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The Webster Village Historical Preservation Commission
would like to thank oll who participated in the
Third Annual Garden Tour
All who attended throuoghly enjoyed this self-guided tour of ten beautiful village gardens. We would like to thank the talented gardeners who worked so hard to get their gardens ready and for welcoming the visitors into thier yards.
A special thanks to Gail Maier from Nest Things for her helpful information and advice.
Scroll down to see photos and garden descriptions.
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Dot & Jerry Smart, 73 Park Avenue
"As a member of the Rochester Butterfly Club, I always plant the garden with butterflies (and hummingbirds) in mind.
In the ‘what’s new’ department, I’m trying ZOWIE! Zinnia this year, reported to be a great butterfly attractor. Perhaps we will be lucky enough to spot a Giant Swallowtail (wingspan up to 51/2”) again this year." |
"Vegetable and seed sales are up over 20% this year and in keeping with the sustainability movement I have planted more veggies along with parsley for the Black Swallowtails.
Stop over and see sure-fire simple ways to keep cutworms off the tomatoes, slugs from decapitating your pepper plants and an organic way of keeping slugs from turning your hosta leaves into cut-lace work. Learn how to keep those pesky squirrels off the bird feeder forever."
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Phil & Judy Sinaguglia
231 Champion Ave
Phil has been an avid gardener for many years. His gardens include many colorful perennials; such as clematis, flowering shrubs, astibules, daylilies, hostas all supplemented with annuals. |
Lush gardens of pachysandra surround much of the house. Decorative curbing encircles many of the front gardens. There is a cozy corner with a bench for reading or resting among the hydrangea and a young Japanese maple.
Phil and Judy’s gardens are informal and have grown in area every year. They are an ever-changing work in progress. Besides the many varieties of flowers and plants; there are many small whimsical garden statues placed for the viewers’ enjoyment.
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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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Dina Tome, 1014 Krieger Road
Behind her home at the corner of Phillips and Krieger is a little peace of Paradise. Dina Tome has taken a small spot in this world to create a small haven. The creativity she has put into her garden has blossomed as well as the many plants she has.
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She has devoted herself to making the world a more beautiful and serene place, the kind that you can find true tranquility in. Dina has fallen in love with her talent, and has put her heart and soul into growing beautiful flowers for the world to see.
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Paul and Sonya Piotrowski
135 Dunning Avenue
“My interest in gardening began back when I was a child helping in my parent’s garden. My garden is sun to shade areas around the yard tilled with bulbs, perennials and shrubs. The garden has changed and grown since purchasing this home in 1989 with only yews in the front.”
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“I look for plants that are interesting and provide the colors I want. There are many varieties of hostas, geraniums, daylilies, lilies, Heucheras, clematis, hydrangea, and more.
The garden in a work in progress since I am usually moving and rearranging the plants looking for combinations or trying to fit another plant in. The garden is there to attract wildlife and enjoy throughout the seasons.”
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Susan & Mario Gianforte
160 Champion Ave
From early spring to late fall a huge family of perennials color the yard of the Gianforte family.
“Our home is on a corner lot, which always makes me feel like the yard has three front yards. I have always tried to make each side of your yard beautiful for our neighbors to view.”
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Early blooming bulbs such as snowdrops, hyacinth, daffodils, crocus, and tulips make room for irises in purple, white, yellow and lavender. Then peonies, lupines, blue spikes of delphiniums and poppies emerge. There is bee balm, phlox, and clumps of feverfew, Shasta daises, black-eyed susans, and mountain bluet to name just a few.
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Colorful daylilies, hollyhocks, foxglove, cosmos, balloon flowers, astilbe veronica, clematis, and several varieties of hosta plants grace the shady areas along with spiderwort. There are many rose bushes and flowering shrubs throughout. Tucked in between the flowers you will find some berry plants and vegetables growing.
Many years of dividing plants have gone into making new garden beds in our yard, along with exchanging and sharing plants with our friends. No one who visits goes away without a plant from our garden.
All birds, bees, butterflies, and litter critters are welcome! |
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Tom & Heidi Smith
85 Fuller Avenue
Gardening, for Heidi, is a true celebration. It supports her compulsion to organize and feeds her passion to create. She is continually amazed when someone views her garden and expresses awe that such a space actually exists behind the fence. |
Heidi's love of gardening is exemplified by two quotes. "Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in garden overalls and looks like work." (Thomas A. Edison) "And when your back stops aching and your hands begine to harden...you will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden." (Rudyard Kipling)
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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. 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.
There will be a surprise for children |
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Gordon & Kathryn Clarke
136 Dunning Avenue
Although the back yard is reserved for kids and dogs, Gordon’s playground is the front yard. Gordon inherited the gardening gene from his mother who still gardens and provides many of the flowers you’ll see from her small green house located on Keuka Lake. Gordon spends early spring haling fieldstone from the local farmer’s fields to create walkways and walls. |
| His gardens are inspired by the American countryside and accented with ornamental trees and shrubs. The two small ornamental maples you’ll see in the Clarke’s yard were a gift from local scout pack 112 for the Clarke’s volunteer work with them. Gordon is a local singer/songwriter and you’ll often find he and Kathy sitting out front, enjoying the gardens and passersby, as Gordon strums one of his many stringed instruments. |
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Sandy and Steve Joyce
47 Dunning Avenue
“When we moved in this house five years ago, this corner lot lacked any curb appeal….the garden was overgrown and barely there. Our white picket fence runs on all four sides of this corner lot which allows people to see my gardens. It is landscaped with a rock border that frames the gardens. |
There are a variety of perennials planted carefully so I always have something blooming at some point in the summer. I am constantly surprised how the gardens look more mature with each year. To me gardening is so therapeutic from the many long months of winter we have. It is a true joy for me to be able to work along side mother nature. The best thing for me personally is that my gardens evolve each year and are never done. It is a constant work in progress. Things are always moving in, out or over in my garden.” |
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