Newark Garden Tour 2024

The Newark Arts Alliance is again hosting the Newark Garden Tour, an annual tour of some of the most lush and enchanting gardens in and around Newark. The gardens on this year's tour all appeal to the visitor to stay and relax a while, but all make that appeal in unique ways. Many gardens have water features, some will host live music, and others will showcase original art and art-making demos. As always, gardens will feature different aesthetics and give visitors ideas for what to do in their own gardens, from using native plants that help pollinators to finding that perfect, sassy piece of yard art. Several new elements make this year’s Garden Tour especially exciting! Steve Ruiz's Mojo Loco 302 food truck (FB/IG) will be stationed where there are three gardens close together. There will be a small farmer's market with Trebs Thompson of Whimsical Farms and Christina's Peter's of Posy Parlor, where visitors can buy plants and flowers. One garden will feature pollinator plant giveaways (milkweed and hyssop lovingly raised by Rachel Brewer and Yvonne Settle). There will also be a silent auction of gorgeous hand-painted watering cans, decorated by local artists, to benefit the Newark Arts Alliance! Information on all of these offerings will be shared with ticket holders. It's only $25 to attend ($20 if you're an NAA member) - tickets for kids under 5 are free, and tickets for kids ages 5-12 are $10. Once you've purchased your tickets, you'll receive a map of the garden locations to choose your own adventure! If you're interested in garden-hopping by bike, BikeNewark has even plotted out a (slightly abridged) tour for the day. This 5.67 route is mostly downhill, and a great way to enjoy the Garden Tour! A group ride is currently being organized - check the Newark Arts Alliance website for more details closer to the day of the event. One of the biggest changes this year is a spotlight sponsorship from Scenic Outdoors (FB/IG), a local landscaping firm. Lisa and Savvas from Scenic Outdoors assisted with identifying 4 of the gardens on this year's tour. In addition, they have provided a beautiful barrel of annuals for a raffle that will be run through social media (and in person at the Arts Alliance) on the day of the tour. More information TBA. The 2024 Garden Tour was supported in part by The Newark Partnership. The Newark Arts Alliance is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.

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