Open Gardens, July 5th-6th and 7th. 2013 The gardens and hybridizers of the Northern Mecca want to thank you for you support and attendence of our open gardens and picnic for the past 6 years.  We had big thoughts when organizing this event, but your attendance surpassed all our expectations. The Northern Mecca plans to continue it's open garden policy for many years to come.  We certainly love meeting all the good folks who make efforts to come, and we love seeing them time and again. However again this coming  year (2013) will be slightly different then in the past.  Since Cincinnati, Ohio is host for the 2013 Regional and Its' proximity is an hour away, we felt it would be only right and proper to forgo the picnic this coming season. We feel it would be asking too much for people to attend both events so close to one another... And since we value you so much, we will still maintain open gardens for those coming this way, then we will meet you at the Regional in Cincinnati for a wonderful time of fellowshilp, auctions, and garden viewing.  The Regional this coming year promises to be a "don't miss' event... Thank You for your attendance and we hope to continue our event in 2014.