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A bloomin’ spectacular show for Gig Harbor Garden tour attendees

Posted on June 28th, 2026 By: Carolyn Bick

Featuring everything from tiny air plants and fragrant roses to tall, columnar delphinium and massive trees, this year’s Gig Harbor Garden Tour was positively bursting with blooms, buds, and boles. Even the weather cooperated, with just a little rain early on Saturday, June 27, and a cool-but-sunny afternoon.

This year’s tour featured six gardens. They included an Olalla garden that was last included on the tour seven years ago, and another that had an old orchard and an ancient tree surrounded by both ornamental and edible plants.

Proceeds from the tour go towards supporting literacy. Last year, the tour raised more than $35,000, which organizers distributed amongst 17 local organizations and schools.

The tour continued from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, June 28.

Click on any image below to view a gallery of photos.

: People tour the second garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Clematis grows in the first garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Gig Harbor Garden Tour volunteer Barbara greets visitors to the first garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Poppy grows in the first garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Many different kinds of plants grow in the first garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Hydrangea grows in the first garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Both this photographer and a Japanese Maple are visible in this photo from the second garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: White Stonecrop grows in the second garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Delphinium grows in the second garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Matilija Poppies in the third garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour frame the harbor in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Surrounded by a variety of native woodland plants, a tree stump lies on its side in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A variety of plants grow in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A Bee flies above Lavender in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A variety of plants grow in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Sunlight streams through the leaves of a Japanese Maple in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: People look at different flowers in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Mark the Pond Guy rests by the side of the small pond in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Hoping for food, Koi swim up to the side of a small pond in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. (This photographer apologizes to the fish for disappointed hopes.) Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A rubber ducky sits in a tree in the fourth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Japanese Maple grows in the fifth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Japanese Maples grow in the fifth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Canna Lily grows in the fifth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A Japanese Maple grows in a little greenhouse in the fifth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A glass butterfly hangs from the twisting trunk of a Madrone in the fifth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Wandflower grows in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: People sit amongst flowers in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A family poses for a picture in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Rose grows in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A variety of plants grow in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: A visitor stands beneath Roses in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: People peruse the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Thistle and an orange-red flower grow in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Lily, left, and Dogwood, right, grow in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Clematis grows over an archway in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

: Peruvian Lilies grow up through Dogwood in the sixth garden on the Gig Harbor Garden Tour in Gig Harbor, Washington, on June 27, 2026. Photo by Carolyn Bick. © Carolyn Bick

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