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Contacts (Not for Publication): Hermann Garden Club,
Contact before May 28, 2021: Alice Calhoun, Garden Tour Chair
(573) 486-5539, acalhoun@centurytel.net
Alice’s Emergency Contact after May 28, 2019,
TEXT ONLY (573) 864-7203; Please Do Not Call!
Contact after May 28, 2021: Elise Bellefontaine, 2021 Garden Club Co-President
(573) 544-5425 embellefontaine@icloud.com
Mary Fritz, 2021 Garden Club Co-President
(573) 834-5560, wndhl@fidnet.com
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Calendar Listing – 2021 Events
Hermann, Missouri, June 5th – 6th, 2021, 10 AM
26th Annual Town and Country Garden Tour. The Garden Tour includes both a walking tour of gardens in downtown Historic Hermann and a driving tour to gardens in the hills around Hermann. The $15 ticket price includes visits to at least four private gardens both in town and in the country and the Garden Demonstration Area where you will see a traditional four-square garden. Garden Tour visits may be spread over Saturday and Sunday. Tickets will be sold online before the tour at Eventeny and at Topiaries (138 E. 4th) in downtown Hermann during the tour from 10-5 on Saturday and 10-3 on Sunday. Gardens close at 5PM on Saturday and 4PM on Sunday. The Hermann Garden Club’s website www.hermanngardentours.com provides up-to-date events, ticket prices, links to the online ticket sale site, contact numbers, and photographs of past tour gardens. Visit the FAQS page on the website for answers to all your questions. “Like” us on Facebook at “Hermann Garden Tours.” Go to www.visithermann.com to find information about lodging. The Garden Tour is always the first full weekend in June.
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Press Release 2021 Events
Visit Town Gardens, Country Gardens, & the
Deutschheim Demonstration Area
Hermann, Missouri, June 5th - 6th, 2021,10 AM
26th Annual Town and Country Garden Tour. The 26th Garden Tour includes both a walking tour of gardens in downtown historic Hermann and a driving tour to country gardens. The $15 ticket price includes visits to at least four private gardens both in town and in the country and the Garden Demonstration Area where you will see a traditional four-square garden. Garden Tour visits may be spread over Saturday and Sunday. Tickets will be sold online before the tour at Eventeny and at Topiaries (138 E 4th) in downtown Hermann during the tour from 10-5 on Saturday and 10-3 on Sunday. Gardens close at 5PM on Saturday and 4PM on Sunday. The Hermann Garden Club’s website www.hermanngardentours.com provides up-to-date events, ticket prices, links to the online ticket sale site, contact numbers, and photographs of past tour gardens. Visit the FAQS page on the website for answers to all your questions. “Like” us on Facebook at “Hermann Garden Tours.” Go to www.visithermann.com for information about lodging. The Garden Tour is always the first full weekend in June.
According to Garden Tour Chair Alice Calhoun, the gardens on the 2021 Garden Tour will be spectacular: “We have a many new gardens and one much-loved estate garden that has not been on the tour in many years. Town Tour gardens often are either lovely cottage gardens hidden behind historic homes or river-view gardens. Country Tour estate gardens tend to be much larger than Town Tour gardens and have different elements and features.” Calhoun continues, “To get an overview of the beauty of Hermann’s gardens, visit www.hermanngardentours.com, our website. There you will see gardens that have been on previous tours. And you will be amazed.”
The ever-popular Demonstration area will return in 2021 at the Deutschheim State Historic Site. There will be information about crop rotation, companion planting, and heirloom plants. This is a not-to-be-missed garden.
Hermann, named “the most beautiful city in Missouri” and a Missouri DREAM city, has many wineries, over 60 bed and breakfasts inns, many antique and specialty shops, and galleries. And there are excellent eateries. Plan to spend the night and spread the tour over both days.
Garden Club Co-Presidents Elise Bellefontaine and Mary Fritz urge local people to support these events since “Funds raised at the Garden Tour are used for civic beautification and scholarships for local students.” One of the newest projects is the Tree Project to which the Hermann Garden Club contributed $5000 to plant trees in Lower City Park. They continue, "If you are interested in joining the Club, please contact us through our website.”
For more information, visit the Hermann Garden Tours website www.hermanngardentours.com or contact the Garden Club directly at info@HermannGardenTours.com. Many of your questions are answered on the FAQs page on the Hermann Garden Tours website. For more information about lodging, shops, and restaurants, go to www.visithermann.com.
Hermann’s Garden Tours are always the first full weekend in June
Hermann’s Garden Tours are always the first full weekend in June.
