The gardens of Gordon and Mary Hayward are one stop along the Westminster Cares 18th Annual Garden Tour.
Brattleboro Area Hospice Summer Soirée
3293 Route 5, Westminster
802 257-0775 x109
July 26, 4:30 to 7:30p: A festive evening supporting Brattleboro Area Hospice. Music, light refreshments, great company in the gardens of designer Cyndy Fine of Genius Loci, Ecological Landscape Design. Special guests Elizabeth Rogers & Eugene Friesen and the Hallowell Singers.
Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home
1005 Hildene Road, Manchester
802 362-1788
May and June: Celebration of Peonies.
2nd Annual Rudyard Kipling’s Estate Tour & Rhododendron Display
481 Kipling Road, Dummerston
http://www.landmarktrustusa.org/events/tours
802 254-6868
May 29 & 30: Tours at 10, 11:30a; 1, 2:30p: Come for a special tour of Rudyard Kipling’s estate when the 100-yard rhododendron tunnel is expected to be in bloom! See Naulakha, the main house where Kipling wrote “The Jungle Books” and “Captains Courageous,” among other works. Visit the Kipling Carriage House and the Barn Museum. Enjoy tea on the back deck. Bag lunches available. Rain or shine fundraiser to advance the work of The Landmark Trust USA. No dogs, please. Register at website.
Westminster Cares 18th Annual Garden Tour
Westminster
July 20–21, 10a to 3p
http://www.westminstercares.org
Featuring gardens of landscape designers Gordon and Mary Hayward, Cyndy Fine of Genius Loci, and garden blogger Alice Laughlin. Also featured: A talk by landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy. Miles Chapin’s outdoor sculptures on display in the Hayward gardens and an Art of the Garden show at the Westminster Institute. Lunch is served in the Hayward gardens.
