The 2008 featured gardens with photos and
descriptions are below.
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Michele and Alan Abraham of 57 Lapham Park
This is primarily a shady perennial garden with about twenty varieties of hostas, as well as astilbes, goatsbeard, ferns, and other varieties of shade loving plants. A few sunny areas include clematis, roses, phlox and daylilies. A pergola supports a mature wisteria. A stonewall and terrace and stone path create a woodland garden. This garden is a constant work in progress. Al and Michelle are constantly trying to find a better combination of plants and landscaping to achieve their goals.
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Dorothy and Jerry Smart’s garden at
73 Park Avenue
It is good for the mind, body and soul to escape to a quiet place. It is for the enjoyment of butterfly and bird watching, also reading and for the pure enjoyment of its owners. It is filled mostly with perennials and bulbs for all season interest. Dottie is a member of Mill Creek Gardeners of Webster . |
Dottie Smart at her front porch on Park Avenue with her lovely hydrangea bush and carefully arranged potted flowers. |
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The garden at 77 Park Avenue is the work of
Nancy and Ray Ferris.
Nancy’s brother and sister are professional artists, but Nancy prefers to use her garden as her canvas. Color means everything! She mixes annuals and perennials to make that possible. She adds that there are never enough flowers! “This is a must see”
garden that will be enjoyed by tourers. |
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Nancy Ferris and her granddaughter show off thier amazing garden. Nancy's garden is one of the most art-filled, colorful gardens you will see on the tour. She is a year round garden who starts all of her flowers from seed. |
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Mahlon & Sue Gebhardt
228 Judson Street
Sue and her husband, Mahlon, are the original owners (over 40 years) of this colonial style home. About 10 years ago, Sue became an avid gardener. It all started with a neighbor-friendly fence in the back yard that serves as a backdrop for her extensive gardens. |
Clematis vines thrive all along the fence. Sue’s favorite flowers are the many lilies that she purchases from a nursery in Missouri. Small animals, birds, and neighbors, enjoy the Gebhardt’s back yard. |
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Kathy Meisenzahl’s passion for gardening began when she was a young child. The large trees convinced the Meisenzahls to build on that particular lot (100’ x 80’) back in 1966. |
Since that time, the gardens at 132 Hefner Drive have grown to encircle the back yard with pachysandra, colorful perennials, interesting flowering shrubs and trees. Beautifully arranged pots of annuals complete her park-like setting. |
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Bruce and Helen Gadsby garden at 35 Hawley Drive is a charming ‘old English style’ front yard garden and is filled with many perennials and a few ‘old fashioned’ annuals (giant zinnias and cosmos). |
| Bruce looks for unique plants that are often hardy in warmer zones. He likes the challenge of growing them here in zone 5. Be sure to ask him about arium dragonius! He uses bulbs of many types for fillers. Bruce enjoys dividing and sharing his many perennials. Bruce and Helen are the original owners of this home built in 1961. |
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The front yard garden of Lynn and Bob Barton's house at 50 Elm Street was created five years ago. The property when they purchased the home in 1991 had only some red tulips in the front growing between shrubs. |
Gradually a garden started to appear and grew alittle bit each year. Five years ago Lynn and Bob dug up the remainder of the front yard and planted perennials. A small path with a bench complete the garden. Many of the plants have been shared and spread throughout the neighborhood. |
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Click here for photos and descriptions from 2007's tour
(They're just to pretty to remove from this website!)
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