EVENTS or three for $ 25 ) may be purchased at tour headquarters or online , beginning March 1 , at gardenclubofjackson . com . Tickets for the boxed lunch by Newk ’ s Eatery must be purchased in advance for pick-up or dine-in at the courtyard of a fifth Meadowbrook Highlands home . All ticket sales are final .
Collette McIntyre and Evie Hinds are serving as co-chairs for the fundraiser which also includes two evening events . Tickets for after-hours events are limited and must be purchased in advance at the club ’ s website .
An Evening Garden Party will be held from 6-8 p . m ., Tuesday , April 5 , in Ridgeland ’ s Greenwood Plantation at the beautiful Beaux Arts home and gardens of Dr . and Mrs . Harper Stone . From the salon , which features two beautiful French fireplaces , guests can glimpse a lovely view of the parterre garden , or may enjoy strolling through the formal gardens , filled with Japanese boxwood , white azaleas , Italian cypress trees , yews , needlepoint holly , and Natchez crepe myrtles .
A new event , Fresh Cut Flowers after Hours , will be held from 5:30-7:30 p . m . on Wednesday , April 6 , at the Georgian home and gardens of Christie and George Walker in Eastover . Julia Putt of Fresh Cut Catering , event sponsor , will create floral arrangements as tasty hors d ’ oeuvres and drinks are enjoyed . A bonus will be artist-in-the-garden American Impressionist Jill Steenhuis who will create a painting during the two-hour event . Jill , who lives with her family in
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Provence , grew up in Atlanta and remains friends with many Mississippi campers she met while attending Camp DeSoto over the years .
With a strong commitment to gardening with native plants , The Garden Club of Jackson will offer a Go Native plant sale of “ tried and true ” native plants propagated or grown by GCJ members from seeds in their gardens . The Go Native plant sale will include purple coneflowers , Stokes aster , salvia , buckeye tree , blackeye Susan , phlox , swamp sunflowers , bee balm , and mountain mint .
Proceeds from the 2022 Tour will restore and transform the 1925 Tudor Revival garage of internationally acclaimed author Eudora Welty ( 1909-2001 ) into dedicated classroom space for horticultural activities and workshops .
Jackson ’ s own Pulitzer Prize-winning author , Miss Welty was an avid gardener who personally tended her gardens in Belhaven , her home for nearly 80 years , and often used elements of the garden in her books .
Since the garden tour ’ s inception in 1993 , the GCJ has generously donated more than $ 215,000 , in addition to sweat equity , to conserve , beautify , and enhance a variety of Jackson landmarks and gardens , including the Welty property .
• Ouida Drinkwater serves as publicity chair for The Garden Club of Jackson .
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