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This was a knock out tour, featuring all historic homes and truly thrilling gardens.....just speaking for myself, I thought it was the best garden tour I have seen.    Doris

 

In a message dated 5/30/2009 8:04:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, zinaj...@aol.com writes:

Is there any way for the Neighborhood Council to forward the email
below to its members/network? I am excited for a number of reasons:

It focuses on the garden as a setting for older and historic homes.
Renowned landscape architects are represented.
You get to visit gardens through out a variety of Santa Monica’s
varied neighborhoods.
It is the first time ever such garden tour by the Santa Monica
Conservancy.
It is easy to navigate; it is all in the small city of Santa Monica.
You can take your bike.
It is affordable.

Tom Cleys

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From: Santa Monica Conservancy [mailto:info at smconservancy.org]

Santa Monica Landscapes
Sunday, May 31, 1 - 5 pm

Don't miss our first garden tour, showcasing twelve extraordinary
landscape environments in different neighborhoods of Santa Monica.
Gardens provide an important setting for architecture, and are a
visual delight for the streetscape.

The tour features environments designed by eminent landscape designers
who live in Santa Monica, including their own homes. Visits to the
homes of Nancy Power, Daryl Hosta, Dale Newman and Wendy Katz
(RubyBegonia) are part of this tour.

Examples of what visitors will experience:
- A botanical garden with specimen aloes, succulents and cacti in
front, and a wild meadow of grasses in the back
- A lush, colorful and romantic Mediterranean garden with four
different water features
- Drought-tolerant plants that are friendly to butterflies and birds
- A pine forest containing a genuine teepee
- A landscape combining mature trees and colorful flowering plants,
designed and installed by the homeowners
- A Zen-like yard with a koi pond and bubbling ceramic urn fountain
- A garden incorporating sculpture, historic artifacts and an antique
swing from India and more....

Purchase tickets online at our website.
Reservations will be held at will-call at the Yahoo Center on tour
day. The Yahoo Center is a public park with beautiful landscapes, a
hidden garden in Santa Monica, located on Colorado Avenue and
Cloverfield Boulevard.