The Webster Village Historical Preservation Commission Annual Garden Tour will be held Saturday, July 13, 2013

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Take a break and enjoy a FREE self-guided tour of our Beautiful Village Gardens

Donations for this event may be made to the Webster Museum

 Scroll down for a preview of the featured gardens

Dan & Kathy Smith - 100 Dunning Avenue

Our gardens provide an escape and place of relaxation for us after a busy day.

Our goal was to build a private vacation spot in our own back yard rather than

spending time and money traveling to one.  We enjoy a variety of annuals and

perennials throughout our gardens using pots and flower beds. 

Recently we made the gardens more managable by surrounding them

with hardscape rock walls in order to keep the weeds out and the mulch in.

Over the years we have incorporated into our yard a pool, deck, paver patio,

garden bench, fireplace and waterfall which are surrounded by gardens of flowers and ortamental grasses.  We love spending time in our space and entertaining friends.  We hope you will enjoy our space too! 

Dot & Jerry Smart - 73 Park Avenue

From spring's first yellow aconite to fall's last flower, I enjoy going out to the garden to see what surprises nature has in store for me that day.

The fragrant flowers are a special joy.  Nicotiana Alba, sweet peas, roses, and lavender are a few of my favorites.

This ia an old-fashioned perennial garden with plants like bleeding heart, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, love-in-a-puff, and garden heliotrope (1890's).  Hope you enjoy your visit to my garden.

Note:  Dottie is a member of Mill Creek Garden Club of Webster.

Ted & Joanne Blanchard - 180 South Avenue

My husband Ted is the real farmer in the family and I learn as we go!  We feel it is a family and neighborhood garden.  Many plants come from my grandmother, mother and great uncles gardens.  My sister and friends have also contributed! 

We put in the patio 4 years ago.  It is a work in progress to fill the berms around it. As all gardens are, it is always changing through the seasons.  See you on the tour!

Beth & Terry Kirkpatrick - 139 Curtice Park

My interest in gardening began while helping my grandparents in their flower and vegetable gardens.  It only seemed natural to begin flower gardens when we moved to our home.  Our gardens are often a family project with my husband and sons pitching in with the heavy work, watering, and planning.

My gardens are a continual work in progress since moving plants and rearranging them provides me with relaxation.  I am always fascinated by the beauty of each flower and the fact that they return each spring.  These gardens are nothing fancy; just a peaceful and relaxing place to start or end the day

The majority of the plants are perennials with a splash of annuals for continuous color.  I also try to choose plants that attract birds and butterflies; thereby providing for our winged friends.  Some favorites of mine include :  Blue Flax, Hollyhocks, Red Valerian, Poker plants, Daisies, Cranesbill Geraniums, and many more too numerous to list

Gini Garrell - 44 Gordon Park

Spring has come and gone and so are all the beautiful flowers that graced my yard then, the gorgeous lilacs, especially the very fragrant one with the purple petals edged in white, a peony tree, still a bush, bloomed this year and more.  The profusion of purples, blues and pinks have changed to summer blooms.  This year I put in butterfly bushes that have three different color blossoms on each bush.  The petasites that Betsy planted last year really said they love their new home. 

We planted lots of other plants this year whose names escape me but I don't know all the names of what we planted before, I just enjoy.  There is an old clothesline pole which is covered with a mass of columbine blossoms now.  I hope they're still here in July.  (I hung a cute little birdhouse on the pole and a wren liked it too and took up residence.)  If the columbine is gone maybe the hibiscus will be showing off.   Also my bottle tree had a "baby" which sits on my deck.  When you see my gardens you will definitely know what my favorite colors are and which colors I don't like (those are missing).  Enjoy the tour, enjoy my yard, say hello... 

Nancy & Ray Ferris - 77 Park Avenue

Nancy's garden is her passion.  She has, with the help of her husband, planned and created a place of peace and art in their small backyard.  Using town mulch, seeds saved from the year before, and plants wintered over, Nancy tries to recycle as much as possible. 

Starting plants in the basement under grow lights in February makes the winter more bearable.  It is even better to see the seedlings become such beautiful flowers.  “This is a must see” garden that will be enjoyed by all who visit.

Al & Michele Abraham - 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.

Cheryl Micciche - 15 Kathrene Ct

Further trips to Webster Park and the shores of Lake Ontario yielded a 200 lb. rock birdbath, fossilized root rocks, a beautiful naturally-sculpted driftwood planter, timbers to form a backyard gateway, and two additional driftwood sculptures, set on end in the ground.  It was a summer of constant gifts from nature.  That was the summer of 2006.  Since then, plantings of hosta, ornamental grasses and daylilies share the bed surrounding the pond.  Koi, goldfish and an occasional frog or two swim and bask in the twinkling sunlight under the protective watch of a London plane tree.  Sit, relax and enjoy.  It’s a little piece of heaven – right in our own backyard.