The 23rd Annual Garden Tour
Friday and Saturday, June 1 & 2, 2012
Celebrating 23 Years of a New England Tradition
The famed Concord spokesman for individualism and self-reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson, once wrote: “When I go into a good garden, I think, if it were mine, I should never go out of it.” This year the Concord Museum is celebrating 23 years of “going into good gardens” on the annual Concord Garden Tour. The Museum’s Guild of Volunteers has organized this pre-eminent garden tour, an unequalled opportunity both to share in the delights of beautiful and historic private gardens in Concord and to support the Museum’s Education Programs which annually serve 10,000 students from 85 Massachusetts communities and 22 states.
The Museum’s Garden Tour has become a New England tradition for garden lovers from near and far. The Garden Tour will take place on two days, Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2, rain or shine. Each of the eight private gardens reflects the individual interests and passions of the owners and their families and will inspire both new gardeners designing their first perennial bed and accomplished landscapers with acres of “garden rooms.”
The tour of Concord-area gardens is self-guided and self-paced, beginning each day at 9:00 a.m. and continuing until 4:00 p.m. Garden-goers should arrive at the Museum to pick up their maps prior to starting out. Tickets are good for either or both days, but each garden may only be visited once. Advance purchase discount price (through May 25): $26 Members, $32 Nonmembers; Call the Museum for full price reservations after May 25, or purchase at the door. No refunds; no photography. The Museum Shop is filled with garden-related gifts; visitors are also invited to admire the Museum’s beautifully-restored gardens.
Click here for more information about tickets (PDF)
A Night in Black & White
Friday, June 1, 7:00 p.m.
After seven years, the Garden Affairs party is returning to the Museum lawn under a tent. The evening promises to be a fun-filled celebration with party-goers in snappy black and white attire! Watch your mailbox for your invitation to the event, organized by the Guild of Volunteers with Judy Blaikie Lane and Tish Richardson as chairs.
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