"Gentian Gems"

A self-guided tour of ten private gardens on June 2nd.

Sponsored by The Gentian Garden Club the "Gentian Gems" 2012 Garden Tour includes ten private gardens designed, planted, and maintained by their owners.

The "Gentian Gems" Garden Tour is on Saturday, June 2, 2012, from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M., rain or shine. The [self-guided] "Gentian Gems" Garden Tour includes ten private gardens designed, planted, and maintained by their owners.

Of special note, these gardens feature glass gem garden sculptures created especially for the tour by noted local glass artist Neal Drobnis. These unique garden ornaments will be for sale that day.

The event is also an opportunity to view the Gentian Wildflower Garden in historic North Scituate. "Gentian Gems" visitors will enjoy spectacular perennial borders, wildflower gardens, herb gardens, vegetable gardens, woodland gardens, and beautifully landscaped properties.

Tickets for the garden tour can be purchased ahead of time at Woodbridge Greenhouses for $20 per person, or $25 per person with a boxed lunch (if ordered by May 15th).
To purchase tickets, checks payable to the Gentian Garden Club should be mailed to Alyce Peddar, P.O. Box 464, Chepachet, RI 02814. (To receive your tickets by mail, include a self-addressed, stamped business envelope with your payment.)

The North Scituate Community House (546 West Greenville Road) is the place to pick up your tickets, boxed lunches, and tour maps the day of the tour. Tickets will be available on the day of the tour for $25 without lunch.

The Gentian Garden Club is a non-profit organization that whose members come from a wide area within the state.

Contact name Mimi Cooke, 401-934-1899 or mimi.cooke@verizon.net