The Nappanee Home and Garden Clubs second flower walk is Saturday featuring six unique gardens to explore and enjoy.

Cost for the event is $5. Children under 12 years old are free.

The walk starts at the Depot Plaza on South Main Street. Tickets and maps of the gardens are available there. The gardens are open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

"Private Pleasures"

Kim and Dave Jensen

308 N. Madison St.

Kim's front porch serves as an outdoor room, which provides space both useable and beautiful. While sitting in a wicker chair, a visitor will enjoy the many baskets and containers dripping with the pinks and blues of summer annuals. Step through her white gate and you will have the pleasure of experiencing Kim's private garden. Pause a moment by the shimmering pool to gaze at the soothing tones of pinks, mauves and blues set among the green. A pool house is framed with overflowing window boxes and ferns swaying in a gentle breeze. Along with the lush plantings of annuals, perennials such as phlox, veronica hibiscus and thyme surround a flag pole.

Don't overlook the vegetable garden edged with ornamental Kale. And if you look closely you will find a shy tortoise sitting quietly in the shade of a tree. A butterfly house bids a warm welcome to all visitors, winged and otherwise. Kim's poolside pleasure provides her family with a tranquil summer solace.

"Country Cottage"

Ruth and Jim Clouse

658 E. Centennial

Come take a leisurely stroll through Ruth's country cottage perennial gardens. The relaxing gardens are friends to the people strolling by as well as to many of God's feathered, furry and winged creatures. A split rail fence is framed by an explosion of color. Coreopsis, Black-eyed Susans, honeysuckle, pampas grass, purple coneflowers, mums and pink malva are just a few of her many varieties of perennials. An arched grape arbor adorns the entrance to a vegetable and flower garden. Peter Rabbit could spend many long afternoons munching his way through this smorgasbord of tasty plants.

"Front Porch Fancy"

Gayle and Mel Kemp

28602 CR 50

Gails's brick patio beckons visitors to stroll around her country home delighting in many summer flowering perennials. You will find among the phlox, asters, daisies, false sunflowers and daylilies a lamp post surrounded by flowering masses of clematis and daisies. Step from the brick patio onto stepping stones under a big shade tree.

Here you will find such shade loving plants as astilbe, Jacob's ladder, ferns and hostas. Finally your journey leads you to the family pool surrounded by roses, lavender, daylilies, miniature hollyhocks and shrub plantings. Large container plantings also add additional color to this delightful area. Gail's garden is truly a charming place to enjoy.

"Backyard Memories"

Charlotte and John Graber

904 E. Walnut St.

Remember when you played in grandma's backyard as a kid? She might have had a big shade tree and a swing for those quiet times. Charlotte's garden is reminiscent of those "good old days." A welcome sign bids you a friendly greeting as you pass through her gate. A covered porch and bricked patio is just the place to sit and swing while enjoying the beauty that surrounds her backyard.

Large maple trees provide shade and protection for the many plantings tucked around them. Lung wart, coral bells, Jacob's ladder, hostas, sedum and impatiens reach for the light while the soothing sound of water can be heard from a nearby fountain. A garden shed sits among the daylilies, false sunflowers, delphiniums, hollyhocks, bee balm, shasta daisies and coneflowers. Placed among the plantings are many varieties of bird houses and feeders for feathered friends living there. If you have a spare moment sit beneath a tree on a bench and savor this peaceful backyard.

"Flowers Galore"

Brenda and Tom Hawkins

452 Miami Drive

Brenda's first perennial garden began when a friend gave her three lavender plants. She made a small round plot in the middle of her backyard and the plants are still growing there. But now there is so much more. The inspiration for her perennial border garden came in the middle of winter, while looking at gardening books. She sat down and drew up the plans, then waited for spring. Brenda's emphasis is mostly plants that will attract butterflies and birds, especially hummingbirds.

Brenda turned her kids play area, which they had outgrown, into a herb garden. It is still a work in progress. Her latest projects earlier this spring include making a small mailbox garden and landscaping around a brick patio. Brenda' favorite part of gardening is when the planting, watering and weeding is done. She can sit back in her willow chair and enjoy all of God's handiwork.

"Passage of Time"

Amanda Graber

East Lincoln Street

Amanda has enjoyed gardening all of her life even when she was a young teen. Moving from the farm to town she had a backyard just waiting to happen and happened it has. Filled with perennials such as butterfly bush, heaven's keys, bachelor buttons, lilies, Black-eyed Susans, rose bushes and more

Amanda's backyard is a sight to behold. A cobblestone path leads from the house to a shady spot in the corner of her yard complete with a bench to stop and enjoy the afternoon. Amanda's backyard would not be complete without her small vegetable garden. [[In-content Ad]]