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1 i SUE CUSTANCE GARDEN DELIGHTS As amanuensis to one of the members, it is my pleasant task to inform you of the Piedmont Gardeners' annual Garden Tour of Athens. This Saturday, Apr. 16, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., rain or shine, you can see, at your own pace, five different gardens which will calm your spirit and blow your mind, inspir ing you either to redouble your effort in your own garden or to throw away your tools in despair and take up crochet. The five locations provide a look at what gardeners have done with different settings and their own visions. A couple of them are suburban house gardens (Teddy and Ken Johnson; Tony Hughey and Jesse Reed) such as you and I could achieve in our own yards in the evening and on weekends if we put in an unbelievable amount of work toward realizing our design. These will inspire you with their variety of plants set within a backyard scale that shows you possibilities and the plants with which to realize them. A view in the garden of Ram and Tom Giberson. Then there's the two-acre woodland garden set within nine acres of forest (Jena Johnson and Mike Strand). This is where you begin to question whether you would have the energy to • engineer your own vision in such an environment. All the more reason to marvel at how indigenously this setting has been subtly worked into an interface between people and nature. By contrast is an Italianate garden classically apportioned and stunning in its design and detail—where even the mulch inspires awe—in a rive Points yard transformed from our Piedmont to that other (Ann and Joe Frierson). Last, but by no means least, is an explosion of flora exqui sitely worked into a wonderland of horticultural surprises (Ram and Tom Giberson). You think the front yard is it, but that's just the window dressing. By the time you pass through the gate to the real garden and see the riches that await, it is bet ter that you didn't know that one woman, with chainsaw and Bobcat, did practically all cf it, waterfalls and all. The gardens are scattered all over town, so, this is not a walking tour, as it has been at least partially in some previ ous years. You've got to drive to this one, but what you find will reward you. You can make up your own route or follow the suggested itinerary in the tour booklet, which gives a good description of each garden, with directions telling you how to get there. The booklet, in fact, is your ticket into the gar dens and must be presented at each location, where Piedmont Gardener members will be on duty to assist and answer ques tions. Booklets can be purchased in advance for $15 from Always, Always Flowers; Cofer's Home & Garden Showplace; Southern Comforts; Thomas Orchards and Nursery; and Weekend A'Fair. The day of the tout, you can just show up at one of the gardens and get your booklet for $20. See some more pictures and get more information at www.piedmontgardeners.org. This is the 18th outing for the Gardeners, who use the pro ceeds to maintain the gardens of the Brumby House welcome center, to fund scholarships for horticulture students and for other purposes. In other words, your price of admission goes to good causes while you share the visions of other gardeners and pick up new ideas. Every year the tour is different, and I believe this one is among the best. You'll find yourself more than recompensed by this opportunity to see what can be done in local gardens— even, some of it, in your own. Pate McCommons editor@flagpole.com THIS WEEK’S ISSUE: City Dope Athens News and Views The Oconee River Classic is Saturday, Apr. 16 at Big Dog s on the River. Athens Rising What’s Up in New Development A new jail will ease ACC’s inmate overcrowding problem, but what about the incarceration rates? EVEIN1T Theatre Review The Last Temptation of Krelborn T&G presents a fun production of Little Shop of Horrors. Art Notes 11 The Lyndon House and Its Refuses The juried shows at the Lyndon House 3nd OCAF offer a cross-section of media and artistic approaches. 1M1U80© The Lance Tilton Foundation 25 You Could Be Instrumental! Non-profit hopes to provide musical instruments and tuition for underprivileged youth. Smells Like Fun Rock 27 Baby Baby Invites You to Undress Surprisingly influenced by Nirvana, this clothing-optional dance band keeps it real. 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