Brownstone Brooklyn Garden Tour Recap
From what we’ve heard so far, the 2007 Garden Tour included some incredible specimens. Long-time reader Przemyslaw Godycki, who we can thank for the photos, thought it was great but told us it “made me feel very humble about my little backyard.” Clockwise from top left, the photos show the gardens of 42 South Portland…
From what we’ve heard so far, the 2007 Garden Tour included some incredible specimens. Long-time reader Przemyslaw Godycki, who we can thank for the photos, thought it was great but told us it “made me feel very humble about my little backyard.” Clockwise from top left, the photos show the gardens of 42 South Portland Avenue, 16 Lafayette Avenue, 218 Washington Avenue, and 227 Washington Avenue. How was the overall turnout? What was your favorite garden on the tour?
“Why don’t the schedule tours on different days so we can go to all of them?”
Would that there were enough Sundays in May and early June. Remember that you can’t use Mother’s Day or Memorial Day weekends (because few people would come–it’s been tried). We (PLG) once tried a Saturday–it didn’t work for us, although Brooklyn Heights and Bed-Stuy seem to do OK with Saturdays. We’ve been using the first Sunday in June for many years (except when there’s a 5th Sunday in May). It’s a shame the Garden Tour was the same weekend, but, to not conflict with another tour or Father’s day weekend, they’d have had to wait until the last Sunday in June which is just too late in the season.
PS: The address for the garden whose photo is top right is 116 Lafayette Avenue.
Here’s a link to my Flickr photo set from that garden:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/flatbushgardener/sets/72157600314237399
Thank you, anon 12:27!
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Yes, I have hundreds of photos from the tour. I’m still organizing and uploading them. The Fort Greene leg is all up on my blog and Flickr. Clinton Hill is 2/3 up. Prospect Heights will be the last one up.
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Here’s the direct link to the post on my blog with my impressions and links to the other posts and photos:
http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/2007/06/10th-annual-brownstone-brooklyn-garden.html
“but the PLG house tour was relatively weak this year”
HA! You obviously didn’t go on the PLG House Tour! It was DEFINITELY one of the best ever! There was a Victorian restoration that was so historically accurate, it was like a museum. There was also a modern, gut renovation of a burned out brownstone that looked like it belonged in Architectural Digest. And there was everything in between, including some incredible gardens. Definitely one of the best PLG House Tours ever. I couldn’t believe how many people attended – even with the afternoon rain.
Didn’t see the Brooklyn Brownstone Gardens Tour, but the pictures look pretty fabulous. Why don’t the schedule tours on different days so we can go to all of them?
I wasn’t able to go, but heard it was great! Nice pics.
Gorgeous…would love to see more photos.
http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com/
If you want to see more photos of the gardens. Great photos! Thank you Flatbush Gardener.
I thought the garden tour was excellent. We hadn’t planned to go, but the PLG house tour was relatively weak this year and so we decided at the last minute to switch to the garden tour. It was great fun and I’m amazed at what other people are able to do with their gardens. My thumb will never be that green, though….
tomorrow. have had too much stuff to get through!