Georgetown Garden Tour
Celebrating the beauty of nature in our backyard for 95 years.
On a picture perfect blue sky day last Saturday, over 1200 people visited eight gardens hosted by the Georgetown Garden Club.
The Georgetown Library's gardens which have been updated by the club in the last year were very popular, with 'before' photos highlighting the changes made.
And while all the gardens were special, as a garden host myself, what was thrilling to see was the interest and delight that garden guests seemed to derive from each garden - for some, it was looking at each fern specimen or plant species; for others, it was seeing 'behind the garden gate' into the hidden heart of the gardens that at times, reveals the soul of the owner. 'I don't know you,' an attendee said to me late in the afternoon, 'but I feel I know you through your garden.'
I wanted garden guests to experience some fun, to see where I like to hang out with my coffee, to play with the purpose of statuary, to feel what I do when I step into my magical tool shed - so yes, that person was correct and I had not even realized that I was so 'seen'.
There were formal gardens and artistic gardens and in Jackie Pletcher's garden, an ode to artist Thomas Klein, who was spreading a little love, and botanical watercolors by a local artist Gay Cioffi - adding emphasis to the interconnected nature of art and gardens.
'It all makes you think,' I heard one person say, 'and want to go home and do something different.'
As garden club members folded away the card tables and chairs at the end of day - the picture perfect blue sky day fading into late afternoon, we thanked our lucky stars for the perfect weather and all the ticket holders who took their day to see our gardens and benefit the many programs and projects in our community.
Congratulations, co-chairs Amy Kunhardt and Laura Will and all the volunteers who made the 95th Georgetown Garden Club tour such a stunning success.
