Saturday June 19th is just around the corner!

Garden Walk update! Tickets for this event can be purchased at any garden starting at 10 am. 2963 Ash or 2245 Leyden will get you a ticket and map to get started. Let your friends and family join you for this delightful neighborly event. Park Hill Elementary School has exhibitors and tasty treats. Come join the green thumbs

Garden Walk Ticket and Starting Information

Purchase tickets at King Soopers, Moss Pink on 23rd St., Park Hill Library or day of the event on June 19th. State at the beginning or end: 2245 Leyden St or 2930 Ash St. where you can obtain your walking map. See you soon!

Park Hill Garden Walk Getting Closer!

By Angelia McLean
Park Hill Garden Walk 2010 Chairperson

Periscope; check, ladder; check, binoculars; check, notebook; check…Hey! Wait a minute. What about just attending the 2010 Park Hill Garden Walk and leaving the spy gear at home? No need to peek over fences or skulk the alleys to see your neighbors’ gardens.

This year’s Garden Walk takes place June 19th from 10 am-4 pm rain or shine and proves to be a plethora of garden styles with a buffet of gardeners ranging from those that have created family friendly oasis’s to tropical warmth in a conservatory/sunroom.

Claude Monet lives in Park Hill! You will be delighted to walk through this garden featuring a gravel path that leads you along plants with textures and colors, and a feel of Giverney, France. Outdoor dining among lights and a water feature finish this lovely garden paradise.

Community gardening is a wonderful way to gather people with a common interest. We have our own community gardens at Park Hill Elementary School on the Walk. In addition to the neighborhood gardening spirit there will also be the Denver Bee Club, Fitzcoops on raising chickens and other homesteading interests located at these gardens.

Stop by another Garden Walk garden and visit with the owner on his experience raising bees and growing an abundance of plants on his postage stamp lot. See how many of the Walk gardeners use raised beds and incorporate edibles with ornamentals. Compost need not be fussy. Talk with a gardener and her method of compost madness. Visit gardens that make wise use of space to get the most of our urban landscapes. Make sure you have your paper and pen handy to write down the varieties of plants featured on the Garden Walk.

Our variety of architecture becomes picturesque with unique gardening styles that incorporate the timeless homes with unique hardscape, meandering paths and outdoors living rooms. The bucolic sound of water is featured in a few of the Walk gardens. A Koi pond is featured in one lovely garden surrounded with dozens of trees labeled for visitors. Another garden has a water feature that frames a whimsical courtyard and is decorated with artwork.

There is something for every a gardener with or without a green thumb: Professionally designed gardens or gardens that evolved from the heart. Pick up information sheets on your gardening interests, visit the lemonade stand, stop by for some ice cream or pet a chicken. Local artists will be showing their work and some painting plein air in a number of the gardens. There is no better way to spend a summer Saturday in our unique and special neighborhood.

Help support the GPHC food pantry and bring non-perishable food to a collection box located at any one of the Garden Tour gardens and be eligible for prize drawings generously donated by our local merchants. Proceeds from this event benefit the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc.

Tickets are $15.00 (adults) $10.00 (children 15 and under), $10.00 seniors (+65) and are on sale now at King Soopers, Moss Pink, Park Hill library or through the GPHC office. For more information call 303 388-0918 or www.parkhillgardenwalk2010.blogspot.com. Come join us and make the Park Hill Garden Walk your annual tradition!

Periscope; check, ladder; check, binoculars; check, notebook; check…Hey! Wait a minute. What about just attending the 2010 Park Hill Garden Walk and leaving the spy gear at home? No need to peek over fences or skulk the alleys to see your neighbors’ gardens.

This year’s Garden Walk takes place June 19th from 10 am-4 pm rain or shine and proves to be a plethora of garden styles with a buffet of gardeners ranging from those that have created family friendly oasis’s to tropical warmth in a conservatory/sunroom.

Claude Monet lives in Park Hill! You will be delighted to walk through this garden featuring a gravel path that leads you along plants with textures and colors, and a feel of Giverney, France. Outdoor dining among lights and a water feature finish this lovely garden paradise.

Community gardening is a wonderful way to gather people with a common interest. We have our own community gardens at Park Hill Elementary School on the Walk. In addition to the neighborhood gardening spirit there will also be the Denver Bee Club, Fitzcoops on raising chickens and other homesteading interests located at these gardens.

Stop by another Garden Walk garden and visit with the owner on his experience raising bees and growing an abundance of plants on his postage stamp lot. See how many of the Walk gardeners use raised beds and incorporate edibles with ornamentals. Compost need not be fussy. Talk with a gardener and her method of compost madness. Visit gardens that make wise use of space to get the most of our urban landscapes. Make sure you have your paper and pen handy to write down the varieties of plants featured on the Garden Walk.

Our variety of architecture becomes picturesque with unique gardening styles that incorporate the timeless homes with unique hardscape, meandering paths and outdoors living rooms. The bucolic sound of water is featured in a few of the Walk gardens. A Koi pond is featured in one lovely garden surrounded with dozens of trees labeled for visitors. Another garden has a water feature that frames a whimsical courtyard and is decorated with artwork.

There is something for every a gardener with or without a green thumb: Professionally designed gardens or gardens that evolved from the heart. Pick up information sheets on your gardening interests, visit the lemonade stand, stop by for some ice cream or pet a chicken. Local artists will be showing their work and some painting plein air in a number of the gardens. There is no better way to spend a summer Saturday in our unique and special neighborhood.

Help support the GPHC food pantry and bring non-perishable food to a collection box located at any one of the Garden Tour gardens and be eligible for prize drawings generously donated by our local merchants. Proceeds from this event benefit the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc.

Tickets are $15.00 (adults) $10.00 (children 15 and under), $10.00 seniors (+65) and are on sale now at King Soopers, Moss Pink, Park Hill library or through the GPHC office. For more information call 303 388-0918 or www.parkhillgardenwalk2010.blogspot.com. Come join us and make the Park Hill Garden Walk your annual tradition!

Eleven Wonderful Gardens on Tour June 19, 2010

What better way to spend a beautiful summer day then strolling through delightful gardens on the 10th annual Park Hill Garden Tour? This year’s rain or shine event scheduled from 10 am to 4 pm has a collection of gardens with a variety of features you don’t want to miss. And now you won’t have to peak over fences and wonder what goes on in the neighbors’ yards!

Gardens with flowers, vegetables and trees of course but come see how homeowners create secret oasis’s in which to entertain, find a moment of peace or continue the growing season all twelve months. Water features, hardscape, urban farming and community gardening, composting and bees all are elements of the variety Park Hill Garden Walk offer you this year.

Gardeners will be on hand to share their passion for gardening so bring your notebooks and fill it with great ideas. The Park Hill Garden Walk gardens will also be host to 8 local artists sharing their work.

Want to get involved? Volunteer for three-hour shift and receive a complimentary ticket and a chance to meet people who share your love of our neighborhood, our people and our gardens! Contact Angelia McLean, Garden Chairperson at 303-579-0334 or angeliamcleandesign@yahoo.com.

While you wait for the beautiful summer days to arrive please support our businesses that have generously donated to sponsor a garden on the Park Hill Garden Walk:

Architectural Salvage, Russ Wehner Realty, Swingle Lawn and Tree and Landscape, Dart Automotive, EcoYard Lawn and Landscaping, Nick’s Garden Center, Ivy Street Design Landscaping & Outdoor Living, Roberta Locke/Distinctive Properties, Ltd., Anastasia Williams/Kentwood City Properties, Wildflowers, The Garden Guy.

Additional generous donations by these businesses:
Moss Pink Flora and Botanicals, Cake Crumbs, Adam Moskowitz/State Farm Insurance, Jeff Hepner/Airport Specialist Car Service, Welby Gardens.

In-kind contributions have been provided by: Grape Expectations, Dardano’s School of Gymnastics, Oona’s Dog Grooming, Best Friends Pet Care.

Tickets on sale through the Greater Park Hill Community office, King Soopers and online at http://www.gphc.org/, and Moss Pink. Adults $15.00 (15+) Seniors (+65) $10.00 Show your receipt at the garden addresses provided and receive your map and collectible button. Call 303-388-0918 for more information.

Garden Walk Planning Under Way

Gardens will be narrowed down sometime this week as we struggle over wanting them all! I think it will be a great tour. Committee members have been working in their areas. Sponsorships are still needed but thank you to those that have already committed financial help.

It wasn't so hard to imagine Spring these last few days as we've had beautiful temperatures. How many of us were outside cleaning up already? It's tough since most of us know that March is our snowiest month. One never knows in Colorado!

Once again, the tour is June 19th, 2010 from 10-4. Tickets will be on sale soon and area merchants will have posters and postcards with the information. Stay tuned!