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  • Saturday, June 20, 9:30 am – 3:30 pm – Through the Garden Gate

    On Saturday, June 20, 2015 The Perennial Planters Garden Club of Manchester, CT will host its Through the Garden Gate private garden tour. The tour is from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., rain or shine and it features 7 unique gardens.

    Advanced tickets cost $20. Tickets can be purchased starting May 14th in Manchester at Garden Sales, 212 Oakland St.; Woodland Gardens, 168 Woodland St.; Highland Park Market, 317 Highland St. and in Glastonbury at Highland Park Market, 1320 Manchester Rd.

    Day of tour tickets available at 225 Timrod Rd for $25. For more information visit www.manchestergardenclubs.org/perennial_planters.

  • Saturday, June 18, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm – Gardens of Earthly Delights

    Glastonbury Abbey will hold its first biennial garden tour, Gardens of Earthly Delights, on Saturday, June 18, from 10 – 4.  Start your tour with tea, coffee, and tidbits at the Abbey Center, 16 Hull Street, Hingham, from 10 – 11:30.  View a Botanical Art Exhibition at the Abbey Center of acclaimed South Shore artists.  A giecle artist’s print by Ruth Ann Wetherby-Fratassio will be raffled.  Tour the Abbey grounds and all its gardens.  View the historic herb garden, walk the Labyrinth in the woods, and ponder the monks’ private Zen garden.  Then, tour five unique, private gardens in Hingham and Cohasset.  Tickets may be purchased for $35 beginning May 13 through June 17 by calling or visiting the Abbey Bookstore, 16 Hull Avenue in Hingham.  Tickets purchased on the day of the Tour are $40, available at the Abbey Center.  For more information, call 781-749-2155, ext 210, or log on to www.glastonburyabbey.org.