Thursday 4 July 2013

Garden Club of PEI - Summer Garden Tours 2013

Garden Club of PEI  -  Summer Garden Tours 2013

Welcome to our Sunday Garden Tours!

To Our Members:
Please feel welcome to bring family, friends, and supervised children. Please leave pets at home. You are invited to visit these private gardens on the listed date from 2:00-4:00 pm. Please feel free to ask questions of your hosts but do not monopolize their time. Please do not pick weeds, flowers, or seeds without permission. Please note that all tours are non-smoking. Take a map of the area you are visiting.

To Our Hosts:
Please place balloons or signage to mark your property; use ribbon or twine to mark out of bounds areas on your property. Please be available on site to answer any questions. Tours will take place, rain or shine, from 2:00-4:00 pm. Visitors may ask for the names of plants; if you do not know maybe other gardeners will. Relax and enjoy showing your hard work. Feel free to attend all other gardens in the Summer Garden Tour.

Sunday July 7 - North Rustico Tour:

 Penny and Gordon Shurson, 172 Gallant Lane.
Take Highway 6 to North Rustico; Gallant Lane is immediately before Jems Books (pink house). Follow Gallant Lane (Unpaved) to a division and keep left to #172 ( a 2 storey beige house with a brown roof on left.)
 Harry Pineau civic address #80 Line Road, North Rustico.
From highway 6 take highway 269 on the left. #80 is the 3rd house on the right.
 Errol Gallant - Villa Marguerite Seniors Home - 40 Churchill Ave North Rustico.
Property is next to Stella Maris church.
 Louis Peters, 50 Gulfview Crescent, North Rustico.
Take the first street past Montgomery Theatre.

July 14 - Charlottetown Tour:
 Allan and Marilyn Long, 61 Hurry Road , West Royalty.
Turn right at the end of the bypass Hwy on to Upton Road then take the first left on to Hurry Road. Follow the Hurry Road and take sharp right. #61 is the last driveway on the right.
 Jean and John Pater civic address #477 Union Road (Queens Co).
From Brackley Point Road take the first right past the Airport on to Route 221. Proceed approximately 2 km to the premises on the left.
 David Toombs, 10 Kent Street, Charlottetown. Property is located across from PEI Government buildings.
 Denise Motard,58 Nottinghill DR. Stratford .From TCH Take Kinlock Rd.(by Sobeys) and turn left on the Stratford Rd. ,then take the first street on the right which is Nottinghill.

July 21 - Charlottetown Tour:
 Judy and Henk Bondt, 17 Valdene Ave , Sherwood.
From Highway #2 (St Peters Highway) past Ellis Bros, Valdane Ave is the second street on the left from the intersection with Brackley Point Rd.
 Heather and Frank Robinson. 47 Corrigan Court, Charlottetown.
Take Queen Street north past Belvedere Avenue and take the first street on your left, Cooper Court, to Corrigan Court, which is the first street on the right.
 Nancy and Don Hughes, 116 Mt Edward Rd, Charlottetown, just off Belvedere Ave on the right.
Mt Edward Road is past Belvedere Ave on the right.
 Cheryl and Bert Desjardines, 129 MacRae Drive, East Royalty.
MacRae Drive is the first street on the left after passing Wright's Pond on the St Peter's Highway.

July 28 - Montague and Area Tour:
 Claudine and David Lister, civic address #5208 Union Road (Kings Co).
Take TCH to Cherry Valley and turn on to highway #3 to Montague. Union Road is Rte 22 on the right past Summerville. # 5208 is located 2 km from highway 3 and has parking on the property.
 Janet and Richard Knox, Victoria Cross.
There are 2 ways to access this property:
 From the Lister's continue south on the Union Rd to Victoria Cross. At the crossroad take the road that is straight ahead (not the road to the immediate left heading in to Montague.). The premises is on the right when your reach Knox's Dam.
 From Montague take Riverside Street, which is located on the right immediately before crossing the bridge in Montague if you are travelling south. Follow Riverside Street and cross a second bridge then follow the road along the Montague River to a "T" intersection. The Knox property is immediately ahead .
Parking is available in their yard or down by the dam.
 Sheryll and Brian Pound, 98 Alexander Crescent, Georgetown.
As your drive in to Georgetown the pulp yard is on the right and immediately on your left is the North Royalty Rd (Hwy 342). Turn on to the latter Road then take the next road on the right, Burnt Point Rd. Drive 2km to Alexander Cr which is a gravel road on the left.