McKinney Garden Club - 2010 Garden & Home Tour

Looking with anticipation toward summer, McKinney is about to experience the biennial McKinney Garden Club’s Garden and Home Tour…”Summer Scented Splendors”! It promises to show off beautiful gardens and lovely homes…from the unique to the spectacular.

The Garden and Home Tour will be held Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 10AM to 4PM.

This year’s tour will feature very differing styles and tastes. Included will be historical, tropical, organic gardens shown with lush winding pathways, pools, ponds, and outdoor living areas. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased online at www.mckinneygardenclub.org , Calloway’s Nursery, Shades of Green, Market Street and Cynthia Elliot Boutique (downtown McKinney) beginning May 10, and at every tour home the day of the tour. Tour information is also available through the website: www.mckinneygardenclub.org.

An added attraction this year will be on Friday, June 11 from 7PM to 9PM. The McKinney Garden Club is hosting an “Evening Garden Party” celebrating our homeowners and their homes being offered on tour. It will be a special time of gathering in the garden of one of our tour homes enjoying conversation, music, hors d’oeuvres, and beverages. Tickets for this event will be $35.

Since 1930 the McKinney Garden Club mission has been to promote an interest in gardens and gardening and supporting environmental concerns in the community. All proceeds from every tour are used for beautification projects or furthering education within the city of McKinney. Projects the Garden Club has funded in the past include: Restoration and continuing care of the Lovejoy Memorial Flowerbed at Finch Park, Heard-Craig Memorial Garden (Katie’s Garden), Chestnut Square (Meditation Garden, School House Garden, and Chapel Garden), trees in various parks throughout the city of McKinney, benches at the McKinney Performing Art Center, Holy Family School Landscape, Collin County SPCA Garden, and Crepe Myrtles for the Crepe Myrtle Trail.

Plan on attending this fabulous event…”Summer Scented Splendors”!! Pick up some great gardening ideas and decorating tips as well as supporting this wonderful organization in its goal to beautify this city we all call home.

Tickets are available online at www.mckinneygardenclub.org, OR

• All Garden Club Members
• Tour Homes (the day of the tour)
• Shades of Green – 8801 Coit in Frisco
• Calloway’s Nursery – 4050 Eldorado Parkway in McKinney
• Cynthia Elliot Boutique – 107 E. Virginia (historic downtown McKinney)
• Market Street - Eldorado and Ridge Road