Modesto Garden Club Spring Garden Tour
Modesto Garden Club Spring Garden Tour
On Sat. April 12, 2025 the Modesto Garden Club, Inc. will host the annual Spring Garden Tour. The Modesto Garden Club hosted its first Spring Garden Tour in 1932 with three gardens. This year the club hosts five self-touring gardens on Sat., April 12th from 10am to 4pm. Tickets are $25 and children 11 years and under are free.
TICKETS: $25 tickets can be purchased at the Modesto Garden Club (MGC) office each Wednesday from 9-12noon until the tour. Tickets are also available at the Morris Nursery, Marcy’s Hallmark, The Paper Habit, Suite 52 Living, Fresh Idea Flower Co. , Thompson’s Building Supply & Nursery, Westurf Nursery, the Greenery Nursery, and online through VENMO or modestogardenclub.org. Tickets are available for purchase on the day of the tour at each garden location.
GARDENS: The five gardens embrace an range of ideas, plants and focus. Prepare to be wowed by a tropical paradise, a one acre “mountain lake” surrounded by redwoods, a Japanese maple tree and rose oasis, a drought tolerant hybrid garden and a cottage garden. A Master Gardener’s booth will include gardening tips and information. REFRESHMENTS are served at the MGC garden and you can purchase tickets to win RAFFATUNITY items at the club’s garden.
2025 Modesto gardens on tour include:
1) Shawn & Chris Gray at 2525 Paradise Ave;
2) Dorene & John Paoluccio at 3530 Kiernan Ave;
3) Debbi & Bruce Perry at 7217 Spy Glass Dr;
4) Dona & Larry Taylor at 1829 Giardino Way; and
5) The Modesto Garden Club Office at 622 14th Street. All tours take place outside in the garden.
FUNDS: Funds from the Spring Garden Tour make it possible for the Modesto Garden Club to continue its 100+ year focus on urban beautification an preservation of green spaces. Proceeds support scholarships for college bound horticulture and landscape students, planting the Aileen Gallo Memorial Clock, planting flower pots in the downtown area and Gallo Center for the Arts, maintaining the Senior Citizens center garden, school and therapeutic gardens, and over a dozen additional philanthropic endeavors.
The Modesto Garden Club will also host a Summer Luncheon and Table Viewing in June at Del Rio Country Club. Table viewing is open to the public. For more information about Modesto Garden Club, Inc., go to the website ModestoGardenClub.org or Facebook