Garden Tour

The Nashua Garden Tour will be presented on June 19 & 20, 2010 by the Friends of the Nashua Symphony. 10:00am - 3:00pm RAIN OR SHINE!




Tour includes 7 extremely varied gardens, maps and home details will be distributed with ticket purchase.

Tour starts at 51 Berkeley Street (Tickets will be available at this address beginning at 10 am both tour days)

TICKET INFORMATION: Tickets are $15 in advance $20 at the door. You can ORDER ONLINE. Tickets are also available in person at these outlets:

A few garden highlights:

The Fortnam Gardens
Deanne and Doug Fortnam have been gardening on their property on Cambridge Rd. for thirty-two years and it is a labor of love that has developed in scope and beauty over time. There were no gardens or plantings except for a few overgrown foundation shrubs when they moved to their home in 1978. The back yard was covered with mature second growth White Pines and a few Oak trees and the land is a rocky, glacial hill with poor soil. Over time Deanne designed the perennial beds and borders to best flow with the topography of the yard and the small outcrops of granite. If there was a piece of immovable ledge Deanne incorporated it into the rock walls that enclose the five perennial beds in the back garden. The largest and shining star of the perennial borders is the Terrace Garden that steps up the hill. The first terrace was added in the early 1980’s and the third and last was added in 1995. Deanne likes to tell her visitors that every rock in every wall in the garden came from a hole where something was planted. The land has required extensive soil improvements, so Deanne and Doug contribute organically by composting leaves, kitchen scraps and grass cuttings to amend the soil in their gardens.

The Duck Pond House
Inspired by the beautiful hillside gardens in upper England and Scotland, Elizabeth and Richard Foemmel have created gardens that they can enjoy year-round. Their gardens are a huge draw for area wildlife, including ducks, herons, fish, and noisy frogs. One of the highlights of their property is the magnificent European Hornbeam Tree. It has been certified by the New Hampshire Big Tree Program http://extension.unh.edu/Forestry/BigTree.htm (a cooperative extension of the University of New Hampshire), as the oldest know, living tree specimen in the state.

The Kert Garden
Cathy Kert and her father, Joe Field, designed and built their home 19 years ago with a perfect sanctuary for family and friends in mind. In recent years, Parker Garden Design worked to enlarge the planting beds in the back yard allowing more space for vegetables and edible perennials. Their tasty fair includes crabapples, strawberries, daylilies, nasturtiums, blueberries, vegetables and herbs. It has been a fun part of the garden that has included all the children as they’ve grown, both in the Kert household and the neighborhood kids. http://www.cathykertinteriors.com