The club's open garden for the month of April is at the home of Linda Hargrave at 1236 Miller Road. The garden will be open from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 22. There is a small charge for non-members, but new memberships can be bought on-site.
This is a property small in space but packed with wonders. Linda has owned the property for 13 years but instigated a major makeover nine years ago which established a foundation for the present. The many plantings of both 'old fashioned ' perennials and much newer material provide all-season colour and interest. Formal beds are happily integrated with wilder areas.
Right now the garden is at its spring best: many varieties of hellebores are in bloom together with primulas, narcissus, daffodils, and the small but exquisitely beautiful snake-head fritillaries. Iris compete with alium, hyacinth, tulips, leucothoes, wind anenomies, muscari and English bluebells both in voluptuous growth and riotous colour.
In the larger plant category there are flowering pear and plum together with star magnolia, camellias, and pierius japonica.
To quote Linda: "A garden represents life itself. This wonderful revelation repeats yearly to give joy, beauty, peace, comfort and contentment. Our spirits are renewed. This is my garden. I welcome you to visit and enjoy."
