Fifteenth Annual
Dream Gardens of Dunwoody 2008 Tour
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Friday, May 16 • 10 am to 3 pm
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Saturday, May 17 • 10 am to 5 pm
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Sunday, May 18 • 1 pm to 5 pm
ADMISSION: $15 ADVANCE • $20 AT THE GATE
Tickets are available at DNC or Wild Bird Center at Williamsburg Shopping Center
Gorgeous gardens and inspiration galore. Six special residential gardens to amaze and delight you, including the display gardens at the Nature Center.
Enjoy the Special Features of This Year’s Tour:
Garden Boutique
This year we will once again feature the talents of this community with a “Garden Boutique” in the Harrison Garden on Monticello Drive. The gift items include original art, note cards, photos and other items - all benefiting the programs of Dunwoody Nature Center.
Artists in the Garden
Saturday, May 17 and Sunday, May 18
The Dunwoody Nature Center gratefully acknowledges the support of members of the Dunwoody Fine Arts Association, and others for their participation. Peek over the shoulder of artists who capture the beauty of each garden - see how their unique visions and talents produce varied works of art. Stop by DNC to see the artists' exhibit of paintings.
ARTISTS: Elizabeth Bame - Evelyn Breit - Elsie Dresch - Sally Evans - Nancy Everett - Mary Francis - Robin Garrison - Pat Heetderks - Kaye Hibbard - Brenda Hinton - Phyllis Ingham - Arthur Jones - Gia Lillie - Judi Moore - Loretta Paraguaasso - Sandra Pontius - Anna Belle Pyle - Marlene Puca - Vera Rollo - Georgia Rousseau - Helen Sleeper - Pat Webster - Maria Wetzel - David Wheeler
“Dig in the Dirt Day” for the Kids!
Children four and older may picnic in the woods while parents attend the Dream Gardens Tour on Friday or Saturday. To reserve a spot, call the office (770-394-3322) and for $15 you can drop off your child from 11 am - 2 pm, and enjoy the gardens at your leisure. Pack a sack lunch and water for your child, who will climb to our forest picnic area, hike through the wetlands, play games and make nature crafts. Space is limited so call early!
Start your tour at Dunwoody Nature Center 5343 Roberts Dr.
Located at 5343 Roberts Drive, the Nature Center is a not-for-profit environmental education facility. DeKalb County Parks and Recreation Department owns and maintains the building and grounds.
This urban park is composed of 22 acres of pine and hardwood forest, wetlands, and meadows. Wildcat Creek flows through the park. We serve the community with education classes for all ages, from “Tails and Tales for Toddlers,” to scout events, the Butterfly Festival, and lectures and classes for adults.
While touring the Center, take a stroll to our wetlands boardwalk where you will see our Stream Stabilization Project, which demonstrates the value of vegetative means to solve landscape dilemmas, particularly erosion of the stream banks and loss of trees.
Visit the demonstration gardens around the building, and walk the trails. DeKalb Master Gardeners, the Dunwoody Woman’s Club, the Spalding Garden Club, the Georgia Native Plant Society, and other clubs and individuals have adopted garden areas which they plant and maintain to delight and educate our visitors. The “Artists in the Gardens” will be painting in the gardens on Saturday and Sunday. Their works will be exhibited at the Center during the tour and for most of May. We thank them for sharing their talents.
Restrooms open to the public are located at the Dunwoody Nature Center. Tickets are available at this location. On the ticket is a map to the six residential gardens featured on the tour!
Garden Tour Host Organizations
Atlanta Audubon Society • DeKalb Master Gardeners • Brooke Farm-Dunwoody Close Home & Garden Club • Dunwoody Garden Club • Dunwoody Homeowners Association • Dunwoonwoody Preservation Trust • Dunwoody Rotary Club • Dunwoody Woman's Club • Kiwannis Club North DeKalb/Dunwoody • North Springs Neighborhood Woman's Club • RBC Centura • Redfield Home & Garden Club • Spalding Garden Club • Spruill Center for the Arts Guild • Stagedoor Players • SunTrust • Veterans of Foreign Wars • Wyntercreek Neighbors
Thanks to our 2008 Donors
LEAD DONORS CIRCLE
Anonymous • Pat Adams • Roy & Toine Ashley • Bud & Donna Burt • Bill Grant Homes • Ken & Jean Brockschmidt • Dennis & Marie Crean • David & Marilyn Dalrymple • Tom & Judy Flood • Nancy Fox • Millan & Neal Funk • Kathy & Barry Hanna • Duane & Drada Hoover • Carolyn & Arthur Jones • Richard V. Lawry • Frank & Eleanor Lehner • Rita & Tim Lynch • Fran & Mary Millar • Connie Morelle • Alan & Karen Mothner • Richard & Pat Olney • Paul & Molly Smith • Joy Vannerson • Bill & Judy Vogel • Jerry & April Wiener
SPONSOR
The Lattner Foundation • General Motors Doraville • The Friendship Fund • Bill Grant Homes • Rotary Club of Dunwoody • Atlanta Audubon Society • Cory Feig-Sandoval • Molly Huntington • Jonathan Knope, Team Robotik
PLATINUM
Coldwell Banker Cares Foundation • Dunwoody Woman's Club • FK Dunwoody, LLC (Bruster's) • Wal-Mart Foundation • Connie Morelle, Keller Williams Realty
GOLD
Careerbuilder •Dunwoody Homeowners Association • Dunwoody North Garden Club • Georgia Power • Georgia Transmission Corporation • Peachtree Bank of Dunwoody •Z. B. Rondowsky, O. D. • Troutman Sanders LLP •Wild Bird Center of Dunwoody
SILVER
Signature Bank of Georgia • Thelen Design Build
BRONZE
Ken & Jean Brockschmidt •Candlebar & More • The Cigar Merchant • The Duke of Wellington •Dunwoody Bistro •Dunwoody Animal Medical Center • Foot & Ankle Center of NE Georgia • Griffith Engineering • Magnolia Financial Management • Max & Erma's • Mellow Mushroom •Old Hickory House •Picayune Toys • Rapport Hair Salon • REI • Thomas Sparkman DDS • Vanderlyn ELementary CCCC
BOOSTERS
Beauty by Nature • Corner Bar & Grill • Purple Hippo Art Studio • River Shore Estates Garden • Workbench Ace Hardware
OTHER SIGNIFICANT DONORS
Monroe Brock • Andy & Mary Burt • Richard & Su Ellis • Jim & Cookie Flaum • Keely & Claire Hayes • Mike & Nancy Kabat • Stephanie Ramsey & Adam Stine • Henry & Maggie Staats • Jean Williams
IN-KIND DONATIONS
Pat Adams •Bob Kerr & Associates •Donna Burt • Carabba's • Cascade Springs Forestry • Averill Bonsall & Gary Peiffer, DeKalb Extension Service • DeKalb Master Gardeners •DeKalb Parks & Recreation Dept. • Dunwoody Crier • Dunwoody Woman's Club • Jeanne McMahan & Nancy Mullins, Dunwoody Library • El Azteca • Tom Mills, Mount Vernon Printing • Matt Springer, P2AD • Mr. Margarita
MATCHING FUNDS