Garden parties

0 Comments | Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Mar 6, 2005 | by Beth J. Harpaz Associated Press

Garden Conservancy's Open Days, in which 400 private gardens in 21 states pick a day or more to admit the public between May and October; calendar at www.gardenconservancy.org/opendays- schedule.html or call 888-842-2442.

Historic Garden Week in Virginia, April 16 to 24, sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia: Tours at 250 sites, from Mount Vernon and Williamsburg to private backyards; www.VAGardenweek.org or 804- 644-7776.

Meadowlark Hill Lilac Collection, which usually blooms the second and third weeks of May; Rural Route 1, Ogallala, Neb., or 308-284- 2524

Nantucket Annual Daffodil Festival Weekend, April 22 to 24, Nantucket Island, Mass.; www.nantucketchamber.org or 508-228-1700.

Orchid show, Feb. 26 to March 27, New York Botanical Garden, Bronx River Parkway and Fordham Road, the Bronx, www.nybg.org or 718- 817-8700.

Tulip festivals: April 1 to 30 in Skagit Valley, Wash., www.tulipfestival.org or 360-428-5959; and May 7 to 14 in Holland, Mich., www.tuliptime.com or 800-822-2770.

Wildflower Days festival, March 14 to April 25, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 LaCrosse Ave., Austin, Texas, www.wildflower.org or 512-292-4100.

Wistaria Festival in Sierra Madre, Calif., March 13, celebrating a 111-year-old vine (the locals use a historical spelling of wisteria) with more than 1.5 million blossoms; www.sierramadrewistariafestival.com or 626-306-1150.

Other noteworthy gardens

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road, Tucson, www.desertmuseum.org or 520-883-2702. Abundant wildflower bloomings through early April.

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, State Highway 245, Clermont, Ky., www.bernheim.org or 502-955-8512.

Bloedel Reserve, 7571 N.E. Dolphin Drive, Bainbridge Island, Wash., www.bloedelreserve.org or 206-842-7631. Reservations required.

Chanticleer Garden, 786 Church Road, Wayne, Pa., www.chanticleergarden.org or 610-687-4163.

Chicago Botanic Gardens, 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, Il., www.chicago-botanic.org or 847-835-5440.

Crosby Arboretum, 370 Ridge Road, Picayune, Miss., www.botanicgardens.org or 720-865-3500.

Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 North Galvin Parkway, Phoenix, Ariz., www.dbg.org or (480) 941-1225

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, 10901 Old Cutler Road, Coral Gables, Fla., www.fairchildgarden.org/ or 305-667-1651.

Ganna Walska Lotusland, Santa Barbara, Calif., www.lotusland.org or 805-969-9990. Reservations required; address supplied with reservation.

Garden in the Woods of the New England Wild Flower Society, 180 Hemenway Road, Framingham, Mass., www.newfs.org or 508-877-7630.

Holden Arboretum, 9500 Sperry Road, Kirtland, Ohio; www.holdenarb.org or 440-946-4400.

Huntington Botanical Gardens, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, Calif., www.huntington.org or 626-405-2100

Longwood Gardens, Route 1, Kennett Square, Pa., www.longwoodgardens.org or 610-388-1000.

Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, Mo., www.mobot.org or 800-642-8842.

National Tropical Botanical Garden, 3530 Papalina Road, Kalaheo, Hawaii, www.ntbg.org or 808-332-7324.