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Welcome to the 13th Annual TOOELE VALLEY SPRING GARDEN TOUR!
Held on Saturday, June 11th, 2011, this year's tour features 12 beautiful yardscapes across the Tooele Valley in Stockton, Tooele, Erda, Stansbury and Grantsville! The Tour will be open from 9 AM to 4 PM.
Enjoy a great value and day of enjoyment for $5 per person, and children under 12 are free! Your admission price will provide you with a driving and garden description guide to all 12 homes.
Attendees to the tour can also participate in a drawing for yard and garden prizes including 2 grand prizes of vinyl square foot gardens! Several other prizes are to be won including lawn care products, yard tools, houseplants, tool totes, window gardens and other great prizes that are sure to appeal to the gardening-minded!
The prize drawing will be held at 4 PM the day of the tour, and winners will be notified by phone or text. Prize recipients need not be present to win. Items may be picked up the day of the tour at Speirs Farm or at the USU Extension office on Monday, June 13th, during regular office hours.
ADMISSION SALES AND GARDEN TOURS BEGIN 9 AM AT: • Speirs Farm/Barlow Residence, 394 West 200 South, Tooele (Tour location as well) • Fawson Residence, 187 Waterhole Way, Grantsville (Tour location as well) • Tooele Valley Nursery, 425 East Cimarron Way, Erda (Hwy 36 and Cimarron Way, about ½ way between Stansbury Park and Tooele) • South Fork Hardware, 930 N. Main, Tooele, beside Steadman's
NEED MORE INFORMATION? To get more information, email dirtfarmerjay@gmail.com or fishpondpoppy@live.com, or call Jay Cooper at 435-830-1447.
EVENT SPONSORED BY AND PROCEEDS USE The 2011 Tooele Valley Master Gardener's Spring Garden Tour is sponsored by the USU Extension (Tooele) and the Tooele Valley Master Gardeners. Tour and event proceeds are used to promote annual Arbor Day activities and programs. Utah State University Extension is an affirmative action/equal opportunity educational institution.
Written by: Larry A. Sagers Extension Horticulture Specialist Utah State University Thanksgiving Point Office
