gardenfling2024, and/or share your URL in the comments below. We'll keep this page updated with links as we receive them, with the latest at the top.


Botanica Chaotica: Pacific Bonsai Museum

Botanica Chaotica: Gray Garden

Late to the Garden Party: Fling visit to Heronswood Garden

Botanica Chaotica: Froggsong Gardens

Garden in a City: I'm stumped

My Life with Plants: Puget Sound Garden Fling 2024

Botanica Chaotica: The Halstead/Robinson Garden

The Paintbox Garden: The Wonders of Windcliff

The Paintbox Garden: A Return to Heronswood

Late to the Garden Party: Gray Garden: Artfully Curated

Succulents and More: Windcliff, too!

texasgardening on TikTok - Carhart’s artful woodland garden

Piece of Eden: Understory: Carhart Garden

texasgardening on TikTok - Alice in Wonderland garden

Mike's Urban Garden: Puget Sound - Garden Fling 2024

A Growing Obsession: thank you, Garden Fling 2024

TZ Garden: Back home

Late to the Garden Party: Postcards from the Puget Sound

Succulents and More: Heronswood Garden, finally

The Queen of Seaford: Puget Sound Fling post #2

texasgardening on TikTok - Clap clap, that's a wrap!

texasgardening on TikTok - Dance Trend

texasgardening on TikTok - Fling Fashion



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