Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society’s annual garden tour, featuring six Redlands gardens, will be held 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 27 and 28.
Vintage roses, drought-tolerant design, a koi pond, yard art and custom birdhouses are among the features of the gardens on this year’s tour.
Starting point for the tour will be the Grove School, 1775 Orange Ave., Redlands, where tickets and maps will be available and a number of organizations will have booths, according to a news release.
Gardens on this year’s tour are those of Bob and Cindy Ellis on Kendall Street; Brian and Sharon Kilpatrick on Nottingham Drive; Jeff and Patty Mariano Denning on South Buena Vista Street; George Nash on East Pioneer Avenue; Roger and Donna Hadley on Marvin Avenue; and Frank and Marilyn Sizemore on Campbell Avenue.
The Ellis garden includes a rose arbor, vintage-style outbuildings and Bob Ellis’ one-of-a-kind birdhouses.
The Kilpatricks have created an environment for bees, birds, butterflies and lizards, with bird feeders, bird baths and birdhouses in the front and back yards. Their garden also includes succulents, garden art and a koi pond.
A rose arbor is one of the features of the garden of Bob and Cindy Ellis, one of six gardens on the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society’s April 27-28, 2024, garden tour. (Photo by Chris Sedmack, Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society)
A koi pond is part of Brian and Sharon Kilpatrick’s garden, one of six gardens on the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society’s April 27-28, 2024, garden tour. (Photo by Chris Sedmack, Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society)
Fountains and wandering pathways are features of Patty Mariano and Jeff Denning’s garden, one of six gardens on the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society’s April 27-28, 2024, garden tour. (Photo by Chris Sedmack, Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society)
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A rose arbor is one of the features of the garden of Bob and Cindy Ellis, one of six gardens on the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society’s April 27-28, 2024, garden tour. (Photo by Chris Sedmack, Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society)
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Patty Mariano and Jeff Denning have created a garden oasis with a hidden patio, fountains and wandering pathways. The front yard includes olive trees, roses, palms, succulents and desert flora.
The Nash home is surrounded by 100-year-old orange trees on three sides and an acre of avocado trees on the fourth side, and the yard includes unusual roses and a number of camellias.
The Hadley garden includes fruit trees, California poppies, sweet peas, delphiniums and foxgloves. The back yard, once composed mainly of lawn, has been converted to a pétanque court surrounded by pea gravel, roses, a fountain and a display of annual colors.
The Sizemores have replaced their lawn with a low-water pollinators’ paradise, and the back yard includes a rose garden, vegetable gardens and fruit trees.
Tickets for the garden tour are $15, available at the Grove School the days of the tour and in advance at Gerrards Market, 705 W. Cypress Ave., Redlands; Redlands Art Association, 215 E. State St., Redlands; Sunshine Nursery, 34017 Yucaipa Blvd., Yucaipa; and Cherry Valley Nursery, 37955 Cherry Valley Blvd., Beaumont.
On the garden tour weekend, the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society also holds a plant sale 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 27 in its plant yard in Prospect Park, near the Carriage House.
For information, go to redlandsgardenclub.com.
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