This is the second Annual People’s Garden Tour in Ocean Grove.  12 amazing gardens will be on display around town. According to Pegi Costantino of the Ocean Grove Woman’s Club, which is sponsoring the event, the rains now will “give the gardens a boost so everything will be gorgeous that day, especially after the sun comes out.”

We will be posting a “blurb” about each garden.  Hopefully neighbors from the Grove will get to see all the gardens during the 4 hour window.  Interested visitors  from outside of the Grove are welcome.  Thanks to Miss Pegi for the map (see below.)  Fliers will be posted around town.

In the flier above, you will notice that it says, “Start at 89 Mt. Carmel Way”  (the home of the OGWC).  But unless you must have a map  of the participating gardens, you can start anywhere on the tour.  You will be able to print the list of gardens and perhaps the map  from the Blogfinger post.

An extra special feature has been introduced this year with the Master Gardeners being available at Greenleaf  Park to answer questions and discuss gardening.  Greenleaf  Park is a lovely spot at the intersection of Mt. Carmel Way and New York Avenue, near a row of tents, and a couple of blocks from the Great Auditorium.

Also each of the Grover gardeners will be present to welcome you neighbors and  tourists to their homes to discuss the unique features of their gardens with you.  Click on the map to make it bigger.  We will bring this posting forward again as the 20th approaches.  Please mark your calendars.  —Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger

PEREZ PRADO: “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White”