Date: 6/8/2013
Time: 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM

Various locations throughout the City
Hutchinson, KS 67501

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Event Description: 2013 Master Gardener Summer Garden Tour

Inviting all gardeners and anyone who enjoys wondering though beautiful flower and vegetable gardens! Whether you are an experienced or beginning gardener, all will find inspiration and gardening information at the fifth annual Master Gardener Summer Garden Tour on Saturday, June 8 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Be sure to mark your calendar and save the date to see this year’s grand garden event, now on a Saturday and with longer hours!

Six home landscapes throughout Hutchinson have been selected to feature diverse plantings, creative landscapes and stylish outdoor living spaces. Highlights of the tour include a serene garden with Asian influences; an artist’s garden accented with garden rooms, a lily pond and enchanting water features; a charming cottage garden with special accents; a magnificent landscape with mature trees and well-designed garden beds; a gorgeous mature flower garden complete with vegetables, a gazebo and handcrafted birdhouses; and a multi-level garden with a golf course backdrop and extensive hardscaping including an outdoor fireplace.

Reno County Extension Master Gardeners will be your tour guides at each of the six gardens, and available to answer gardening questions. Brochures and several displays on a variety of gardening topics will be available at all of the garden sites. Stop by Dillon Nature Center for light refreshments, and visit the new Children’s Playscape.

Advance tickets may be purchased prior to the day of the tour for $8.00 at the Reno County Extension Office at 2 W. 10th, South Hutchinson; at Dillon Nature Center, 3002 E. 30th; Stutzman’s Greenhouse in Pleasantview and on Apple Lane, Bornholdt’s Plantland at 1508 West 4th, Benton’s Greenhouse at 209 South Valley Pride Road, and at all Dillons stores in Hutchinson.

Tickets may also be purchased on line with a credit card at www.reno.ksu.edu; click on Horticulture and Outdoors, then Master Gardeners for ticket ordering form. Or you may call Reno Country Extension (620-662-2371) to order tickets. Tickets will also be available at each of the gardens the day of the tour for $10.00. Children twelve and younger are free.

Garden Tour proceeds support Master Gardener community education programs and the new Master Gardener demonstration garden at Hutchinson Community College, as well as gardens at Dillon Nature Center and Reno County Extension. Funds also support youth programs, including the Youth Lawnmower Safety Clinic, Junior Master Gardeners, and 4-H.



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