The Point Roberts Garden Club has announced that the 15th Point Roberts Garden Tour will take place on Sunday, July 15.
The self-guided tour will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A map and entry to the gardens are part of the ticket package, and the tour includes a stop for afternoon tea and live music from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Point Roberts Community Center on Gulf Road.
There will be eight unique gardens to visit this year. From a beach side garden oasis to a hillside gem to a garden that offers a range of Chilean plants to a study in structure, colour and contrast, the gardens reflect the devotion and unique vision of each owner.
An award-winning jewelry designer has applied her talents in creating a series of “garden rooms” nestled in a forest setting. A quilter has used a quilter's eye and a geometric approach to the plantings and paths. A 4.5-acre property uses over 100 camellias and rhododendrons and 150-year-old Japanese maples as separation from the barns and turnout areas for their Peruvian Paso horses.
Ticket prices are $20 Cdn or $15 US per person and will be available July 1 at Nielson's Home Building Center and Auntie Pam's Country Store in Point Roberts, Harris Nurseryland and the Blue Door Interiors in Ladner, and Flowers Beautiful in Tsawwassen. Visitors are reminded that a passport or enhanced driver's licence is required to cross the border.
Tickets will also be available up to 2 p.m. on the day of the tour at the corner of Tyee Drive and McKenzie Way, about a block after crossing the border. No tickets will be sold after 2 p.m. in order to give visitors enough time to tour the gardens.
Ticket packages include a map of Point Roberts clearly marked with the locations of the gardens and afternoon tea as well as restaurants for those who wish to have lunch.
More information is available on the Point Roberts Garden Club's website at
www.pointrobertsgardenclub.org and on its Facebook page.
