FARM TOUR, August 20, 6-8 pm

At our August farm tour we’re excited to share the 8 arbors standing tall at the Homeplace. First time we’ve had this many arbors and we love the dimension they carry with them. We said at the beginning of the season we just want the garden to be pretty and we believe the arbors have brought “pretty” along nicely.

Roy always kicks off the tour with a bit of old farm story telling including tales from Revolutionary and Civil War times and a bit of getting acquainted, and then it’s on to the beds. The glamour girls of the garden in August really are the Dahlias!   We started cutting a few the first of June and they keep on blooming through frost – although the heat and copious amounts rain have slowed them significantly.  Each guest will get to cut a bouquet as we explain the whole dahlia process. There are other good summer bloomers around the Homeplace including the ever-present but oh-so-useful Poke weed, a few sunflowers, rudbeckia, zinnias, celosia, and amaranthus. Then it’s on to Aunt Willie’s and so many woodies and perennials. We have four types of hydrangea at Aunt Willie’s and the limelight and tardiva are just about perfect right now. Our best foliage plants are here in abundance along with perennials like gooseneck, mints, and oregano. The chicken coop turned flower studio is always fun to peek in and the cooler should have a few blooms cut and stored for upcoming events. Aunt Willie’s house is interesting to explore with all the vases/pitchers/glassware that are stored upstairs. Of course we’ll be talking flowers the whole way with lots of time for questions and friend-making as we go.

Join us if you can . . . . we love our farm tour visitors and all the interest and excitement they bring along with them! See below for payment and more details.