The Natick Historical Society and the Bacon Free Library proudly present Five amazing gardens in South Natick and surrounding communities:

1. A Woodland surrounding the home inspired the gardens that now wind through the forest, around the bog, and through a sunny mixed border toward the house. Here, an abundance of spring-flowering bulbs, shrubs and trees, summer annuals and perennials, fall-blooming ornamental grasses, and winter evergreens all celebrate the individuality of our New England seasons.

2. This garden presents a lot typical to many in New England--shady backyard full of Maple trees, scrubby Oaks and lots of rocks. Add to this a zone 9-10 gardener from Florida who has learned the special rewards of a Zone 5-6 garden--New England Gardens change!!! And to compensate for the brevity of the season, the results are much more dramatic.

3. This Italianate-style garden on an owner-tended scale has all the major elements of the Italianate--greenery, stone and water--but on a modest, manageable scale. The Goddess Hebe commands the perennial Secret Garden and granite pathways and cobble curbs lead to annual herb and vegetable gardens, a garden guest house, a smoke house, a stone grotto, and two vine-covered pergolas.

4. These gardeners used a meandering stream, a vernal pool, and an ancient white oak as a natural start and then created their own oasis by sculpting garden beds, propagating hosta, collecting stones from the rocky new England soil, recycling leaves, developing a woodland trail, planting, pruning and rearranging.

5. One woman, one man, each with a different approach to creating a garden have been building and debating this garden since 1990. The garden is on a hill, surrounded by Oaks and Pines with light ranging from full shade to partial sun. Their two lawns, surrounding woods, and pathways are always with projects and experiments in some stage of implementation.

A raffle for outstanding merchandise and gift certificates from local merchants will be available at the Bacon Library on the day of the Garden Tour.

Special offer for June 10: Ticket holders for the Country Garden Tour are entitled to free admittance to Mass Hort's Elm Bank on that day.

Registration can happen either by sending in the form below as instructed or by stopping by the Bacon Library and registering there.

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Registration Form

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Please complete and return this form
Along with your $30 check payable to:

The Natick Historical Society
58 Eliot Street, South Natick, MA 01760