Burpee East and West Coast Garden Tour Schedule
Burpee’s Fordhook Farm welcomed visitors Mother’s Day weekend for their first Open Day event of 2009. Called Root Camp, the two-day event took place Friday, May 8th and Saturday, May 9th at Burpee’s historic Fordhook Farm in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
In addition to opening its doors to curious gardeners hoping to catch a glimpse of Fordhook’s eight specialty gardens, visitors came to participate in garden workshops, a plant sale and lectures given by well-known garden authorities Graham Rice and Rosalind Creasy.
The turnout for the event included a notable number of children accompanying their mothers in honor of Mother’s Day weekend.
Burpee’s Open Day events are available to the general public, and are offered with the assistance of The Garden Conservancy, a non-profit group dedicated to restoring gardens across the country.
This season, Burpee is offering three more Open Day events at Fordhook Farm on the east coast as well as three open days on the west coast at Heronswood Nursery’s original garden.
Here is a list of their scheduled events for 2009. For more information about upcoming Open Day events and lectures, you can visit the Burpee website and click on the link the Garden Opens page.
Upcoming Burpee Open Day Events:
East Coast Opens
Burpee’s Fordhook Farm
105 New Britain Road
Doylestown, PA 18901
Midsummer Garden Party
Friday and Saturday, July 10-11
10 am to 4 pm
Burpee’s Harvest Festival
Friday and Saturday, August 21-22
10 am to 4 pm
Autumn Garden Tour
Friday and Saturday, September 25-26
10 am to 4 pm
West Coast Opens
Heronswood Nursery West Coast Garden
7530 NE 288th Street
Kingston, WA 98346
Garden Open Day and Rare Plant Auction
Sunday, July 19, 2009
10 am to 4 pm
Garden Open Day and Rare Plant Auction
Sunday, August 30, 2009
10 am to 4 pm
Garden Open Day and Rare Plant Auction
October 4, 2009 10 am to 4 pm
10 am to 4 pm
Images via Burpee