Saturday Special Events Schedule

Gateway to Hope Garden tour is open from 10:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday June 25 and 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 26. 

Visitors can begin at any garden, pick up a tour guide with a map, and visit the gardens in any order they wish.

The schedule of special  Saturday events for each garden is below:

Children’s Events (for kids age 5 through 10)

•  10:00 to 11 a.m. (Come-and-go during this hour). Create a Pretty Planter (Burg
• 12:00 noon. To 1 p.m. (Come-and-go during this hour) Plant a Flower; Then Watch it Grow! (Kuyers)
  
•  1:00 to 2:00 (For both adults and children) Joel Huyser, a co-founder of the Nehemiah Center which sponsors the children’s arts camps in Nicaragua, will be present at the arts camp display conversation and questions. (Faith Church)

   Note: In addition, there is a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  Kids Corner attraction at each garden.

Flower Garden Events

• 10:00 a.m. In Transition: From Flower Gardens to Landscaped Design (Van Klompenburg)   
• 11:00 a.m. Choosing Perennials and Flowering Shrubs for a Full Season of Color (Kuyers)
• 12:00 noon. How to Create a Bouquet in a Teacup. (Groenenboom-Kreykes)
• 1:00 p.m. How to Build a Water Feature (Groenenboom-Kreykes)

Vegetable Garden Events

• 12:00 noon: Engineering a Garden (Van Klompenburg)
• 1:00 p.m. Growing Tomatoes: Pros and cons of Heirlooms and Hybrids (Burg)
• 2:00 p.m. Introduction to Asian Vegetables and How to Grow Them. (Vue)
• 3:00 p.m. Easy Ways to Use Greens in Your Diet. Sheryl Ellinwood

For addresses of all gardens see previous post.