2nd Annual Art Sale/Native Plant Garden Tour

Friday, July 17, 2009

5:00–8:00 p.m.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

355 Cleveland Avenue North, St. Paul, MN

Paul Damon paints landscapes in oil. He is a self-taught artist who discovered painting while teaching landscape architectural drafting and design at the University of Minnesota. Damon has exhibited in many venues and galleries across the Twin Cities metro area. The Art Sale will include paintings of various sizes and price ranges. Featured will be several new oil-on-panel paintings of state parks and the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge.

Outside will be tours of an award-winning native plant garden designed and installed by Damon and his wife, Susan. The garden was designed to attract birds, butterflies, and pollinating insects. It is certified by Monarch Watch as a Monarch Waystation for providing so many host and nectar plants for Monarch Butterflies. The garden is also featured in a book published in 2007, Birdscaping in the Midwest by Mariette Nowak, which contains a wealth of information about using native plants to attract birds to residential gardens.