September to Remember Tour

Sponsored by the Marais des Cygnes Master Gardeners Extension District A September to Remember

Miami County Garden Tour September 10 & 11, 9am-5pm

Take a ride through the beautiful countryside and join us for a day (or two) and experience these unique, intriguing gardens. Stimulating, relaxing, and fun!

Six fabulous gardens: letters A-F correspond with the map, which is also included on each ticket.

A Whispering Elm Farm Melissa & Colin McDonald 27017 Waverly Rd, Paola, KS

An inspirational biodynamic farm specializing in culinary and medicinal herbs and elderberries, pollinated with the help of their honeybees. View their elderberry orchard of 1,400 elderberry bushes. Peruse their herb gardens with signs designating traditional uses and benefits of the various herbs. Check out their organic products, high tunnel and educational opportunities by Melissa, a master herbalist and naturopath. B Campbell Highlands Stacie & Dave Campbell 30456 W 272nd St, Paola, KS

Gardens developed with an eye for function and design. Learn about gardening on a slope, managing maintenance, erosion and water runoff. Enjoy the hilltop view with a glimpse of Hillsdale Lake, a beautiful waterfall and model train garden. Take a stroll through this unique, inviting paradise and experience all it has to offer. Sign up at this garden for a free drawing. The winner will receive a one-night stay, plus dinner and breakfast for two for at Casa Somerset B&B.

C Turtle Run Laraine & Allen Crawford 29320 Cedar Niles Rd, Paola, KS

Diverse gardening rooms divide this property’s amazing ecosystems, a pesticide free wildlife habitat. Delight in the colorful shade plants, numerous annuals and trees started in their greenhouse, pawpaw trees, a biblical garden. Pollinator host plants and natives claim the few sun filled spots. Allen creates unique wood products, which will also be for sale, from trees harvested on their property. Be on the lookout for the many turtles adorning these gardens, including the ornate box turtle, the Kansas state reptile.

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D Blue Door Donna Cook 903 N Broadway, Louisburg, KS

Beneath the canopy of towering trees, you will find a colorful sculpture gallery, a whimsical garden of quirky art created by this garden owner. Many beloved trees were planted 50 years ago providing abundant shade, but the shade has changed the gardening landscape. This garden story is more about collecting, painting and welding, than actual digging and planting, although be sure to focus on identifying the numerous trees, perennial shrubs and annuals. Park at Captain Cook’s Treasure Chest.

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E Hart’s Day Lilies/Thin Wallet Ranch Lois & Bill Hart 7460 W 255th St, Louisburg, KS

Amazing, captivating gardens are carved out among 40 acres of native forest in a parklike setting. Lois’s passion began with daylilies. She’s a renowned collector, grower and breeder and has been honored to have a daylily named after her. On this tour, you will learn about the bones of those enterprises, the impressive layout and labeling systems. Lois has broadened her gardens exponentially and has tried growing “most every perennial ever” over the years. Artworks include her own mosaics, metalworks and colorful balls. Impressive.

F Swan’s Water Gardens Diane & Kevin Swan 4385 W 247th St, Louisburg, KS

Water is mesmerizing, relaxing, a gift of life. A water garden is an interactive system created around a body of water attracting wildlife. Swan’s is a spectacular water garden destination. Learn about creating and maintaining water features, ponds and surrounding gardens— theirs a designated Wildlife Habitat. Experience ponds both big and small, gorgeous ”pondless” waterfalls, flowing streams and bubbling rock fountains. View the succulent wall, native plants, lavender field, village, and water turtle pond.

Information:

TICKETS $15. Purchase at any garden–CASH OR CHECK ONLY. Good for both days. Rain or shine. Start your tour at any garden. No pets or strollers please. For more information, visit www.facebook. com/mdcemg.edu or www.maraisdescygnes.ksu.edu.

Take home imaginative, creative, educational ideas, motivation and peace. Enjoy!

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