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GARDENS WANTED! Paris Society puts call out for properties to showcase during 2024 Annual Garden Tour
Horticultural
By Casandra Turnbull
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Do you love your garden and want to share it with others? Got a green thumb and truly enjoy spending hours in the yard? Perhaps you should consider showing off the beauty of your labour and put your garden on display for everyone to see.
The Paris Horticultural Society has put a call out for gardens to showcase in their annual Garden Tour next summer. Nominate a friend or family member or nominate yourself, either way now is the time ahead of the end of September deadline.
“Getting the gardens is the most difficult part of my job,” says Anne Vernon, chair of the society’s annual garden tour. “We are always looking for new gardens to tour. Any suggestions would be welcome,” shares Vernon.
The Garden Tour was originally hosted on the same weekend as “Springtime in Paris,” an annual celebration of Spring that always filled Lion’s Park the first weekend in June. When the Springtime festival folded a few years ago, and the Garden Tour continued to grow into an event all its own Rain or shine homeowners and talented gardeners graciously open their gates for attendees to tour their grounds and admire the displays of creativity. It is a volunteerrun event, and an important fundraiser for the PHS. The gardens featured are searched out by the PHS Garden Tour committee and are contacted a year in advance An early selection gives the Garden Tour eight-person committee ample time to create write ups about each garden, take photos (while in bloom still) and get the brochures ready to go for next spring.
We like a variety of gardens on the tour, both urban and countryside. They don't have to be perfectly groomed... we look for interesting plantings, some artistic elements are always welcome, but not necessary,” said Vernon.
The committee is also accepting volunteer musicians and artists who’d like to perform throughout the tour weekend at various locations. Anyone interested in submitting their garden for consideration or providing entertainment can reach out to Vernon by phone 905536-2037 or by email randbdrive@gmail.com for more information.
