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by Fred and Liz Webley in St.
Marys.
Hamilton-Seeger said the
important thing for people
considering hosting is that it’s
actually less work than some other
garden events.
“It’s spread over the whole
summer, yes, but the amount of
work that needs to be put in is less
than a one-day garden show because
the garden is being maintained
anyway,” she said. “It’s over the
summer, so it’s really not that bad
and not a lot of work.”
Other changes to the event include
the addition of local cafés to the
map.
“We wanted people to be able to
make a day of it and know where
they could get a decent meal,” she
said. “There are some great
food options that we made
available.”
Hamilton-Seeger said the most
important thing to remember about
the pamphlets, which are now
available at local libraries and
tourism offices and will soon be
available at The Citizen’s Blyth
office, is that they are more than just
a list of what to see and do for those
with a green thumb.
“The pamphlet isn’t just a map
and it isn’t just a way of letting
people know where they can go,”
Hamilton-Seeger said. “It’s a
personal invitation to everyone who
holds one to come out and see these
gardens.”
She said one of the barriers the
tour has run into is that people are
nervous and intimidated about
calling someone they don’t know
and asking to see their garden, which
is how many of the gardens work
because of the season-long nature of
the program.
“People need to feel free to call or
e-mail,” she said. “Gardeners put
their works on the tour because they
enjoy showing them off and want
people to come and see what they’ve
grown.”
Aside from gardens, the pamphlet
also shows where people are able to
start growing their own gardens by
listing nurseries and garden centres
that have their own horticultural
displays.
“We want people to see what they
can do by seeing what others can
do,” Hamilton-Seeger said. “Then
we want people to realize that they
can do it too and join the tour for
next year.”
Along with the new gardens listed
above, some favourites are returning
according to Hamilton-Seeger, and
she points out a few alumni of the
program show the breadth of
the different kinds of gardens
featured.
The Wonky Frog, for example, has
been part of the tour for some time,
in its previous form as Davara
Studios. Hamilton-Seeger said the
Blyth garden is an example of a
commercial garden featured on the
tour.
While the garden doesn’t
necessarily fit into the core business
of the art studio, people are welcome
to shop when there.
Willowpark Patch, owned by
Debbie Kuyvenhoven, is a perfect
example of a country garden
according to Hamilton-Seeger.
“Willowpark is just fantastic,” she
said. “It’s a great garden to visit.”
Aside from personal and
commercial gardens, there are also
publically-maintained gardens like
the Alice Munro Literary Garden in
Wingham, and the St. Joseph and
Area Historical Park.
Some gardens aren’t even focused
on plants, Hamilton-Seeger said,
pointing to Vicky and Doug
Culbert’s Hortum Monumenta
garden, which focuses on
surveyors’ monuments from
throughout the province.
The map also serves as a way for
local farmers’ markets to get the
word out about their vendors,
featuring information about the
Goderich, Brussels and Howick
farmers’ markets, as well as various
local horticulture-related businesses.
As with previous years, one-day
garden tours are being set up by
local organizations and the map
features four.
The first starts in Stratford at City
Hall on July 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m
July 11, a tour will be held in
Goderich starting at the tourism
office at 91 Hamilton Street at 1 p.m.
The tour will run until 5 p.m.
On July 12 a tour will be held at St
Marys Town Hall at the corner of
Queen and Church Street. The tour
starts at 1 p.m. and runs until 5 p.m.
while the Goderich tour runs from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The last is set for July 20 in
Auburn and more information on the
event is available from Karen
Redmond at 519-526-7633 or
karenredmond@sympatico.ca
While those tours are listed on the
pamphlet, each location that can
accommodate a bus (and therefore
accommodate a tour group) has a
small bus symbol beside its name in
the pamphlet, making it easier for
groups like horticultural societies to
plan their own tours.
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