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Promenade Offers a Tiptoe Through Tulips and More

The Colleyville Garden Club’s Promenade, a tour of residential gardens set for Sunday, will focus this year on four unique gardens.

Those private gardens, each characterized by distinguished landscaping, will be open for public inspection from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

One Asian-inspired garden features a koi pond, arched bridges and graceful walkways through a lush collection of flora, while another demonstrates the power landscaping has on a new home. A third oasis offers a colorful treat for the senses, and a fourth boasts private gardens, a formal French garden and an active brook.

At each site, special plants will be labeled and Colleyville Garden Club members will be available to answer gardening questions. The day also will include a raffle, plant sale and an educational exhibit highlighting gardening books.

Chairing the event will be Suzanne Hughes. Tickets to Promenade are $12 in advance and $15 the day of the tour at the garden locations. Ticket outlets are Foreman’s and Market Street in Colleyville; Blooming Colors and Marshall Grain Co. in Grapevine, Green Mama’s Organic Gardening Center in North Richland Hills and Calloway’s Nursery in Hurst.

Colleyville Garden Club, a nonprofit organization, raises funds to benefit club projects and charities, such as donating wind sculptures to Colleyville’s new McPherson Park, planting daffodil bulbs in public areas, establishing a demonstration garden at a school, planting trees for Arbor Day and awarding a college scholarship.

More information is available at www.colleyvillegardenclub.org.

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Time to Boogie through Bermuda


Sunday is time to tiptoe through the tulips and boogie through the bermuda–The Colleyville Garden Club (www.colleyvillegardenclub.org) will hold Promenade, its spring garden tour.

From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., four residential gardens will be on view to the public. At each home, Colleyville Garden Club members will be available to answer questions about each of the diverse gardens selected this year.

The gardens were chosen to offer a variety of landscape designs. Event attendees will be treated to yards featuring roses, herbs, vegetables and varying color palettes with both sunny and shade-loving designs.

One garden selection, created by a landscape designer, was given a Thai theme and features native and adapted herbs. Another site sits on one acre and was converted from pasture to a variety of garden areas.

Yet another garden, designated as a National Wildlife Habitat, focuses on organic methods, balancing entertaining spots with natural areas. The fourth showcases a yard with a minimum of grass and beds designed to be easy-care.

Tickets to Promenade are $12 in advance and $15 the day of the tour at local retailers. Locations include Foreman’s and Market Street in Colleyville, Blooming Colors and Marshall Grain Co. in Grapevine, Green Mama’s Organic Garden Center in North Richland Hills and

Proceeds will fund Colleyville Garden Club’s projects and charities. Past projects have included establishing an outdoor learning center at Colleyville Elementary School, planting Arbor Day trees at Cross Timbers Middle School, a college scholarship and maintaining civic gardens.

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