When we get breaks from the rain, it’s such a springtime treat to walk around the neighborhood and take in Wallingford’s beautiful front yards. Don’t you often wonder about the backyards? Satisfy that curiosity on Sunday, June 5, when you’ll have the opportunity to tour private gardens in the neighborhood on the annual Wallingford Garden Tour.
Tickets are $15 (children under 12 are free) and are available at the following locations:
Wallingford Neighborhood Office
2100 N. 45th St.
(Behind Tully’s on N. 45th, enter on Meridian Ave)
Open 9:30 a.m. morning of the tour to pick up tour books/garden maps
Phone: 206-632-3165
Tweedy & Popp Wallingford Ace Hardware
1815 N. 45th St. in Wallingford Center
Phone: 206-632-2290
Swanson Nursery
9701 15th Avenue NW
Phone: 206-782-2543
Urban Earth Nursery
1051 N. 35th St. (corner of Albion Pl.)
Phone: (206) 632-1760
Visitors last year to the “Pear House Garden” (full disclosure: it’s at My Wallingford HQ) might be interested to know that the pear house design is featured in a new book about vertical gardening called “Garden Up!”
