The Seymour Library Foundation is hosting its third annual garden tour, Stunning Gardens by Ordinary People, on Saturday, July 19, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The rain date July 20.
Spend a leisurely afternoon wandering through six unique gardens in the Brockport area where you can enjoy the design, color, and variety showcased by local gardeners.
•On White Road in Sweden is an 1829 house bought by the current owners in 1975 and shaped into a variety of gardens over the years, including a kitchen garden and separate “Barn Garden,” and lots of roses…
•Nearby on West Sweden Road, look for a cut flower farm with gardens loaded with color as well as an antique truck…
•Around the corner on Lake Road is a farm with a barn and horses, as well as multiple flower gardens, lots of garlic, and kitchen gardens too…
•On Colby Street you will find deck plantings and a rock garden, flowers in beds and pots, plus a walking path to the former orchard…
•Continuing onto Sweden Walker Road another garden is just south of Brockport-Spencerport Road and includes a cut flower garden, vegetable garden, fruit trees and more…
•Closer to the heart of Brockport/Sweden is a garden with many features including a water garden, rose garden, shade garden and numerous perennial gardens
•The tour closes with refreshments in the extensive display gardens at Sara’s Garden Center
Reservations are $25 per person and can be made at the Seymour Library, 161 East Avenue, Brockport, by emailing seymourlibraryfoundation@gmail.com, or calling 585 637-1050. All funds will be used in support of the Seymour Library.
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