by NAN GRAVES GOODMAN

 

Members of The Garden Club of Jackson Executive Committee planning for the Spring Garden Tour are: (back, from left) Dolly Goings, Patricia Hathcock, Ann Rueff, Collette McIntyre, Katie Breese; (front) Nan Graves Goodman, Lyn McMillin and Lawana McLennan.

Garden Club presents tour

 

     Spring is finally here, and the Garden Club of Jackson is eagerly awaiting its 11th biennial Spring Garden Tour. Five gardens and three homes in the Eastover and Massena Heights neighborhoods will be on tour Thursday, April 23, and Friday, April 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine.

 

     The five gardens feature a variety of gardening interpretations using multiple perennials, annuals, vines, bulbs, shrubbery, trees, and roses. Each garden is captivating and beautiful, from the most formal garden, to a luscious English garden, and a delightful cottage garden. Three of the homes adjacent to the gardens will also be on tour.

 

     Proceeds will benefit Greenwood Cemetery in downtown Jackson. The nearly 200-year-old cemetery is the burial place of famed writer Eudora Welty, many Jackson mayors, Mississippi governors, and soldiers who fought in the Civil War and both World Wars.

 

     For more information on tickets, special events, and the gift shop, please visit gardenclubofjackson.com.

Grand Sponsor

Primos Café and Bake Shop

 

Benefactor

Pryor and Robert Lampton

 

Patrons

Anonymous
Ann and Rick Calhoon
Greater Eastover Neighborhood Foundation
The Everyday Gardener/Susie and John Puckett
First Commercial Bank
Dr. and Mrs. James Hayes
Paula and Randy James
Lyn and David McMillin
Charlotte and Richard McNeel
Michael T. McRee
Mrs. John Harbour Mounger
Ritchey Automotive/Land Rover and Jaguar Jackson
Southern Beverage Co.
Trustmark
Gloria M. Walker

 

Contributors

James L. Barksdale
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Beck
Elbert and Betty Bivins
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Coker and Palmer
Mary Sydney Green
Neva F. Greenwald
Lakeland Yard and Garden
Lavish Fleur LLC
Carolyn and Buddy McIntyre
Devere and Lawana McLennan
Peter Miazza
John N. Palmer and Carol T. Puckett
Don and Becky Potts
Christie and Gregg Schmitt
June and Harper Stone
Cheryl and Dow Welch