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Historic Salem Garden
Tour
A special showing of six Salem gardens, plus two churches
and the Museum, robed in the garb of springtime and
commemorating the 400th Anniversary of Virginia.
| When: |
May 20th, 2007, 1 to 6
pm |
| Contact
info: |
The Salem Museum, 389-6760 info@salemmuseum.org |
| Tickets: |
Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 on tour day.
Tickets are on sale in Salem at the Salem Museum,
Countryside Classics, Charlotte’s Web Antique Mall,
Salem Times-Register, Riverside Nursery, Pine Ridge
Nursery and in Roanoke at Obenchain’s Nursery. |
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“The kiss of the sun for
pardon
The song of the birds for
mirth
One is nearer to God's heart in the
garden
Than anywhere else on
earth.” –Dorothy
Gurney |
For many Decembers locals
have looked forward to the Holiday Homes Tour in Salem, which
opens up festive homes, all decked out for Christmas, to eager
visitors. To see
the spectacular interiors, the visitors usually bundle up and
rush through frosty front yards, over the brown grass and
through the dead leaves, impatient for the warm indoors. How often have they
wondered what these wintry lawns look like at their
peak?
This May the Salem Museum, City of Salem, and six
local garden clubs will answer this question. The first ever
Historic Salem Garden Tour will give guests the chance to
spend some time in the tranquil gardens of open-air
Salem.
“We are very happy to be able to offer this
unique tour to the community,” said Carol Buriak, member of
the Salem Garden Club steering committee for the tour. “There’s something
about a garden in the spring that soothes the soul.” In addition to the
lovingly tended lawns and gardens, three of the stops on the
tour will also open the interiors of their homes to eager
visitors, added Buriak.
The Historic Salem Garden Tour
is one of several events planned for the Salem community to
commemorate Virginia’s 400th anniversary. Salem is one of the
designated 2007 communities for the state of
Virginia.
The Garden tour is a cooperative venture between the
Salem Museum, the City of Salem Special Events office, and six
local garden clubs: Forest Lawn, Friendship, Lake Spring,
Salem Garden Club, Salem Men’s Garden Club, and Twined
Hearts. Proceeds
benefit the educational and preservation efforts of the
Museum.
Here are the delightful stops on the tour: READ MORE >>
Bobbie Woods 500 Tennessee
The Newsom
Home and Gardens 316 James Street
Pam Odgen 615 Academy
Street
Paul and Kelly Curran's Home and Gardens
Myrtle
Plybon's Gardens
Charlotte Pendleton’s
House and Gardens
The Salem Museum
St. Paul’s Episcopal and
Salem Presbyterian Churches
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