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Garden Education Center to hold ‘Grandiflora’ Garden Tour

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The Garden Education Center announces that the Annual “Grandiflora” Garden Tour, the self-guided garden tour will be held on Sunday, June 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.

Five magnificent Greenwich gardens will be on display, two are in-town properties within walking distance of each other, the first providing a private sanctuary rich in texture, form and flowering color with subtle fragrance to attract pollinators. The other with welcoming front garden and private rear garden of contrasting styles with art wall, linear fire feature and spa. These two properties inspire the trend towards compact planting and care.

Contrast them with the next two properties. A mid country estate whose architecture mirrors the elaborate, formal and classically based Colonial Revival “Country House” style with long views, garden ornaments, hedged rooms softened by flowering plants, parterre, spectacular mounded evergreens and climbing roses. These three gardens showcase the genius of Doyle Herman Design Associates.

The fourth is a baronial estate on the western side of town, set on a hillside with ranging views over surrounding countryside and sweeping driveways. Masterfully designed gardens surround the beautiful pool, pool house and patios.

In Greenwich back country sits a horse farm with immaculate stables, ingenious transport facilities, riding trails and the only indoor covered ring in Greenwich. Trees have been transplanted to frame the new home, with ornamental shrubs and the owner’s very personal vegetable garden. Many apple trees line the driveway, all designed with detail by Conte & Conte, LLC.

These properties can be viewed in any order. Basic tour tickets are $75. All ticket levels are available at GECGreenwich.org or by calling 203-869-9242. For the Benefactors and Patrons, GEC will be hosting a breakfast in a guesthouse.

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