2008 CCMC GARDEN TOUR

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The designers showcased on this tour include individual designers working on their own and others working with partners of a large landscape design company.   The tour features two Bud Twilley Landscapes designs and several individually designed home gardens.

Click here for a map showing the locations of the gardens.

About Some of the Gardens (more info and pictures coming soon!)

  Our home base is at 2601 Clear Cove in Barton Hills.  Tickets, information, maps, and a fabulous PLANT SALE  can all be found here!  A wooded hillside is home to a fanciful and fun space surrounding a split-level home.  A raised wooden walkway on the side leads to a pleasant patio in the back which is covered by a long lighted arbor.  The pond and waterfall create a soothing and relaxing tropical atmosphere.

   

On Barton Hills Drive we find a yard with the Theme "Get Off the Grass!"  St. Augustine has been replaced by mulch and native and adapted perennials, shrubs, vines, and trees.  On each side of the house, two metal cisterns have been installed to collect rain water from the metal roof.

 

A Ranch Style Remodel on Cedarview Drive in Barton Hills features low maintenance  xeriscape including grasses, bulbines, rosemary, and lorapetalums.  Japanese Blueberry (small trees) were used in the front yard replacing the original circular driveway.  A large privacy wall creating a front and side courtyard with lap pool and fountain features tropical plantings of Giant Timber Bamboo, Med. Fan Palm and Variegated Ginger.  

 

 

A recently re-landscaped home on Briargrove Drive replaced dying shade trees and a rotting deck with native and adapted plants.  Retaining walls and terracing help to segment the steeply sloping yard into flowing shapes using both natural and cut stone.  The deck has been replaced and shade has been added with a custom-made roof area.

 

Our last garden is on London Drive.  At the end of an older neighborhood, is a new road that isn't even on the map yet, with modern houses and beautifully landscaped yards.  The front yard has a variety of plantings, including cacti.  The mulched beds and stone walkways lead to a courtyard oasis just beyond the fence.

 

 

For tickets $10 in advance call 477-SING, or 

click here to buy online using PayPal.                                                                                                  You can also purchase tickets at the following nurseries:                                                                     

Shoal Creek Nursery            Gardens            PlantEscape Gardens                                                                                    2710 Hancock Drive     1818 W. 35th Street      3507 S. First Street