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First Putnam County-wide "Secret Garden Tour" Fundraiser set for June 16
Dozen private gardens in Putnam County open to the public for the first time
Putnam ARC, the leading provider of services for people with disabilities in Putnam County, has teamed together with private home owners for a first-ever event in Putnam County - a day long, countywide "Secret Garden Tour."
The day-long event, set for Saturday, June 16, 2007, is a self-guided driving tour to the best and most beautiful private gardens in Putnam County, New York.
This country driving tour will bring you to private homes with formal gardens, perennial flowering landscapes, pastoral fields and vistas, gorgeous roses, water gardens, and herb and flowering vegetable gardens throughout Putnam County. Once you arrive at the garden destinations, home owners will guide you through their landscapes, telling the history of the gardens and answering questions about plantings and designs.
"PARC has been very successful over the past four years hosting a holiday house tour fundraiser in Cold Spring to benefit our agency," said Rand Bridget Otten, PARC's director of development. "From the success of the house tour, we thought it would be a great next step to host a spring event that allows people to fully enjoy the beauty of Putnam County while helping PARC raise needed funds to support programs for people with disabilities."
Gardens will be open in Mahopac, Kent, Carmel, Garrison & Cold Spring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. with special events and activities taking place throughout the day, including an expanded Cold Spring Farmers' Market with sales of annuals and perennials and garden talks and advice by renowned garden designer Barbara Feldt. The Philipstown Garden Club will also be a part of this year's event, hosting a cutting sale at the home of a garden club member in Garrison.
"The garden tour is a great way to show off Putnam County and what it has to offer," says Val Hickman, director of the Putnam Visitors Bureau. "From our spectacular views of the Hudson River in the west to the rolling hills and sparkling reservoirs of the east, Putnam County may very well be the best kept secret of the Hudson Valley and this tour is sure to introduce people to our county's hidden treasures." Garden tours will run from 10am to 4pm on Saturday, June 16, 2007. This is a rain or shine event.
Advance ticket prices for the event are $20 and $25 on the day of the tour. Day of event tickets will be sold at the Cold Spring Farmers' Market, 44 Chestnut St./Route 9D, Cold Spring, and D'Agostino's Nursery, 395 Route 6, Mahopac, starting at 9:30am.
Advance tickets may be purchased through PARC by calling 845-278-PARC, ext. 287 or online at www.PutnamARC.org. All major credit cards are accepted. Advance ticket mail orders must be received by noon on June 8, 2007.
For more information, log onto www.PutnamARC.org or call 845-278-PARC, ext. 287.
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