Plan now to spend Saturday, June 9 visiting six lovely private gardens and enjoying one of the area's favorite early-summer traditions -- the Ann Arbor Garden Walk! Meet homeowner gardeners and be inspired by their labors of love. A quiet, flower-filled courtyard – a city lot overflowing with edibles – lush beds surrounding an historic home – Colonial tradition and color – large properties created and tended for more than 20 years – the six private gardens on today’s Garden Walk promise eye-catching ideas, colorful surprises, and delightful spaces.

Tickets are $15 in advance or at the gate, available online or at these retailers:

• Artistica Gallery (Dexter)

• Dixboro General Store
• Downtown Home & Garden
• Growing Hope
  
• Matthaei Botanical Gardens
• Nicola's Books

Visit our Garden Walk page for all the details!

The Foundation Committee is pleased to announce the following recipients of Ann Arbor Branch grant and scholarship awards.

STEPS for Kids                                            $750            Plants and equipment
Starr Commonwealth                                 $800            Vegetable garden, education
Michigan 4-H Foundation                          $850             Funding for the Endowment
UM Biological Station                                 $1,500         Scholarship for summer graduate student
UM SNRE                                                     $1,500          Scholarship for student
Washtenaw County Youth Garden           $2,270         Garden supplies for Youth Detention Center

Proceeds from the 2012 Ann Arbor Garden Walk will benefit Growing Hope. A fall Cornman Farms tour and Harvest Dinner at Zingerman's Roadhouse will benefit Edible Avalon.