13th Annual Secret Garden Tour

June 6, 2010

Ever wonder how other homeowners manage to cultivate anything besides ivy in this urban setting? Indulge your curiosity and garden fantasies with the annual Hoboken tradition, the 13th Annual Secret Garden Tour, on Sunday, June 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Secret Garden Tour includes a wide range of garden designs by both dedicated gardening enthusiasts and professional designers, with clever solutions to such challenging issues as shallow soil and deep shade. One garden offers a serene, Japanese-inspired design that packs a lot of uses into a small garden, yet maintains a sense of order and spaciousness. Wooden walkways lead up from a bluestone patio across carefully tended planting beds with occasional splashes of color, and a traditional white stone bed. A Buddha keeps watch over the garden and traditional rice paper and bamboo panels protect the owners’ privacy. Another garden shows the owner’s impeccable sense of style and flair for entertaining – an outdoor extension of a home that was on last year’s House Tour.