Gardeners' Garden Tour

A private garden on the 2025 Gardeners’ Garden Tour. Purchase your advance tickets for the annual Gardeners' Garden Tour. The tour features private area gardens as well as open visitation both days at Wing Haven Garden & Bird Sanctuary, SEED Wildlife & Children's Garden, and the Elizabeth Lawrence House & Garden. Be inspired! We’re excited to partner with Pertinacious Coffee Co. on Saturday morning from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Pertinacious is a women-owned, Charlotte based small business. Their business is built on the idea that great coffee is about more than just the drink itself. They believe in their community, house-made ingredients, and quality service! Garden Tour Hours: Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and Sunday 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. This event happens rain or shine, and tickets are non-refundable. Proceeds benefit Wing Haven’s gardens and programs. Gardeners' Garden Tour Registration $30.00 Advance tickets $30 through 5 p.m. on Friday, April 24. Purchase tickets online now or in-person at Wing Haven or Blackhawk Hardware & Garden Center (4225 Park Rd, Charlotte). Day-of tickets are $35. Purchase during the tour at Will Call (10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday and 12-4 p.m. on Sunday), at Blackhawk Hardware & Garden Center (business hours), or online. Join us the evening before for our preview event, Garden Tour Sip & See (separate ticketed event). Price includes a ticket to the tour. All tickets purchased online will be available for pickup at Will Call (248 Ridgewood Ave) during tour hours. Children 10 and under free. Tour tickets have all of the addresses listed. Add to cart 2026 Gardeners' Garden Tour Descriptions Ellen & Ed Baesel Our garden began in late fall 1987. We got to work right away forming foundation and border beds. Soon we found out that we inherited many established foundation plants including forsythia, rose of Sharon, ‘Mrs. G.G. Gerbing’ and ‘Formosa’ azaleas, nandina and more. A friend gifted us a “few” Lenten roses, which have now taken over. In the mid-2000’s, we added teacup roses, a leatherleaf mahonia, daylilies, peonies and more from Ed’s parent’s garden. In 2000, we undertook a large renovation/addition, to move the main entrance from the side to the front and extend out the rear. Those changes helped us define more of our garden rooms as well. Shade has been our major foe, but we have leaned into living with it. Both the front and rear grass areas were significantly reduced about six years ago and new plantings have gone in those places. We have concentrated on shady plants in the front near the entrance area, adding additional ferns and hostas, several new daffodil varieties and other finds from the Wing Haven nursery sales. The most recent change has been extending a bed on the south side of the drive, plus renovating and improving the north side border. Dan Boxer My garden is a collection of yearly projects to reclaim an older property’s existing framework. New plants have been added to accommodate th...