Lake Tahoe Garden Tour July 30
Posted on June 24, 2011
Filed Under North Tahoe Events
Lake of the Sky Garden Club’s 23rd annual Lake Tahoe Garden Tour benefiting local garden projects will take place in the historic town of Truckee on Saturday, July 30, 2011 from 10am to 4pm.
Eight gardens will be on the tour including a stunning perennial lakefront garden on Donner Lake (pictured here) and a Victorian garden in the historic downtown area. Light refreshments will be served at one of the gardens. Tickets sell out quickly, and may not be available at the gate on the day of the tour.
Lake of the Sky Garden Club’s goals are to promote an interest in gardening, with particular emphasis on the problems at high altitude, to support charitable, educational, and scientific works, as well as to initiate and participate in beautification and developmental gardening projects in the North Tahoe region.
Proceeds from this tour will fund scholarships to encourage study in landscaping, horticulture, forestry or environmental science and up to $6,000 in grants to local community garden projects.
The club has donated tens of thousands of dollars in the past to recipients including Thunderbird Lodge, Tahoe City Historical Society, Watson Cabin, Gatekeeper’s Museum, Ehrman Mansion – Pine Lodge, Hospice, UC Davis Tahoe City Fish Hatchery (Eriksson Education Center), Girl Scouts, Project MANA, Penny Pines as well as local colleges, Community Gardens and libraries.
Lake of the Sky Garden Club is a nonprofit organization with 76 members. Sharon Gay is President and Historian of the Club. The club is a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., Pacific Region, and California Garden Clubs, Inc., Golden Foothills District.
Purchase Tickets in Advance:
Truckee Garden Tour Tickets $20. Mail check or money order to Lake of the Sky Garden Club, Attention Tickets, P.O. Box 1827, Tahoe City, CA 96145, or contact sharongay@hotmail.com. Tickets are on sale after June 15th at Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce, McBride’s Tahoe Tree Nursery in Tahoe City, Villager Nursery in Truckee, and other local North Lake Tahoe and Truckee nurseries. Visit www.lake-of-the-sky.org for more information about this North Lake Tahoe event.
