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!
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.
The Paintbox Garden: Richard Hartlage – Designer, Collector, Gardener
Botanica Chaotica: The Risdahl-Pittman and Andersen Gardens
Chickadee Gardens: Garden of Nancy Heckler: Garden Fling 2024
Botanica Chaotica: Pacific Bonsai Museum
The Paintbox Garden: High on Hydrangeas – Nancy Heckler’s Indianola Garden
The Paintbox Garden: Casa Nirvana for a Seattle Plant-Lover
Late to the Garden Party: Windcliff, the final stop of the Puget Sound Fling
Chickadee Gardens: Puget Sound Garden Fling: Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
Danger Garden: Halstead/Robinson Garden, first stop of the 2024 Fling
Late to the Garden Party: The Brindley garden, one of the final stops on the Puget Sound Fling
Piece of Eden: Not Everyone LOVED This Garden?
The Paintbox Garden: A Hillside Garden on Vashon Island
Botanica Chaotica: Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden
Garden Rant: More raves for the gardens of Puget Sound
GardenBook: Cramscape Admiration -Garden Fling 2024
Danger Garden: Nancy Heckler's garden, during the Puget Sound Fling
Botanica Chaotica: Gray Garden
Late to the Garden Party: Fling visit to Heronswood Garden
The Paintbox Garden: Colour, Drama & Sophisticated Design in a Tacoma Garden
Late to the Garden Party: The Paulsen Garden, one of the Puget Sound Fling highlights
Piece of Eden: 2024 Garden Fling: Froggsong
Succulents and More: 2024 Garden Fling: Carhart Garden
Garden Rant: In some gardening regions, hydrangeas simply rule
Late to the Garden Party: Another garden tour two-fer (Puget Sound Fling)
Botanica Chaotica: Froggsong Gardens
The Queen of Seaford: Puget Sound Fling day #3- First Stop Heckler Garden
Garden in a City: I'm stumped
Late to the Garden Party: Puget Sound Fling: Day 2 started at RSBG
My Life with Plants: Puget Sound Garden Fling 2024
Botanica Chaotica: The Halstead/Robinson Garden
The Paintbox Garden: The Wonders of Windcliff
Piece of Eden: Plant "Stars" of the 2024 Garden Fling Tour
Diana's Designs: Puget Sound Gardeners Fling – People, Plants, and More
Late to the Garden Party: Filling in the Gaps in my Day One Coverage of the Fling
Chickadee Gardens: Puget Sound Garden Fling: Paulsen Garden
The Paintbox Garden: A Return to Heronswood
Late to the Garden Party: Gray Garden: Artfully Curated
Danger Garden: Visiting the VanLierop Garden Market during the Fling
The Queen of Seaford: Puget Sound Fling day 2 finishes - Sage & Richards Garden and banquet at Lakewold
The Paintbox Garden: A Garden of Endearing, Eclectic, Exuberant Refuge
Danger Garden: The Fling bench, at home in my garden
Late to the Garden Party: Froggsong Gardens: Too much to see, too little time
Danger Garden: What is a trunk but another place to grow a plant?
The Queen of Seaford: A Splendid Garden! Puget Sound Fling day #2 continues
Succulents and More: Windcliff, too!
Botanica Chaotica: Opening the gate for my first Summer Fling – The Carhart Garden
The Queen of Seaford: Puget Sound Fling day #2 continued
texasgardening on TikTok - Carhart’s artful woodland garden
Digging: Hopping around Froggsong Gardens
Piece of Eden: Understory: Carhart Garden
texasgardening on TikTok - Alice in Wonderland garden
The Queen of Seaford: Puget Sound Fling day #2- Searching for a Stumpery
The Paintbox Garden: In Camille Paulsen’s Puyallup Garden
Mike's Urban Garden: Puget Sound - Garden Fling 2024
Late to the Garden Party: Carhart Garden - Puget Sound Garden Fling (Day 1)
Chickadee Gardens: PUGET SOUND GARDEN FLING - CARHART GARDEN
The Queen of Seaford: Last Two Gardens of Day #1 Puget Sound Fling
A Growing Obsession: thank you, Garden Fling 2024
Danger Garden: Plants (and metal) I brought home from the Fling
TZ Garden: Back home
Late to the Garden Party: Postcards from the Puget Sound
Piece of Eden: 23 Gardens Over Four Days
Succulents and More: Heronswood Garden, finally
The Queen of Seaford: Puget Sound Fling post #2
The Queen of Seaford: We Flung again and It was Marvelous!
Hello Garden: Day THREE at Heronswood and Heckler Garden
Hello Garden: Day TWO of Epic Garden Tours!
Hello Garden: Day ONE of EPIC Garden Tours!
texasgardening on TikTok - Clap clap, that's a wrap!
texasgardening on TikTok - Dance Trend
texasgardening on TikTok - Fling Fashion
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