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July 8, 2006 [Saturday]
6th Annual Patchogue Garden Club Tour
The Club Garden
- “Come Grow With Us”
The Patchogue Garden Club was founded in November of 1996 by a group
of enthusiastic Patchogue gardeners who wished to use their love of
gardening in the service of their community. As part of our
community beautification effort the club created and maintains the
garden at the intersection of South Ocean Ave. and Terry St. This
once unsightly, rubble-strewn lot,
generously given by the Village of Patchogue and augmented in 2005
with a generous addition in progress, has metamorphosed into a
lovely park with gardens, walkways, benches, a gazebo, a flagpole
and period lighting. In summer, hanging baskets grace the
streetlamps.
Enter the park through any of
the arbors. Depending on which one you choose, different vistas will
open. Perhaps the first tree you’ll see will be a
very
large spruce tree and a large rectangular formal garden with a
birdbath in the center surrounded by Moon-beam coreopsis, lavender,
Rosy Glow barberry and box-wood. As you continue to walk on the
brick path you will enter the gazebo. As you look out from it, you
will see flowering trees, several smaller garden areas, birdhouses
and benches. An American oak surrounded by seasonal plantings is
dedicated to the memory of those lost in the September 11th tragedy.
From the club’s inception a two-fold mission was established:
community education and beautification. In pursuit of the former we
have regularly scheduled presentations by experts in their fields.
We also organize trips to various public and private gardens and
sponsor a scholarship for a local high school senior. Other
activities include an annual “Think Spring” luncheon in March, a
Plant and Yard Sale in May and this tour in July. We hope this
summer’s garden tour will encourage many people to enjoy and learn
from the gardens and gardeners of Patchogue. |
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Phase II is coming soon,
hardscape is due in shortly! |
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