A Self-Guided Tour

of Ten Distinguished Gardens
in the neighboring communities of Meadowmont and The Oaks

Saturday, April 12, 2008   10 am - 4 pm
Sunday April 13, 2008     Noon - 4 pm

Rain or Shine

Tickets: Available March 2008

$15 in advance; $20 day of tour

Children (7-18) $5 day of tour only

Chapel Hill Garden Club's biennial Spring Garden Tour, benefiting the

North Carolina Botanical Garden Visitor Education Center.

The tour includes both recently installed and long-established gardens, culminating with a rare opportunity to view the gardens of the DuBose House at Meadowmont. See waterfalls and rock-lined pools; intimate gardens with expansive views beyond their borders; a charming orangerie; fountains of ceramic and bronze; elegant and whimsical garden sculptures; a geometrically laid-out vegetable garden; and colorful plantings with surprising combinations.

Take a Virtual Garden Tour and get an advance preview of these beautiful gardens!

Don't miss your chance to win prizes in our Gardener's Delight Raffle!

There’s something for everyone on this tour of Meadowmont and The Oaks - the Chapel Hill Garden Club's gift to the gardening community! Be sure to check out the North Carolina Botanical Garden for refreshments, their always-popular plant sale, and the new Visitor Education Center's construction in progress.

 

General Tour Information: contact the

North Carolina Botanical Garden at (919) 962-0522.

 

For additional press information contact:

Elizabeth McLachlan: 919.933.7426 EPMCL@earthlink.net

Nancy Adams: 919.967.3002 NRadams@nc.rr.com

 

Proceeds benefit the North Carolina Botanical Garden and the

educational/community service projects of the Chapel Hill Garden Club

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