SUBLETTE COUNTY – The Sage and Snow Garden Club is hosting their annual garden tour and dinner on Saturday, August 10, featuring four beautiful local gardens, culminating in a free dinner.  

The tour begins at 1 p.m. at Cassy and Tom Johnston’s home, 61 Sandy Lane, off Highway 191. Cassy has three large hoop houses for growing warm-season crops and a large outdoor in-bed garden loaded with a huge variety of vegetables, all irrigated with an automated drip system.  

The second stop on the tour, from 2-3 p.m., is at Andrea and Jim Ennis’s gardens at 32 Old Brazzill Ranch Road in the Old Brazill subdivision, also off Highway 191. Andrea and Jim have converted big gas field tanks to beautiful flower and vegetable gardens, complete with automated drip irrigation.  

The third stop, from 3-4 p.m., is at Marianne and Mark Mrak’s home in Pinedale at 144 West Buffalo Street. The Mrak’s have created a paradise of vegetables and flowers in their back yard using lean-to hot houses, corrugated metal raised beds, wooden raised beds, and lick tubs all with automated drip irrigation.  

The final stop on the tour is at 4 p.m. at Dorothy and Wayne Fornstrom’s home in Pinedale at 39 Granite Lane, where Dorothy has big, beautiful flower gardens, shrubs and trees, as well as lick tubs full of vegetables.  

Sage and Snow members will serve a pulled pork dinner with sides, desserts and drinks to attendees about 4:30 p.m. in the Fornstrom’s gardens. The garden tour and dinner are a great opportunity to learn how to garden in our challenging environment and to connect with other local gardeners.  

Everyone is welcome to attend any or all of the tour and dinner. These events are free and open to the public. Bring your hats, sunscreen, and water bottles to stay hydrated all afternoon. For more information, contact Arlinda McLaughlin at 307-231-9402.