The Osterville Garden Club presents A Coastal Christmas – A Tour of Five Holiday Homes in Osterville, Centerville and Cotuit, on Saturday, December 8 from 10 – 4.
Advance tickets $35 Day of event $40. For information and tickets visit www.OstervilleGardenClub.org
The proceeds from the Barnstable Education Foundation Garden Tour on Friday, July 13 from 10 – 4 will benefit the Barnstable Education Foundation. Admission:$5 per garden. Rain or Shine. Details at https://www.barnstableeducationfoundation.org/hydrangea-fest
Cape Cod Hydrangea Garden, South Dennis
Come and visit a lovely Cape Cod Hydrangea garden created by a granddaughter of a farmer. You’ll see that the gardener loves growing beautiful flowers, plants, bushes, vegetables, and trees. Gardens surround the house and embrace the lay of the land incorporating terraced stonewalls to take advantage of the sunshine, and creating a structured backdrop for the plantings. You’ll find lots of annual and perennial flowers, and discover new varieties you might want to grow yourself. View this garden from many levels and terraced
Pamela’s Garden, South Yarmouth
When you visit Pamela Phipp’s gardens you’ll see a plant-lover’s paradise. This landscape has evolved over time, but it started with a scraggly lawn. Pamela’s first decision was to have no lawn at all, so If you’re also interested in a turf-free yard, come experience the diversity and beauty you can create. Trees and shrubs that Pamela has happily “taken in” have become a foundation for borders and paths. Hydrangeas and perennials play an important role, and there’s a great deal of beauty packed into a third of a acre. This is a real person’s garden that will inspire and delight visitors. Accessibility: Discretionary – Mostly flat but a few steps and narrow paths.
Marlene’s Garden, Osterville
A cypress glade emptying to “Sam’s” kettle pond beyond provides the backdrop for a mixed deciduous shrub and perennial garden. See the creative use of bird feeders and houses with an arbor and water feature visible from seating areas. Two raised beds feature dahlias, and an herb and perennial garden border the deck which hosts containers of annuals and patio tomatoes. Walk along the garage to see the vegetable garden and zinnia bed, and note that the garage is divided in half: her garden shed and his tool/fix it shop. Day lilies, hydrangeas will be in flower and you’ll see several specimen trees as you stroll around this third-of-an-acre village property. Accessibility: Discretionary – Parts are flat but also uneven land, soft ground, sets of stairs.
Five Cape Cod gardens will be open for viewing on July 12 and July 13 from 10 – 4.The proceeds from the garden tours will benefit the Osterville Garden Club. $5 per garden tour. RAIN or SHINE.
Garden #1 The Cobb Astro Park, Hyannis
As gardeners, you will be fascinated by the wind sculptures, two unique water sculptures, and a Pathway of Discovery, which is home to 27 white marble busts of people who have changed the way we look at the universe, and ultimately ourselves. Search for the raised bed gardens maintained by the Garden Club of Hyannis and the Osterville Garden Club and the school’s memorial garden. Volunteerism and 12 years of community effort have produced this gathering space for strolling, learning, meditating, reflecting, and socializing. Accessible
Garden #2 A Propagation Garden, Centerville
The owners of this garden have been propagating trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals here for over 50 years. The couple is particularly knowledgeable about pollinator plants. Their greenhouse shelters the immature plantings and the composting bins provide soil filled with nutrients. As you explore the paths of the garden, you will notice many propagated hydrangeas including ‘Niko Blue’, ‘Todi’, ‘Bombshell’, and others. Discretionary
Garden #3 Cape Cod’s Bountiful Landscape, Centerville
In Centerville’s historic village, this property surrounds a sea captain’s house built in 1730. You can savor the sight of completely organic vegetables and flowers growing in a 50 ft.X 20 ft. year-round “hoop house”. The homeowner will be on hand to share the how-to’s of growing your own fresh produce year-round in an easily constructed hoop house heated by solar power. Accessible
Garden #4 Seaside Gardens A-Z, Osterville
Home overlooks beautiful hydrangeas out to the crystal waters of West Bay. Equally as spectacular is the elegantly designed raised beds vegetable garden with everything edible from A (artichokes) to Z (zucchini). All around this lovely property are flowerbeds bursting with blooms. The owner lovingly starts between 1500-2000 annuals and vegetable seedlings in her greenhouse every year. Accessible
Garden #5 Mass Audubon’s Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, 345 Bone Hill Rd., Barnstable, MA 02635
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary features a perennial garden maintained by the Osterville Garden Club. Tour a native bird garden with breathtaking views of Barnstable Harbor. Explore the Butterfly Mosaic Trail filled with pollinator plants that attract many species of butterflies, dragonflies, and bees. Stroll a short boardwalk through a salt marsh and meander down many trails to discover habitats that encourage and sustain wildlife. Long Pasture’s Visitor Center will be open for you to explore as well. Accessible.
Three Osterville and Centerville gardens will be open for viewing from 10 – 4 on Thursday, July 14. The proceeds from the garden tours will benefit Osterville Garden Club. $5 per garden tour. RAIN or SHINE. Photo (Osterville, but not a garden on the tour) from www.deweygardens.com. For complete information visit http://maclubs.esiteasp.com/osterville_garden_club/home.nxg.
Garden#1 Cape Cod’s Bountiful Landscape, Centerville, MA
In Centerville’s historic village, this property surrounds a sea captain’s house built in 1730. In every corner of the landscape—which has been lovingly cared for by four generations of the same family—are horticultural delights. There are three perennial plantings, including a sun garden, a shade border, and perennial and conifer plantings surrounding a charming fish pond nestled under a gorgeous Japanese maple. Mature plantings include massed Juniper beds, stately Hinoki cypress, ancient apple trees, large Rhododendron, several varieties of Hydrangea, native and exotic hollies, and a rose garden. As an added treat, savor the sight of completely organic vegetables in a 50 ft. x 20 ft. year-round “hoop house.” The homeowner will be on hand to share the how-tos of growing your own fresh produce all year-round in an easily constructed hoop house heated by solar power only!
Garden#2 A Secret Garden Plus One, Canterville, MA
This lovely garden can’t be seen from the street—only when you come through the garden gate do you see the beauty that lies beyond, including a tranquil pool surrounded by a three-tier, stone wall planting of massed day lilies. A wide variety of perennials are vibrant under a beautiful red maple tree, drawing your eye towards Mill Pond, which is alive with Cape Cod’s abundant wildlife. As you walk towards the pond, there is a bountiful panorama of Hosta and stunning Hydrangea. If you listen quietly you will hear the call of the beautiful Baltimore Oriole.
Garden#3 Seaside Gardening, A to Z!, Osterville, MA
Words cannot capture this Cape Cod alphabet of horticultural wonders found on a stunning seaside property. An elegantly designed vegetable garden steps down one side of the property filled with everything edible from A (Artichokes) to Z (Zucchini). Besides the “usual” vegetables such as beans, squash, and tomatoes, the homeowner also grows sweet potatoes, corn, and raspberries, interplanted with fun rows of “trial and error” varieties brightened through-out with gorgeous, cutting-garden flowers. All around this lovely property are flower beds bursting with blooms from A to Z—from A (Amaranthus) to Z (Zinnias)—as well as swaths of Dahlias, Coleus, Petunias, and Salvia. This is a gardener’s paradise, lovingly maintained by a horticultural expert, who starts between 1500-2000 annuals and vegetable seedlings in her own in-house greenhouse every year.
On Thursday, July 16, 2015 “Garden Happenings” will take place in the seaside village of Osterville on Cape Cod. Five gardens will be the backdrop for special events including an “Art in Bloom”, Ideas for Entertaining, Fairy Garden Displays, Plantings in Unique Containers and on-going demonstrations.
Your ticket for this exceptional day will also include Refreshments, the Boutique Under the Tent and a Secret Auction with many one of a kind items. The tour is sponsored by the Osterville Garden Club, and is a rain or shine event. For more information on ticket purchasing visit http://maclubs.esiteasp.com/osterville_garden_club/special_events.nxg.
A new event on Cape Cod this spring is a two-day Rhododendron Festival on Friday, June 4 and Saturday, June 5, from 10 – 4, co-sponsored by Heritage Museums and Gardens and the Thornton W. Burgess Society.
Private homes in Sandwich, Cotuit and Osterville open their gardens to the public. *(Garden tour locations noted after ticket purchase.)*
The festival also offers a rare rhododendron auction, plant sale, book signings, exhibits and lectures. The auction, plant sale, and lectures will be held at Heritage Museums and Gardens, Pine Street, Sandwich, Massachusetts.
Tickets at $30 may be used both days and may be purchased at Heritage Museums or at Green Briar Nature Center.
For further information, call 508-888-3300 or 508-888-6870, or email info@thorntonburgess.org. You may also log on to www.heritagemuseumsandgardens.org.
