Spring Garden Tour

April 5, 2007

April is the month when Horticultural societies and other organizations offer tours of spectacular gardens. Pack up your camera and visit both modest and palatial gardens. As someone who has "have a beautiful garden" as one of the items on her 101 things I want to do before I die list, I always enjoy viewing the creativeness of these garden owners.

Riverside Flower and Garden Tour
What: Tour of six private gardens, four workshops, vendor booths, door prizes
Where: Elks Lodge, 6166 Brockton Ave., Riverside
When: 1-6 p.m.. April 14, 10a.m. -4 p.m., April 15
Cost: $8 pre-sale, $10 at the door, free for children younger than 16 with a paying adult Information: (951)276-0058 www.riversideflowershow.org

Redlands 95th Annual Award Winning Flower Show - "Garden Harmony"
What: Tour of private gardens, sale of uncommon plants, collection of artful floral arrangements, African violet exhibitions
Where: ESRI Cafe, 380 New York Street, Redlands
When: April 28, 2-6 p.m. April 290 a.m. - 5 p. m.
Cost $8 for adults, free for children under 13 with an adult (available at Flower Show) Tickets are not required for the Sale of uncommon Plants at the carriage house in Prospect Park Information: (909) 792-4385 www.rhis.org

If you care to go farther a field, check out these shows:

Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden Walks - (909) 625-8767 www.rsabg.org

Creative Arts Group of Sierra Madre - (909) 626 355-8350 www.creativeartsgroup.org

Pasadena Showcase House of Design - www.pasadenashowcase.org

Theodore Payne Native Garden Tour - (818)768-1802 www.theodorepayne.org

Rio Hondo Symphony Guild - (562)693-6741