Johns Creek nonprofit announces list of artists for Secret Garden Tour

By SHELBY ISRAEL shelby@appenmedia.com

JOHNS CREEK, Ga. — Johns Creek Beautification announced its list of artists and musicians for the Secret Garden Tour May 6 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve. Each garden on the tour will include a musical ensemble or solo performer and visual artists. The tour costs $30 for those who purchase a pass before April. Tickets then go to $35.

Proceeds from the tour support public art in Johns Creek, as well as a citywide daffodil planting used to raise awareness of cancer survivors. Proceeds will also honor veterans by planting daffodils in Newtown Park

The organization announced 17 visual artists who will be featured at the gardens, including Julie Jennings, Debra and Don Yaun, Deb Snow, Kathy de Cano, Marie Brumbach, Madeline Reamy, Tammy Josephson, Karen Mayer Johnston, Joan Zell, Patricia Fabian, Kelly Cook, Alexis Avery, Tatiana Mack, Catalina Gomez-Beuth, Eileen Bodamer and Eric Strauss.

“Knowing some of the volunteers who make this event possible and the hard work involved, I am happy to be involved, even in some small way to share my botanical-themed work and processes with the attendees this year,” Josephson said. “The gardens are stunning, and the added art and cultural presentations are icing on the cake.”

Brumbach, a watercolor and acrylic flowers artist, said she hopes her participation helps to raise funds to support the organization’s beautification efforts in the city. The tour will feature music performances by the Musik21 Music Conservatory, Southern Manor Strings, the William Pu School of Music, the Johns Creek High School Orchestra, the Alpharetta Symphony Orchestra, Mark and Sallie Spain, Randy Rosenthal, the Vivo Music and Arts Academy and Katie G Vocalist. Tickets and more information are at johnscreekbeautification.org/secretgarden-tour.html.