GardenFest 2024
June 15-16 from 10 am to 3 pm
Experience the arts at Main Street Arts and four nearby gardens
Note: A few people have reported having trouble with buying tickets with our online system. We're sorry about that, and don't
want you to miss the garden tour! If your credit card was rejected, please email info@mainstreetarts.org. You can come to MSA on the garden tour days and pay by cash, check or credit card at the $20 price. |
Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 on the days of the event. Tickets provide admission to all four gardens on both days. Included in the entrance ticket price is one raffle ticket with a chance to win gift certificates generously donated by local nurseries. Additional raffle tickets will be available. The Alice Tea Party is an additional $15 and space is limited. Tea reservations must be received by June 10.
Go to mainstreetarts.org to buy tickets and make tea reservations. Begin your journey at MSA to pick up tickets and a map and to see the garden-related gallery exhibit and botanical printing demonstration. Convenient parking for people with limited mobility will be reserved at each site. Contact MSA at info@mainstreetarts.org for questions about accessibility. Proceeds from this special event will support MSA’s efforts to make programs affordable and to pay teachers as professionals. Saturday June 15
10:00 am - 3:00 pm Gallery Show and leaf printing demos at MSA 10:30 am Indian music in Korstange garden 11:00 am - 2 pm Alice in Wonderland tea party and picnic take-out at MSA 12:00 pm Croquet games and plein air painting in Morgan garden 1:00 pm Alice in Wonderland tea party and picnic take-out at MSA 1:30 pm Red Tent Singers and ballroom dancing in Hume garden Sunday, June 16 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Gallery Show and leaf printing demos at MSA 10:30 am Indian music in Korstange garden 11:00 am - 2 pm Alice in Wonderland tea party and picnic take-out at MSA 12:00 pm Croquet games in Morgan garden 1:00 pm Alice in Wonderland tea party and picnic take-out at MSA 2:00 pm String Band Barn Dance in Hume garden |
GARDEN DESCRIPTIONS
Susan Still’s Garden
I like to create garden rooms of different sizes, shapes, and styles so that each one has its own character. In eleven years, we’ve turned a field of turfgrass into a place that is interesting for humans. It provides habitats for birds and pollinators as we add more native plants. There is a fire circle, a moss-covered labyrinth, and places to stroll, meditate, or gather.
Shrubs and small trees provide structure, and perennials provide foliage and blooms for this increasingly complex design. Maintaining this is arduous, so we allow some messiness as we wait for the garden to find what it wants to be. I am a partner with the garden, and sometimes it shows me its own desires.
Jeanne Korstange’s Garden
My border garden history begins with the plants I inherited from Averill Larson, the previous homeowner:
Beautiful peonies, phlox, beebalm, balloon flower, roses and a very special double pink baby's breath.
The swimming pool, which was here when we moved in, determines the landscape.
Since there is standing, sitting and walking meditation I knew there must be floating meditation which I now do.
I focus on flowers and enjoy their qualities as I float, walk, sit or listen to music in my garden.
I am also trying to camouflage my fence (required for the pool) with roses or distract from it with beautiful daylilies from Olally in Newfane and climbers like wisteria, hydraenga and morning glory.
My aspiration is that the beds will unfold like a raga and include all the improvisations that find their way into one of the beds.
Cass Morgan’s Garden
In the 19 plus years that I have owned my home, I have split my time between Saxtons River, and NYC
where I’ve had a career as a professional actress.
My garden is my solace, my exercise, my creative outlet and my joy.
I love the give and take between the gardener and the land, the challenge and the discovery of what plants want to be where, what plants thrive in a certain spot and fail in another. I love the exchange of energy: I put in so many hours of toil and sweat, and the garden gives back edible fruits and vegetables, and beautiful vistas both vast and intimate.
My garden provides a balance in my life. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Christine Hume’s Garden
The Hume/Bourne garden has a unique setting within a gorgeous stone foundation rising 6' to 8’ above a brick and stone patio. These tall stone walls were the foundation for a huge, multi level barn built around the turn of the last century.
This majestic barn with it’s towering silo stood for over 50 years before a massive fire claimed the barn, the silo and an adjacent barn. All that was left standing were the fortress-like foundations for the two barns and silo. The barn foundations provide an impressive backdrop for the perennial gardens and the silo foundation houses a sunken, wood-fired cedar hot tub.
We look forward to your visit to this unique garden setting.