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Ten Gardens Tour

The Ten Gardens Tour, now in its seventh year, celebrates private gardens in Shorewood, Saturday.

Get your tickets now while they’re hot (and lately, that should not present a problem).

The tour kicks off at 10 a.m. and, as in years past, benefits the Department of Public Works Beautification Committee.

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Grab your $10 ticket and then garden-hop in any order (list below) until 3 p.m.

Tickets are available now at , 2107 E. Capitol Drive, , 3930 N. Murray Avenue, and at the tour gardens themselves on Saturday. For more information about the Ten Gardens Tour, please contact Laura Drexler at 963-9695.

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The hot list of Shorewood Gardens (and that’s no joke – keeping these gardens hydrated this year is a challenge in itself. Let’s applaud these diligent green-thumbed souls on Saturday).

  • Bill Nasgovitz, 4470 N. Lake Dr.
  • Anita and Don Ford, 4300 N. Lake Dr.
  • Khris and Elwira Wolko, 4314 N. Newhall St.
  • Liz Williams, 3820 N. Newhall St.
  • Birdie Rieck and Mike Maher, 2100 E. Menlo Blvd.
  • Kay Wosewick, 2514 E. Shorewood Blvd.
  • Susan Weistrop, 2615 E. Newton Ave.
  • Barbara and Mark Mendelson, 2621 E. Newton Ave.
  • Diane and David Buck, 3559 N. Summit Ave.
  • Marsha Kuhnke, 4221 N. Downer Ave.


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