The Parkland Garden Club will be having its annual garden tour 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 11, rain or shine.

The name of the tour is Star-Spangled Garden Tour in honor of America’s 250th Birthday.

Tickets will be available at the following businesses: Crooked Row, Eagle Point Farm Market, Herbein’s Garden Center, Kospia Farms, Lehigh Valley Home and Garden Center, Phoebe Florist, and Ross Plants and Flowers.

Tickets will also be available at all the gardens.

The Penny Holman’s garden is a special treat which has evolved over 40 years.

The gardener asked her daughter how to describe her garden and she said “Whimsical.”

You will be delighted with her choice of sculptures and plants in this garden.

The Jordan UCC has a wonderful Peace Garden in a natural setting for reflection, action or inspiration.

The natural beauty reminds us that God is still speaking.

Continue your exploration to the Main Garden, Spring Hill past the Rock of Ages, up to the Circle of Fire, and the Vesper Vale via Inspiration Garden and Evergreen Trail.

You can also visit the graves of the fallen Revolutionary Soldiers and Pastor Abraham Blumer’s memorial where the Liberty Tree, a Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulpifera), will be planted.

A silent auction will be held here as well as children’s activities.

A ceremony at 10 a.m. will recognize our part in the Semiquincentennial Celebration.

Ben Franklin will be here 9 a.m. to noon along with John Bartram, America’s first horticulturist and botanist.

Pat Wolanski, GCFP president, will be at the ceremony along with local dignitaries, U.S. Congressman Ryan Mackenzie, 7th Congressional District, state Reps. Mike Schlossberg, D-132nd, and Zach Mako, R-183rd, South Whitehall Manager Tom Petrucci, and Jacob Roth, president, Board of Commissioners.

Edward Quinter, local historian, will present a talk on Pastor Abraham Blumer.

Sue and Todd Heller’s 11 acre property has several areas of interest such as an English Garden, perennial beds, a charming white bridge and creek which meanders near a gazebo.

This garden was created to encourage pollinators, and wildlife habitat.

Eva Monheim, a keynote speaker, garden coach and author will be at this garden to meet and greet you.

She is an ISA Certified Arborist, faculty member at Longwood Gardens for the Professional Horticulture program and assistant professor at Temple University.

She will have her book “Shrubs and Hedges: Discover, Grow, and Care for World’s Most Popular Plants” available for purchase.

Kirk and Sara Brown have spent a lifetime collecting plants, trees, working with plant breeders, hybridizers, collectors, wholesale and retail nurseries/nursery professionals, designers, writers, photographers, sales reps, publishers, public gardens, private gardens, botanists, geeks, plant explorers, and landscapers.

At this garden you will be greeted by John and Ann Bartram, aka Kirk and Sara Brown.

Sandie and Durwood Hamil built their home in 1993.

The purpose of their garden is to have something blooming from the last snow to the first frost.

It is a garden that is enjoyed for the colors, sights, and fragrances of the seasons.

Arjana and Jeff Etchason’s garden is predominantly a perennial flower garden along with several types of flowering trees.

They choose their house 20 years ago because it contained a beautiful Frank Chiles Sr. design and a stone cottage and is sitting on a double lot where there would be plenty of space for outdoor living and entertaining.

Annuals and vegetables are grown along with perennials to create a four season garden.

The gardeners have discovered many health benefits of working and relaxing in their garden.

The Paul and Ann Nahodyl‘s Japanese garden was inspired when Paul was stationed in Japan when he was in the Army.

Japanese gardens are designed to be a transition from the outside into a spiritually tranquil space.

Paul’s goal was to create a Japanese style garden with a minimum of western influences, but he couldn’t resist a small display of colorful perennials and annuals in a bed near the house and the deck.

Jeff and Wenda Boyer’s two acres of mostly wooded land in Upper Milford Township was purchased in 1987.

After building their home, they designed the gardens and walkways themselves focusing on creating a natural look.

Their gardens are designed for a four-season interest.

This property is certified as a National Wildlife Habitat. Jeff and Wanda are Master Gardeners.

Gary and Karen Campbell‘s four acre property is a great opportunity to experience natural and ecological design and stewardship at a residential property.

This garden has several distinct areas that blend harmoniously into each other.

You can explore-the more intensively managed gardens around the house, the 2 plus acre planted meadow, and an acre of woodlands.

The meadow will be in bloom for the tour and buzzing with pollinators.

Gary and Karen will be available throughout the day to answer gardening questions.

Gary designed the landscape and is a horticulturist and native plant specialist of Campbell Landscaped Design.

Karen is a PA Master Naturalist and an award winning photographer that provides talks and tours.

Enjoy your day visiting each of these unique gardens.