Sixteenth Annual
Secret Gardens of Dunwoody
Friday,
May 14, 10 am - 3 pm
Saturday, May 15, 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday, May 16, 1 pm - 5 pm
Our thanks to the community . . . the 17th annual tour was a resounding success! This popular fundraising event benefiting Dunwoody Nature Center reflects the hard work of the Dunwoody Woman's Club; volunteer DeKalb Master Gardeners who tend to Dunwoody Nature Center's own gardens; host garden homeowners Gloria and Jimmy Lee, Gail and Ray Moss, Joy and Tony Greene, Cindy and Roger Bregenzer, and Annette and Ted Davis; members of the Dunwoody Fine Arts Association for the Artists in the Gardens program; and the many people involved with the Dunwoody Community Garden. Special thanks to Pat Adams, Kathy Hanna, Karen Converse, Marilyn Dalrymple, Su Ellis, and Carolyn Jones for their stellar leadership; the Dunwoody Chamber of Commerce for selling tickets; Lipsey Water for supplying water for our tour-goers; Arthur Jones for the ticket logo artwork; Lindy Farley for hosting the Afterglow garden party; and all of the partnering community organizations who provided volunteers to host in the gardens: Spruill Center for the Arts Guild, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Dunwoody Councilman Denny Shortal and Meredy Shortal, Piedmont Bank-Dunwoody, EcoBrokers of Keller Williams Realty, North Springs Neighborhood Woman's Club, Dunwoody Homeowners Association, Kingswood United Methodist Church, Dunwoody Rotary Club, DeKalb Master Gardeners, Spalding Garden Club, Dunwoody Garden Club, Dunwoody Preservation Trust, Brooke Farm-Dunwoody Close Home and Garden Club, and Dunwoody Stage Door Players. Thank you one and all!
Synopsis of 2010 Event
Join us for the seventeenth annual Secret Gardens of Dunwoody Garden Tour benefiting the Dunwoody Nature Center, featuring five gardens in the Dunwoody and Sandy Springs communities. There’s something for everyone — including the personal small-space garden of a landscape designer and an organic food garden where you will share the gardener's passion for sustainability. The highlight of this year’s tour is an inviting journey through the gardens of Roger and Cindy Bregenzer. On these 3 acres, you will enjoy an herb garden in a fenced courtyard, a hidden garden leading to a wooded area, several outdoor living areas adorned with over 120 varieties of plants -- all surrounding a charming 1852 home and log cabin.
Other private gardens opening their gates for the 2010
tour include Jimmy and Gloria Lee's small but perfect
artist's garden, Ray and Gail Moss's wildlife
sanctuary, Ted and Annette Davis's exquisite garden
on a lake, and Tony and Joy Greene's woodland trail
to the river. Artists from the Dunwoody Fine Arts Association
will again be painting in the gardens this year. Guests
will also be invited to the new Dunwoody Community
Garden at Brook Run, where members will be on hand
to answer questions.
We Invite You To Enjoy the Special Features of this Year's Tour
Secret Treasures Boutique Featuring enticing garden-themed items for guests to purchase for themselves or for gifting. The boutique will be housed in the guest cottage at the Bregenzer garden.
Artists in the Garden 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.
Start your tour at Dunwoody Nature Center, 5343 Roberts Drive, Dunwoody
Located at 5343 Roberts Drive, this urban park is composed of 22 acres of pine and hardwood forest, wetlands, meadows, and Wildcat Creek. Dunwoody Nature Center serves the community with education classes and programs for all ages, including field trips, summer camp, homeschool and Scout events, the Butterfly Festival, and lectures and classes for adults.
Features include our Treehouse learning pavilion overlooking the wetlands, a boardwalk where you will see our Stream Stabilization Project, raised bed gardens, native plantings, and creekside trails.
Restrooms open to the public are located at the Dunwoody Nature Center.
Thanks to our DNC Donors
CHARTER LEAD DONORS
| Pat Adams | Drada and Duane Hoover |
| Alon's | Carolyn and Arthur Jones |
| Toine and Roy Ashley | Nancy and Michael Kabat |
| Anonymous | Forrest C. and Frances Lattner Foundation |
| Atlanta Audubon Society | Richard and Christine Lawry |
| Bank of North Georgia | Frank and Eleanor Lehner |
| Bill Grant Homes | Rita and Tim Lynch |
| Ken and Jean Brockschmidt | Dennis and Diane Maicon |
| Bruster's | Fran and Mary Millar |
| Bud and Donna Burt | Connie Morelle |
| CH2M Hill | Alan and Karen Mothner |
| Ronald and Vicky Canakaris | Pat and Richard Olney |
| Dennis and Marie Crean | Rotary Club of Dunwoody |
| David and Marilyn Dalrymple | Paul and Molly Smith |
| Tom and Judy Flood | Total Wine |
| Nancy B. Fox | Joy Vannerson |
| Friendship Fund | Vogel Family Foundation |
| Millann and R. Neal Funk | Wal-Mart Foundation |
| General Motors | April and Jerry Weiner |
| Georgia Power Foundation |