The Flower Lovers Garden Club’s 17th Garden & Arts tour on Sunday June 29th was a success; the weather cooperated, the eight gardens were lush & beautiful, and the attendance was great. Thank you to all who purchased tickets and visited each garden.
This year, the featured gardens ranged from a cottage setting to historical grounds to extensive landscaped areas.Several gardens featured distinctive and whimsical ornaments, each presenting unique concepts for flower beds suitable for both sun and shade. Thank you to all who made this successful and memorable event.
We are especially grateful to the homeowners who offered to showcase their beautiful gardens for the community to see and enjoy. Thank you to Steve and Melanie Galegor, Wabash college for the Elston Homestead, Dr. Bill and Cheryl Leech, Janella Nunan, Marc and Karen McFall, Tim and Diane Fairfield, Stone Creek Lodge, and Wayne and Becky Nelson.
Many individuals from our wonderful Crawfordsville community helped support the tour. Thank you to the participating artists whose added attractions were featured and admired in the gardens: painting by Ellie Jeffries, music by Kenn Clark and Monte Keller, clay garden art and more by Mary Lou Dawald, glass and metal garden décor by Margie Colgan andthe Master Gardeners for providing additional garden support.
Other added features included a raffle of vintage glass garden art created by Lana Presslor, a ceramic bird feeder, a plant sale and painted ladybug rocks. Thank you to all who purchased raffle tickets and plants and gave a donation for the painted rocks.
Congratulations to Connie Motz, winner of the vintage glass art and to Teresa Huxhold, winner of the ceramic bird feeder.
Engraved stepping stones were presented to each garden owner for their participation in the event. Thank you to Scott Young of Ladoga for designing and creating these keepsakes.
We greatly appreciate the businesses who sold tickets for us: ProGreen Garden Center, Davidson Greenhouse & Nursery, Ryan’s Flowers, Milligan’s Flowers & Gifts, Country Hearts & Flowers, Just Because…Flowers, Gifts and More, and Crawfordsville District Public Library.
In addition we would like also like to thank Kroger’s for their generous donation of bottled waters made available at each garden venue.
Thank you to the Journal Review and The Paper of Montgomery County for publishing weekly articles featuring information about the event and the featured gardens.
Finally, thanks to the Flower Lovers Garden Club members for organizing the event and helping homeowners showcase their gardens.
The Flower Lovers Garden Club appreciates the support of our wonderful community in making the 2025 Garden & Arts Tour a fun and memorable event.
