LA PORTE CITY, Iowa — The La Porte City FFA Historical and Ag Museum will sponsor the “Be Inspired” garden walk from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. June 23.
Visitors will be treated to five individual gardens as well as view one business in the process of completing a major landscaping and renovation project.
Gardens featured on the tour are:
Gary and Sherry Sheffler, featuring spacious lawns and gardens and lots of rustic elements.
David and Marcia Snook, featuring an historic porch and cottage garden.
Steve and Deb Wilson, featuring themed gardens and more than 200 varieties of hostas and 250 varieties of day lilies.
Patrick and Brenda Gardner, gardens include mature specimens surrounded by architectural elements repurposed.
Nancy Olson, featuring a pond and grasses.
La Porte City Golf Club, recently purchased by Wally Markham. Guests will be treated to all new landscaping around the Club house and tee boxes as well as improvements inside. Participants may finish the day here and enjoy free hors d’oeuvres from 3 to 5 p.m. and drink specials. A drawing for a door prize will take place at 5 p.m.
Advance tickets are available at Laurie’s Boutique, You’re Look’n Good, LPC Bakery, and the museum. Tickets accompanied by a guide and maps may be purchased the day of the garden walk at the museum, 408 Main St., or Patrick and Brenda Gardner’s garden at 1641 55th St. Tickets are $5 each with all proceeds benefiting the museum.
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