Patti McFerran

A garden writer and tour director from Boulder, Colorado and an Emeritus Master Gardener, she is actively involved in many local gardening organizations including the Gig Harbor Northwest Perennial Alliance, the South Sound unit of the Washington Park Arboretum Foundation, and Horsehead Bay Garden Club. She is on the Master Gardeners' speakers list; her programs include shade and herb gardening as well as garden travelogues. She has worked with the Gig Harbor Garden Tour for 7 years and has been the garden selection chair for the last four years. She and her husband, John, retired to the Northwest in 2003 to be closer to their daughter, Molly, and their three wonderful grandchildren, Sarah, Jasper and Rosemary.

Articles & Blog Posts

• Article: Garden ‘Remodeling’ with the Kitsap Master Gardeners Salvage Team
  (June 12, 2023) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Garden of Floral Design Delights
  (July 11, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Events — Come and Bloom with the Gig Harbor Garden Tour
  (June 6, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Beachfront Gardens
  (March 3, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Gentlemen Gardeners
  (January 10, 2022) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Art as Quiet Introspection
  (December 2, 2021) in Featured & People & Places
• Article: Gifts for the Gardener
  (November 24, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Nature and Nurture — Two Gardens, Two Different Ways of Living the Island Life
  (November 23, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Growing Culinary Herbs
  (August 10, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Inspirational Rosedale Gardens and Nursery
  (June 23, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Artists in the Garden
  (June 7, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Lush Garden Makeover
  (April 1, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Classic Garden Passes On to the Future
  (February 12, 2021) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Autumn Glory at Bloedel Reserve
  (October 8, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Garden Makeover
  (September 3, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: The Garden Shed Takes Back Stage in the Garden
  (July 16, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Gig Harbor Garden Tour’s Lush Offerings
  (June 4, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Historic Homestead Becomes Home to Gardens
  (April 9, 2020) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Gig Harbor Garden Tour
  (June 10, 2019) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Design|Build 2019B — Solar Energy Enhances Northwest Gardening
  (March 18, 2019) in Featured & The Home
• Article: Gig Harbor Garden Tour — Gardens — Oh, the Stories They Tell
  (June 18, 2018) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: A Personal Retrospective on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour
  (June 20, 2017) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Gardens Promote Literacy at the 19th Annual Gig Harbor Garden Tour
  (June 6, 2016) in Featured & The Garden
• Article: Gardens Promote Literacy at 18th Annual Gig Harbor Garden Tour
  (June 1, 2015) in Featured & People & Places
• Article: Gardening and Literacy Connect at The Gig Harbor Garden Tour
  (June 25, 2014) in Featured & The Garden