Ticket price is $12 (children ages 12 and under are free). On the day of the tour, purchase tickets and pick up your tour map at the Simmons Garden, Wellington Estates, 138 Somerset Court.
Advance tickets are
available at the following locations after May 23, 2009:
Advanced Tickets:
Noble Coffee and Tea Company
933 Logan Street
A Corner Cottage
895 Connor Street
The Wild
884 Logan St
To order tickets, complete Ticket Order Form and return to NPA. Download Ticket Order Form HERE.
For a detailed map with photos of this year's featured
Garden Tour Stops, click HERE.
Wellington NorthEast
Scott and Darlene Trusty
510 Shadowcrest Ct.
This 20-year old shade garden features more than 175 varieties of hostas with ferns, bruneras and liriope. The back and sides of the house have tiered landscape boxes with a water fountain and bird feeders off the patio. A path meanders through a wooded area and two benches provide relaxing views. A small rose garden is located in the front of the house. The Trustys are constantly enlarging and improving this impressive garden.
Dan and Laura Welklin
220 Yorkshire Circle
There are no straight lines throughout the Welklin gardens. The continuous winding paths will draw visitors from one island of color and texture to another. So strong will be the lure to hurry to the next patch of trees, ferns, hostas or colorful annuals, you will probably look back and want to retrace your steps. Second helpings will be offered at no extra charge.
Melissa Bruhn
293 Wellington Parkway
A spectacular color palette dominates this 8-year-old cottage garden’s many “rooms.” A warm garden with climbing roses, dahlias and lilies is balanced by a Victorian white garden with espaliered apple and pear trees. Splashes from a fountain greet in the walled backyard with tropicals, perennials, veggies, herbs and whimsy. For Bruhn, gardening is about creating small moments. Look for elusive fairies, gnomes, picnicking teddy bears and bugs throughout.
Booker & Romel Montgomery
348 Wellington Parkway
The Montgomery gardens contain beautiful annual and perennial beds reminiscent of the English styles. These are small spaces with big ideas! Replete with luscious container gardens, the landscape is constantly changing with the seasons and continues to be a work in progress.
Ron & Annette Loudermilk
95 Chesterfield Dr.
It’s safe to say, you’ve never visited a garden like the Loudermilks’. A garden railroad includes waterfalls and a running stream from mountains modeled after the Grand Teton mountain range. Two trains traverse along 300 feet of track with working signals, crossing model bridges as they travel though a small town with a church and depot. An 8-by10-foot “train station” holds the controls and provides a place to park the trains. The garden contains about 75 bonsai, Alberta spruce, red cedar, boxwood plants and arborvitae. The right-of-way grows with sedum groundcover. Other features are mainly shade plants containing various hostas, ferns, coral-bells, goat’s beard, daylilies, boxwood , Live Forever’s oak leaf hydrangea and red barberry. A dry steam rock bed with boulders and various plants rounds out the garden. Impatiens, petunias and other annuals add color. The garden is approx 15 years old and the railroad was started in 2000.
Wellington North
Richard and Barbara Hollingsworth
108 Westminster Dr.
At the Hollingsworth home, tranquility reigns. Pine and spruce trees surround their yard for privacy, while the perennial-edged garden and center-edged bedding area contains numerous annuals for bursts of vibrant color. Babbling water spills from a fishpond at the edge of the family’s patio.
Wellington Estates
David & Catherine Simmons
138 Somerset Ct.
The Simmons garden strives to create a peaceful woodland retreat to enhance the natural setting. A variety of shade-loving groundcovers, perennials and shrubs surround the house. The pool area provides a sunny spot for pots filled with colorful annuals, and a multilevel deck provides outdoor living space and creates a transition from the home to the expansive wooded backyard. The woods features a creek and magnificent trees and provides a refuge for birds and wildlife. The Simmons have approached some site challenges, transforming them into unique garden features.
Dana and Tina Dillard
262 Ashbourne Dr.
This garden is not for the faint of heart. You will make your way down stone steps, through an arbor and along stone pathways through the garden. One path leads to a bridge over a dry creek bed. This is where the plants that like to have their feet wet reside. Follow the path on around to the water feature — a creek. There, a large stone creates the soothing sound that makes you slow down a bit. This garden has it all ... plants, water and even a fire pit. Take your time, soak it all in, because the exit from this garden hideaway is a second set of stairs!
