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mariannebinetti@comcast.net   (this is my booking and business email, for garden questions please go to www.plantersplace.com and I will answer your garden question within 48 hours - unless I am traveling)                
MARIANNE BINETTI 

the Compleat Home Gardener

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MARIANNE BINETTI  

is a northwest horticultural expert: Marianne has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in over a dozen newspapers each week including the The Tacoma News Tribune (Sundays) and The Daily Olympian (Saturdays). She has also written or co-written 10 gardening books including "Easy Answers for Great Gardens" and her latest book "Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon" She lectures and gives seminars on a variety of topics. Marianne leads garden tours around the world with her husband Joe. She lives with her family in Enumclaw, near Seattle, Washington.

You can visit YouTube and put in my name to see "how to" gardening videos. Want to see videos of my garden? Go to www.plantersplace.com - learn my tips for growing clematis, perennials, and more of my favorite plants. 

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My blue and yellow garden in May. Learn how to have more drama without the drinking problems in your garden. These plants are drought, slug and deer resistant. Many of my talks teach what plants to grow that are the most practical for different climates. Note the blue bird house and blue painted gate in the background. This is because I have trouble growing blue delphiniums - so I use blue paint instead. 

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This is hydrangea "Blushing Bride" and it pokes through the window in my brick wall - keeps the lovely blooms from flopping on the ground.
​This trip is now full. Email to get on the waiting list.  slow_tuscany_brochure.pdf
Future Trips:  Join us in Tuscany and Cinque Terra April 26 - May 6, 2018  you can click on the link above to read all the details and day to day itinerary. We call this Slow Tuscany because we stay in one amazing location for 7 nights. From the ancient spa town of Montecantini we visit Florence, Lucca, Seinna and small hill towns enjoying wine tastings, cheese tastings and dinners in country villas. Only a few gardens on this tour as we immerse ourselves in the food, wine and culture of beautiful Tuscany - and then explore the coast near Portofino with a day in Cinque Terra. Sign up with Collette Travel booking #827445 by calling 800-581-8942 


 Garden Talks:
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Jan 25 - 28 2018 Tacoma Home and Garden Show daily at 1pm
​Feb 7 - 11 2018 daily at the NWFG show at 11:30am hosting Container Wars planting demo   

​Got a garden question? Ask me at my hosted website at:
www.plantersplace.com and I will reply within 48 hours - unless we are traveling. Friend me on Facebook and watch as we post photos of our group trips. It is a big, bright, beautiful world out there!





This is our favorite place to stay in Italy. It is called La Luna nel Porto in the charming town of Stesa near Milan. Perfect location for exploring a week's worth of world class gardens, wineries and mountains with lake views and a few blocks from town. Large modern rooms, beautiful interiors, professional staff and kitchenettes. They have not asked us to recommend them, nor are we being paid. We just like to share great places to stay in Europe.  www.lalunanelporto.it
 

GOT GARDENING QUESTIONS ????

Go to www.plantersplace.com  and click onto "Ask the Expert"  There is no  charge and it is easy to register and see all the other questions that have been answered. Or you can write to me at Ask Marianne, P.O. Box 872, Enumclaw, WA  98022

          
Need an entertaining speaker for your group? Contact Marianne Binetti about  topics, dates and rates by sending an email to mariannebinetti@comcast.net
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Recycle broken pots as a border along a pathway - a great place to hide some slug bait.

  SOME PICS OF OUR LAST TOUR:  FRANCE              SOME OF MY FAVORITE PHOTOS