The 79th Annual Tour of the
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Once again, the Beacon Hill Garden Club invites you to visit the Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill. This ever-popular tour marks the only day of the year that the public may enter our members’ private urban landscapes, widely celebrated for their character and charm, and none of which is visible from the street.
Continuing BHGC’s long tradition, 12 member gardens, plus four ribbon gardens, will be open. We picture to the right one additional garden which will be seen only here. We do so to salute our beloved oldest member whose urban gardening genius and philosophy inspires us. Her hidden masterpiece, she once noted, had “designed itself within its ‘bones,’ all the plants deciding whether to be happy where they are.” We share in their happiness to be with her and celebrate her 60th anniversary with the club.
And in that spirit, we happily invite you again to our Hidden Gardens to see how we have addressed our urban challenge of combining horticultural with the architectural elements of a National Historic District. We hope you will enjoy the small wonders that can be wrought despite New England weather, space limitations, and shade. An insider aside: Suitable shoes are strongly recommended!
Tour proceeds support more than 30 local, regional, and national civic and environmental causes.
PURCHASE TICKETS NOW!
| When: | Thursday, May 15, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Rain or Shine |
| Where: | The self-guided tour begins at Hostess Booths located at the corners of Charles and Mt. Vernon and Charles and Chestnut Streets. Present tickets or online receipts to obtain programs and maps. The official flag of the Beacon Hill Garden Club designates Tour gardens open across the Hill. |
| Admission Price: | Advance Purchase Price: $25 per ticket purchased before May 15, either by mail, online credit card, or from selected retail or business locations. See instructions below for advance purchase options. Tour Day Price: $30 per ticket at Hostess Booths located at the corners of Charles and Mt. Vernon and Charles and Chestnut Streets |
| Purchase Options: | By mail. Click here [Form]to download an order form (Adobe PDF Document). Complete and send the form along with a check and a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
Beacon Hill Garden Club 2008 Tour Please place mail orders by May 6. Tickets ordered by mail will be filled beginning in mid-April. Present tickets at one of our Hostess Booths on Tour Day to obtain a program and map for the tour. By credit card. Click here [Shop] or at bhgc shop on the menu bar to purchase tickets by credit card. Remember to print out your receipt and present it at one of our Hostess Booths on Tour Day to obtain a program and map for the tour. Credit card purchases will not be accepted after midnight May 13. At retail locations. Click here [Ticket Sellers] or at the ticket sellers tab under hidden gardens tour on the menu bar for a list of retail and business locations which have generously agreed to sell advance-purchase tickets through May 14 Tour Day purchase. Tickets may be purchased May 15 for $30 at our Hostess Booths. We will accept cash or a check made payable to Beacon Hill Garden Club. Our hostesses will not be able to process ticket purchases by credit card on May 15. |
| The Beacon Hill Garden Club is a member of The Garden Club of America and The Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts (about us) |  |