Tours Set of Five Public Gardens

Five residential gardens in the Grove area will be open for public tours Saturday, June 3, as part of the fourth annual Home Garden Tour sponsored by Lendonwood Gardens. Lendonwood, a public botanical garden in Grove, also is included on the tour.
“We are so pleased to highlight five of the most beautiful home gardens in the Grand Lake area,” said Joan Vermaire, president of the Lendonwood Board of Directors. “This event is always popular with the community, serving as a great source of ideas and inspiration for our own landscapes.”
The home gardens and Lendonwood will be available for touring from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $5 per person and may be purchased in advance from local merchants, including Java Dave’s, Millie’s, and Victorian Accents in Grove. Tickets also may be purchased at Lendonwood on the day of the tour.
Maps with driving directions to each of the gardens will be provided to ticket-holders. Using the driving map, ticket-holders will be able to tour the gardens at their own pace. Volunteers will be available at each garden to provide information and answer questions.
Highlights of the home gardens range from water features to exotic plants. One residence, once a fishing resort, now includes a two-acre multi-tiered garden with unique whimsical features and a knot garden.
Another two-acre residential garden is just a year old, but looks lush and mature with beautiful rocks, water features and fountains integrated into the landscaping as well as over 400 flats of annuals planted in its beds.
One of the gardens has year-round interest, which will be featured on a video displayed during the tour. This garden includes many varieties of hydrangeas, azaleas, dogwoods, lilacs, and hardy camellia.
Another garden on the tour lies in a setting with a beautiful view of Grand Lake and includes many hostas, coleus, large ferns and a weeping red bud. This landscape offers unique touches, including an antique bicycle, an iron bed headboard and pieces of china tucked into the beds.
The tour also includes a garden with a large greenhouse that automatically controls temperature and humidity to house exotic plants throughout the winter. This garden also features tropical citrus trees, a mini-orchard with fruit trees and more than 50 azaleas.
In case of rain, the Home Garden Tour will be held June 4 from noon to 3 p.m.
Lendonwood, sponsor of the annual Home Garden Tour, is one of 12 botanical gardens in Oklahoma and is supported by volunteers and donations. The three-acre garden is open to the public year-round, from dawn to dusk.