Five Mercer and Allegheny county gardens open for the first time!
Havenwood’s cottage garden last June
Tour my garden on June 6th
There are limited tickets still available, so hop over to The Garden Conservancy website to book an entrance ticket to my garden! Also open that day will be The Farm, which is only 5 miles away.
Both gardens will be open on Saturday, June 6th to benefit the non-profit work of the conservancy as they foster gardening culture across the country.
Where: Grove City, PA – address sent upon booking with Garden Conservancy When: Saturday, June 6th, 10am to 4pm
Register for open day at Havenwood House & Gardens:
We will be the first two gardens in western PA opening for The Garden Conservancy, but there will also be three more gardens open in Pittsburgh the following weekend, June 13th, so check those out too:
We hope you can join us this summer for our Havenwood events and classes! Feel free to pass the invite along to your local friends.
Open garden days are available to all; classes by registration.
May
May 17th: Havenwood Open Garden + plant sales, 10 am—2 pm
To benefit for Grove City Community Library
Enjoy a restful walk around our one-acre private garden right in the borough. Self-guided tours through more than a dozen garden rooms with plentiful places to sit as well. Tadpoles in the pond, a garden fairy hunt, and coloring for the kids.
Plant sales to benefit library by Elaine Taylor, formerly of Taylor’s Farm Market
Come for the Bagpipes at 2pm!
$5 each, kids 10 & under free. Cash, check or Venmo at the door to benefit the GCCL
Location: 607 Bessemer Ave, Grove City, PA 16127
May 24th: Horticulture for Teens, 1—3pm
An introduction to the world of working with plants. Includes a seasonal garden tour, learning about botanical plant families, and hands-on lessons in plant propagation or other gardening tasks. Ages 12-19. $15
Join educator Julie Witmer for a morning of gardens, flowers, fun, and stories at Havenwood, the place that inspired the Big Old Garden children’s series by James D Witmer. Ages 5-11, $10, *limited to ten*
An introduction to the world of working with plants. Includes a seasonal garden tour, learning about botanical plant families, and hands-on lessons in plant propagation or other gardening tasks. Ages 12-19. $15
June 14th: Havenwood Open Garden + plant sales, 10 am—2 pm
To benefit for Grove City Community Library
Enjoy a restful walk around our one-acre private garden right in the borough. Self-guided tours through more than a dozen garden rooms with plentiful places to sit as well. Bubbles, a garden fairy hunt, and coloring for the kids.
Plant sales to benefit library by Elaine Taylor, formerly of Taylor’s Farm Market
$5 each, kids 10 & under free. Cash, check or Venmo at the door to benefit the GCCL
Location: 607 Bessemer Ave, Grove City, PA 16127
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July
June 11th: Horticulture for Teens, 1—3pm
An introduction to the world of working with plants. Includes a seasonal garden tour, learning about botanical plant families, and hands-on lessons in plant propagation or other gardening tasks. Ages 12-19. $15
July 12th: Gardens as Sacred Spaces Class, 10am—noon
Do you love plants? Consider what it means to live with plants, and how we can each make our garden dreams come true. Join Julie Witmer for her popular adult gardening class that is equal parts inspiration & how to!
An inspiring look at the spiritual and practical connections between people and plants, stories of inspirational gardeners from the past, a dozen practical design ideas for small and large gardens to create a more immersive experience, and important tips for getting started! Adults. $25
July 29th: Phipps Conservatory Summer Short Course: Designing for Beauty and Ecology
Julie Witmer will be speaking about “Building A Border Backwards” on July 29th at 1 pm at Phipps’ conference in partnership with Penn State Master Gardeners’ Program.
Learn how to create a perennial mixed border that will give you year-round beauty while also creating a positive ecological impact every month of the year. The “border backwards” technique will explain the benefits of thinking in reverse seasonal order to include a variety of plants into a low-maintenance, long lasting border display.
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