Park Hill Garden Walk Date Announced!

By Angelia McLean, Garden Walk Chair

Although the ground is brown and white and Mother Nature seems to be fickle this time of year, we all can have faith that, once again, blossoms will flourish, trees will lend shade and the Park Hill Garden Walk will be a memorable event that makes our neighborhood special.

This year’s Garden Walk will take place Saturday, June 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Our planning committee is starting its garden search and is open for suggestions. Have you been peeking over those fences wondering at the source of a bubbling brook or perhaps envying that bucolic English cottage flowerbed in a neighbor’s yard? We would love to hear about it and any other suggestions you have to help with the Garden Walk.

There are so many different interpretations of a garden and no one definition makes up the Garden Walk. In fact, many visitors find that the variety is exciting and inspirational. Park Hill is a large urban landscape with hundreds of homes and wide boundaries. We need everyone’s input. So, got chickens? How about a pond? What about a gazebo complete with a hibachi grill and martini lounge? Or how about a garden that attracts birds and bees? We’d love to hear from you.

The Park Hill Garden Walk wouldn’t be possible without the annual donations of our local business sponsors. Our neighborhood residents need to know you’re out there and this event gives you a chance to let everyone buy local.

Park Hill artist or musician? Our tour features plain air painters and galleries of artwork. We’d love to add serenading musicians to the repertoire. Let us know if you’d like to “get your Monet on” along the way, or can play some Bach for the walk.

Park Hill nonprofits raising money for a project are invited to sell beverages and goodies along the tour route for their group.

As always, everyone is welcome to join the committee no matter how much time you have to give.

See you in the garden!

Angelia McLean has chaired the Park Hill Garden Walk since 2010. She can be reached at parkhillgardenwalk@gmail.com or 303-388-0918. For more information on the June 16th Garden Walk, visit parkhillgardenwalk.blogspot.com.