July 2019
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Madison Park Home & Garden Tour supports McGilvra PTA More gardens than homes during this year’s fundraising event; organizers raise more than $5,000 By Brandon Macz
Madison Park Times editor Madison Park Home & Garden Tourists got their steps in during the annual fundraising event on June 9, raising more than $5,000 to support McGilvra Elementary students. The Madison Park Garden Club had hosted a home-and-garden tour since the’80s, but that event ended years ago. Realogics Sotheby’s International Realty in Madison Park worked with the McGilvra PTA to bring back the event as a fundraiser for the school in 2017. The tour raised $10,000 for the PTA in its first year, and $4,000 last year. Orga-
nizers have had trouble finding homeowners willing to participate, so future events will focus more on gardens. More than 200 attendees toured eight gardens on this year’s map, and just one home, on Sunday, June 9. Paula Rees and Jeff Thompson have spent the past three decades renovating their home and growing their garden at 808 33rd Ave. E. The couple purchased their 1920s Tudor-style home in 1984, later building a more contemporary stucco addition, Thompson said. They expanded the kitchen where the back porch had been and added an upstairs guest bathroom in 2005. Thompson used old sidewalk along the
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Photo by Brandon Macz The 2019 Madison Park Home & Garden Tour featured eight gardens and one home on Sunday, June 9. property to build a retaining wall. He said seeing how plants take shape and which types grow best was the most rewarding part of tending his garden. “It’s classic of a garden,� Thompson said, “which I don’t think, when I started, I knew what a garden was.� Participating in the Madison Park Home & Garden Tour was not only for a
good cause, but it also motivated Thompson, he said. “It was kind of an excuse to finish some things and clean it up,â€? Thompson said. “It seemed like a good thing for the school.â€? First on the tour map was the garden of Brenda Ellering and Todd Bonime, at TOUR, Page 6
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