General Information

The 2007 Decatur Garden Tour is co-sponsored by the Oakhurst Community Garden Project and the Decatur Preservation Alliance.

This year, the Decatur Garden Tour includes 14 private and public gardens, educational classes, lectures and activities for adults and children. Features include a bonsai garden with koi pond and the award-winning private garden rooms of world-renowned gardener, author and Decatur resident, Ryan Gainey.

All proceeds are shared by the Oakhurst Community Garden Project and the Decatur Preservation Alliance and used to support their operations and programs.

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Schedule of Events

Sept. 29, 10 am-5 pm

Ongoing:
Cookies and lemonade in the gazebo – Cemetery
Plant sale and docent tours on the hour – Oakhurst Community Garden
Docent tours – Woodlands

10:15 am • Informal talk on Bonsai – Cozart Smith
11 am • Guided tours in period costume – Cemetery
11 am • A walk and talk with David Funderburk discussing native plants – Woodlands
11:15 am • A walk with Ryan Gainey, A to Z of Plants – Ryan Gainey’s Garden
1 pm • Conundrum drumming group performs – Oakhurst Community Garden
1 pm • Steve Sanchez presents his Native Piedmont Garden Plan for Woodlands – Woodlands
1-2:45 pm • Fionnuala Harp and Wind Duo – McConaughey property
2 pm • Children’s tour and scavenger hunt, ending with an art project – Scott Garden
2-2:30 pm • Flautist Lynette Suzanne plays Native American music – Ryan Gainey’s Garden
3 pm • Guided tours in period costume – Cemetery
4 pm • Cooking demonstration with Billy Allin – Oakhurst Community Garden

Sept. 30, noon-5 pm

Ongoing:
Cookies and lemonade in the gazebo – Cemetery
Plant sale, Girl Scout lemonade stand, and docent tours on the hour – Oakhurst Community Garden
Docent tours – Woodlands

12:15 pm • Informal talk on Bonsai – Cozart Smith
12:30-5 pm • Guided bike tour with Neil Norton, meet at Oakhurst Community Garden
1 pm • Creating your own Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, with Melissa and Jerome Walker – Woodlands
1-2:45 pm • Fionnuala Harp and Wind Duo – Ryan Gainey’s Garden
2 pm • Using native plants in containers and small gardens – Karen Lindauer
2-4 pm • Nature-based children’s activities – Oakhurst Community Garden
3 pm • Guided tours in period costume – Cemetery
3 pm • Geomancy Explored: the Art of Sacred Places, with Lindsey Mann – Ryan Gainey’s Garden