Published in The BANAR June 2024
Cynthia Hoisak & Miriam Hampson
FREE BLACKBURN HAMLET GARDEN TOUR
Calling all gardeners, aspiring gardeners, and anyone who enjoys the beauty and tranquility of nature! Please join us on July 6 & 7 between 10am and 4pm for the 3rd annual Garden Tour, right here in the Hamlet. Come and enjoy all the wonderful gardens on the tour this summer. Last year, there were 16 gardens to visit, so there is bound to be something that catches your eye or gives you some inspiration for your own gardens.
The gardens on this year’s tour will once again feature musicians, as well as Master Gardeners. But that’s not all! This year’s tour will feature the addition of artists with their easels in select gardens! The tour is free, but select gardens will have a clay flower pot for donations to the Lifecentre Food Bank.
Tour maps will be available at various locations, including online. On tour days, signs will be placed at the end of the driveways to indicate the locations of the gardens on display.
Do you have a garden you’d like to show? There is no judging process to be featured on the tour so if you would like to add your garden to the list, please contact either Cynthia Hoisak at 613-799-9514 or by email at gardentour@blackburnhamlet.ca, or Miriam Hampson at miriam@blackburnhamlet.ca.
We are looking forward to this year’s tour!
Garden centres around the region
Looking for more gardening-related things to do, or just can’t wait until July? Here are a few other places and events that might interest you, happening in the weeks months ahead. Why not take a short day trip?
Rideau Woodlands Ramble: Specializes in rare 7210 Burritts Rapids Rd., in Merrickville
The Herb Garden: Visit this specialty shop in Almonte in May or June and shop for potted herbs for sale like lemon verbena, bay laurel, rosemary and lavender, oregano, basil, and the Herb of the Year for 2024 – Yarrow. 3840 Old Almonte Rd.
Kiwi Gardens: Head to Perth for this unique nursery complete with pathways that take you through woods and gardens. Stop by this Father’s Day weekend,June 14- 16, for Art in the Park, where artists working with wood, pottery, glass, metal and stone, etc, will be selling their creative pieces, mostly dedicated to the garden.
Beyond the House: Visit this wonderful garden centre at 144 Craig St. in Russell.