Eight homes near the Claypool and Silver Lake areas are featured in this year's "Down the Garden Path" garden tour.
The 2007 Kosciusko County Master Gardener Garden Walk is presented by the county Master Gardener Association and Purdue Extension. The event is June 23 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. Tickets are $10 each.
This year, the tour showcases numerous country gardens, a "no grass" garden, many water features, a private lake, an ecologically friendly design, a wholesale nursery and an aborteum.
Gardens featured are at the homes of Matt and Sue Baker, 10251 Ind. 13, Claypool; Gary and Jane Greene, 1156 W. Hoppus Road, Warsaw; Bruce and Anne Howe, 4550 S. County Farm Road, Warsaw; Larry and Nichole Hubbart, 3267 W. Hill Lake Road, Claypool; Don and Rosemary Laughlin, 5360 S. CR 50W, Claypool; John and Peggy Shively, 201 S. Church St., Claypool; Jim and Carol Streator, 7152 S. CR 100E, Claypool; and Lakeland Nursery, Ind. 14E, Silver Lake.
Tickets are available at the Purdue University Extension Office, 574-372-2340; Ace Hardware, Warsaw, North Webster and Syracuse locations; Open Air Garden Center, Warsaw; Anderson Greenhouses, Warsaw; and Lundy's, North Webster. Tickets also are available at the gardens the day of the garden walk.
The goals of the Kosciusko County non-profit organization Master Gardener Association is to educate the community and members on sound, best-practice gardening methods.
For more information, contact Michaell Jamison, Garden Walk Committee chair, at 574-238-6013.
