PITTSBURG, Kan. —
Organizers for the sixth annual Zone 6 Garden Tour are expecting 650 visitors this morning.
The tour, slated for 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today, will feature six local gardens and will be self-guided.
Held every two years under the direction of the Zone 6 Garden Club of Pittsburg, the event is both a moneymaker to fund grants and a way for gardeners or would-be gardeners to gain inspiration, said Janice Evans, who is co-chairing the event.
She anticipates about 650 visitors on the tour, as about that many tickets were sold for the last one, held in 2010.
Tickets purchased today will be $7 each. They will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the starting point of the tour at Immigrant Park.
Gardens on the tour this year include the Italian-inspired landscaping of Fred and Judy Spigarelli in Frontenac.
“It’s very manicured, very classy,” said Evans said.
Darlene Brown and Paul Hanney, by comparison, have integrated an artistic, recycled theme in their Pittsburg garden, which Evans described as “more whimsical.”
Eva Smith’s Garden of Weedin’ in Chicopee is a true country garden, with vegetables, beehives, chickens, perennials, shade plants and sunny plants.
Faith and Dick Coleman’s suburban Pittsburg home is surrounded by a sculpted, European-style garden.
Kathleen and Michael Bishop used their photographer eyes to create vignettes at their historic Pittsburg home, shaded by mature trees.
The Pittsburg Community Garden is a project under the direction of First Christian Church, where since its start three years ago has produced for Wesley House some 17,000 pounds of vegetables.
Other related events Saturday will be the usual gardener’s market at Immigrant Park, featuring six or seven vendors with garden-related items from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a garden-themed luncheon at Timmon’s Tea Room in the historic Hotel Stilwell, 703 N. Broadway.
The luncheon, which will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., costs $6 and includes chicken salad, pasta salad, fruit, cookie and a drink. It will be prepared and served by members of Angels Among Us. Proceeds will go to support the group’s cause, which is helping local cancer patients and their families.
Evans, who is co-chairing the event with Kathy Fox, said almost all of the club’s 42 members have been involved in preparations, from marketing to selling tickets to creating signs, and will work as volunteer hosts today.
Proceeds will go toward the next round of grants. This year’s grant recipients were Children’s Advocacy Center Inc., Elm Acres Youth Facility, Mosaic, Pittsburg Community Garden, Pittsburg Public Library Butterfly Garden, and the Stilwell Foundation.
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