Camas couple’s backyard to be highlighted in Clark County tour
There was no garden to converse of in 2008, when Ken and Marge Crouch located the 1.7-acre Camas home that would someday come to be their oasis.
“There was almost nothing right here,” Ken mentioned. “There was no curb attraction.”
Today — soon after yrs of hard get the job done, combined with ingenuity, resourcefulness and purely natural gardening techniques gleaned from area gardening professionals, nursery employees and western gardening books Marge picked up at Powell’s Books in Portland — the couple’s land is a peaceful refuge teeming with hardy native vegetation, fruit trees, flowers and wildlife guests, with ample place for the couple’s six grandchildren to operate and perform amongst the greenery.
“It’s so tranquil and tranquil listed here, primarily at evening,” Ken claimed.
Now retired — Marge experienced been a fifth-grade trainer and librarian in the Camas College District since 1993 and Ken expended 20 years in airline