Please join us for a self-guided tour of seven unique and beautiful gardens in Johnson City. Shop for plants grown by Shady Oaks Garden Club members. Enjoy live music, refreshments, and educational exhibits, as well.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance from any Shady Oaks club member or through Eventbrite here. Tickets can also be purchased on the day of the event at 112 Belmeade Drive, Johnson City. Print ticket includes addresses and detailed descriptions of each garden.
Here are some brief details about the gardens, to pique your interest:
Garden #1 is an eclectic garden featuring foliage plants, elegant container plants, and a whimsical garden beneath the trees.
Garden #2 is packed with an incredible variety of blooms and fruit, in beds that ring the house and property lines. There is a special focus on native plants, many of which are grown from seed. The garden meets the National Wildlife Federation’s criteria for a “Certified Wildlife Habitat.”
Garden #3 is named “Metamorphosis” for the changes that have been made over two decades on the property. This extensive garden, covering two city lots, features hundreds of plants, four patios, stone paths, a freshwater stream, and an arched limestone bridge, as well as large pots of mature Sarracenia carnivorous plants.
Garden #4 is an urban homestead with a profusion of plantings, raised beds for vegetables and herbs, berry plants, and in one corner, a sturdy chicken house.
Garden #5 is a dynamic community garden featuring more than 70 raised beds and a recently installed perennial pollinator habitat with a wonderful array of flowering native plants.
Garden #6 is on property that has been in the family for several generations, each adding to the beautiful and extensive gardens. You won’t want to miss the patios, terraced gardens, lush perennial borders, vegetables, berry bushes, and an impressive collection of David Austin roses.
Garden #7 has sunny flower beds around the front entry. However, the unique feature is behind the house, where the homeowner reclaimed a neglected slope to create a parklike area where the overflow from Hunter’s Lake forms a creek through the property.