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  • Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Falmouth Garden Club Garden Tour

    Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Falmouth Garden Club Garden Tour

    The Falmouth Garden Club is pleased to feature three stunning gardens in this year’s Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival.  Each is owned and maintained by a member of the Falmouth Garden Club and is in its own way, a hidden gem which is rarely if ever on tour.    

    Garden #1 Seasonally Evolving Garden  – Address to be announced
    Transformation of this Ballymeade blank-slate property began in 2014, with the goal of creating a garden that transitions with the seasons. Against a backdrop of conservation land and native species, you will find hardscaped stone paths, a patio deck and fountain, lattice trellises, various ornamental pieces and a flagpole to honor veteran owner and Marine.  Trees include a ginkgo, weeping Norway spruce, Japanese Snowball, Steward and 18 different Japanese Maples. Shrubs include Hydrangeas, Rhodedendrons, Fothergilla, Inkberry, dogwoods, Japanese cedar and Japanese Holly, many varieties of boxwood, andromeda aeuonuymus. Shade plants include hostas, astilbe, ferns, and grasses. Open for tours: Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9.  

    Garden #2 Award-Winning, 360-Degree Gardens – Address to be announced
    This third-generation property features award-winning English-inspired front, side and back gardens, each with their own unique flavor and focus. The front yard’s boxwood-bordered cottage garden has been featured in several garden magazines and overflows with roses, astilbes, feverfew, and primrose.  The side garden is home to a boat-house-turned-tiny-guest-cottage that is surrounded by woodland gardens, meandering paths and a cozy firepit and features hostas, ferns, smoke bush, heuchera, oakleaf and climbing hydrangea. The backyard kitchen garden provides beauty and bounty in the form of flowers, vegetables, fruits and herbs. And to help with all this gardening is a honeybee hive – these busy ladies live just beyond the kitchen garden.  For more, follow designer on Instagram at @gardenonthecape. Open for tours: Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9.

    Garden #3 Private Niche Designed for Entertaining and Wildlife – Address to be announced
    Tucked away off a main road, you would never know the house, which dates back to at least 1930, and its surrounding gardens were there. Designed with entertaining in mind, the property boasts a large fountain in front and hardscaping by Billy Bourne, with outdoor lighting and a firepit out back.  The current owners, who purchased the property three years ago, have been busy updating older plant stock with newer varietals and building shaded beds suited to their passion for reading and enjoying the wildlife that wanders by throughout the year. Plantings include a host of sedums, astilbe, rhodedendrons, along with climbing clematis and ivy. Open for tours: Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9.

    The proceeds from the garden tours will benefit Falmouth Garden Club. Admission is $5 per garden tour. RAIN or SHINE. For information on addresses, visit https://www.capecodchamber.org/event/falmouth-garden-club-garden-tours%3A-july-9/44584/

  • Wednesday, June 26, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – June Blooms

    Wednesday, June 26, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – June Blooms

    Falmouth Garden Club will host June Blooms, A Tour of Seven Falmouth Gardens including a Garden Boutique/Plant Sale, on Wednesday, June 26 from 10 – 3. Tickets are $25 in advance; $30 day of tour.

    For more information visit: falmouthgardenclub.org or call Janice Burton at 508-333-4016.

  • Monday, May 7, 12:00 noon – Wanderlust

    The Falmouth Garden Club presents Wanderlust, a National Garden Club Small Standard Flower Show, on Monday, May 7 at 12 noon at the First Congregational Church, 68 Main Street in Falmouth. A light luncheon will be served. $5 guest donation requested.

  • Tuesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 13, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Villages in Bloom

    The Falmouth Garden Club presents Villages in Bloom, a Falmouth garden tour, on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 12 and 13, from 10 – 4 as part of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival.  Four private gardens will be shown each day.  $5 ticket per garden, available at the Falmouth Museums on the Green Cultural Center.  There will also be a plant sale, cookies and refreshments, boutique with hand made creations, raffle items on view, three additional public gardens maintained by the Falmouth Garden Club at the Museum (pictured).  Park by accessing the lot on Katherine Lee Bates Road.  You may also call 508-333-4016 for more information.

  • Friday, July 8 – Sunday, July 17, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival

    The Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival is an annual celebration of the region’s blue, pink, and white signature flowers. The Second Annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival is happening this July 8 – 17, and the festival’s schedule is nearly overflowing with fun activities for the entire family. This ten day festival’s main attractions are the daily tours of private gardens, each designed and maintained by the individual homeowners and carrying a unique charm. Enjoy the exploration of gardens with intriguing titles such as, “For the Love of Trees,” “A Peaceful Sanctuary for All Seasons,” and “Where Nature and Nurture Meet.” You are sure to enjoy such eclectic spaces, not to mention the good feeling of supporting a variety of local nonprofits.

    Gardens are only one part of the festival. Enjoy workshops and lectures presented by leading international horticulturalists, discover promotions at participating nurseries and home centers, take a class to learn proper hydrangea pruning techniques, or even watch a painting demonstration by renowned Cape Cod artists both in-studio and in the gardens themselves.

    Garden tours are $5 per person per garden. Each garden is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and only on the days specified. All garden tours are rain or shine and nonrefundable.

    Each garden is open on select days only. View the EVENTS CALENDAR (http://www.capecodchamber.org/events/category/hydrangea-fest?from[value][date]=2016-07-07&to[value][date]=2016-07-17 ) for a complete list of garden tours and activities.  Keep checking our events calendar, new garden tours and events are being added daily.

    2016 Festival Kickoff Party at Cape Cod Beer:

    Thursday July 7, 2016 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
    1336 Phinney’s Lane, Hyannis, MA 02601
    Join gardeners, nonprofits and organizers of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival at Cape Cod Beer for a celebratory kickoff party the night before the festival begins. Taste the 2016 Summer Ale and get a look at this year’s bottle label, featuring the festival prominently next to multicolored blooms! Free to attend! Register at http://www.whycapecod.org/

    Nonprofit participants:

    Barnstable Education Foundation
    Bourne Historical Society
    Cape Cod Hydrangea Society
    Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
    Cape Cod Synagogue
    Chatham Garden Club
    Eastham Library Building Fund
    Falmouth Garden Club
    Falmouth Museums On the Green
    Heritage Museums & Gardens
    Highfield Hall & Gardens
    Housing Assistance Corporation
    Master Gardener Association of Cape Cod
    Meetinghouse Farm
    Osterville Garden Club
    Sandwich Garden Club
    St. Peter’s Nursery School
    Sturgis Library
    The Garden Club of Hyannis
    Thornton Burgess Society Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen
    Unitarian Church of Barnstable

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  • Tuesday, July 9, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Falmouth Blooms Garden Tour

    Tuesday, July 9, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Falmouth Blooms Garden Tour

    A Garden Tour hosted by the Falmouth Garden Club, Falmouth Blooms, will be held on Tuesday, July 9, 2013 from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. Tickets are $20.00 each and will be available on the day of the tour at the Educational Center of the Falmouth Historical Society 65 Palmer Avenue, Falmouth or can be purchased in advance by calling Janice Burton at 508-548-3080. Below is a picture of a Garden Club of the Back Bay member’s beautiful garden in Falmouth, sadly not on this year’s tour:

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  • Wednesday, August 3, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – A Walk Through Time

    The Falmouth Garden Club will present a Standard Placement Flower & Garden Show on Wednesday, August 3, from 10 – 4.  The event will feature homes in the historic Davisville area of Falmouth. Tickets are $25 in advance.  Send a check made out to the Falmouth Garden Club to  Post Office Box 487, Falmouth, MA 02541.  Tickets will be available for pick-up starting at 10 am on the day of the event at the Waquoit Congregational Church, 15 Parsons Lane, East Falmouth.  Tickets can also be purchased the day of the event for $30 at the Church, starting at 10 am.