On Saturday, October 5th, visit six private gardens in Oro Valley and Tucson, open to the public to benefit the Garden Conservancy. Admission to each garden is $5, the Open Day is rain or shine, and no reservations are required. Call 1-888-842-2442, or visit www.opendaysprogram.orgfor more information. Each garden is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and visitors may begin the tour at any of the following locations:
- The Sublime Desert Connection, 10200 North Cliff Dweller Place, Oro Valley – designed to support native pollinators with brilliantly colored sages and other blooms,
accented by agave and cacti, a shady riparian stream bed, and views of the Pusch Ridge. - Desert in Color, 4501 North Arroyo Vacio, Tucson – a contemporary desert style garden with amazing views and unique water features, including a fire pit, raised patio, colorful seating and pony walls, custom screening trellises, and an extensive planting palette of cacti.
- A Desert Gem, 5452 Thunder Sky Way, Tucson – features flowing flagstone patios and walkways that link outdoor living areas, low water-use plants to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, a gurgling spring, and numerous handmade pots.
- The Peter’s Garden, 2645 East 7th Street, Tucson – participating in the National Phenology Network which tracks the life cycles of natural plants, and using arid landscaping, innovative shade areas, a water feature, artistic trellising, and traditional vines and other plantings.
- Zona Gardens Studio, 5331 South Civano Boulevard, Tucson – landscape designer Scott Calhoun’s modern graphical garden, which boasts more than 150 plant species within an 1,611-square-foot space, floating shade screens, fifty-five-gallon drums repurposed as pots, and punctuated with dwarf agave and yucca species.
- The Jackson’s Dreamscape, Tucson – an arid native garden with a water-salvaging system, specialty cacti and succulents, and winner of the 2011 Desert Museum Xeriscape Contest (directions to this Tucson garden will be provided at other locations).
These Open Days gardens are featured in the 2013 Open Days Directory; a soft-cover book that includes detailed driving directions and vivid descriptions written by
their owners. The directory includes garden listings in eighteen states and costs $21.95 including shipping. Visit www.opendaysprogram.org or call the Garden Conservancy toll-free at 1-888-842-2442 to order with a Visa, MasterCard or American Express, or send a check or money order to: the Garden Conservancy, P.O. Box 219, Cold Spring, NY 10516. Discount admission tickets are available as well through advanced mail order.
The 2013 Open Days program isgenerously sponsored by Fine Gardening magazine as its National Media Sponsor. Fine Gardening magazine brings you breathtaking design ideas, helpful techniques, and the know-how to get great results in your own garden.
The Garden Conservancy introduced the Open Days program in 1995 as a means of introducing the public to gardening, providing easy access to outstanding examples of design and horticultural practice, and proving that exceptional American gardens are still being created. The Open Days program is America’s only national private garden-visiting program, and is made possible by the work of hundreds of volunteers nationwide. Visit the Garden Conservancy and its Open Days program online at www.gardenconservancy.org.
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