Last year we enjoyed the South Church tour. Gardens ranged from professionally landscaped to homeowners' efforts. I just discovered Open Gardens Days in Vermont originally scheduled for the last weekend of June have been cancelled "due to unforeseen circumstances".

This was posted on Gardening in NH's facebook page:

There are several really great events happening in the Keene nh area in the upcoming month....

May 30 th... Monadnock Garden Club Plant Sale @ Wyman Tavern...Keene NH ..9:00-11:00... Be there sharp for the best deals. This is a sale that has a long reputation for selling out before your eyes. Bring totes to carry away your haul.

June 6th... Hampshire House , School St , Keene NH , 9:00 -1:00....
Perennials and annuals from established gardens in the area...hint...
Many of those on this FB page. These plants have been well cared for.

June 20th. Keene Garden Tour..Cheshire Housing Trust ...10:00-4:00
Visit the garden market at Ashuelot Park at 9:00 on the 20th for tickets or contact Cheshire Housing Trust. The tour includes 8 local gardens that have been hand picked by expert gardeners. Tickets $15 for the tour.

Tower Hill Botanic Garden is sponsoring a self-guided tour of 7 Shrewsbury and Worcester, MA area gardens this coming Sunday, June 14.

• Acworth Community Charitable Trust Garden Tour & Arts Sale; Acworth, NH, Sat. July 11; 10am-4pm; 603/835-2925, frogwood@myfairpoint.net

Acworth is on the Connecticut River about 45 minutes south of the Saint-Gaudens National Historic site if you want to make it a really full day.

June 14 is also once a year open house at Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon NH. Not a garden but a farm being restored for agricultural education. Working saw mill and grist mill. You can sign up for classes in blacksmithing, gardening (vegetables) and working with draft animals.

July 11 and 12 is an Open Garden Day at Braveboat Harbor Farm in York Maine. Open Days 2015: May 23 & 24; July 11 & 12. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Needham Garden Tour is this Sunday, June 14. I don't know what it's like and it's pricey -- maybe $40, but the proceeds support the Bay Colony Rail Trail project. See more info here: Needham Garden Tour

I got to the garden tour in Keene NH on June 20. The plant sale in Ashuelot River Park was small but very nice. Enjoyed the tour. Map was pretty clear and frequent bright pink trail markers helped me find all of the gardens. Yesterday I went on the Concord South Church garden tour. This year there were 5 gardens in Bow and Concord so not as spread out as last year. None were professionally designed or maintained but I thought two were exceptional (retired couples sharing the work).

Can anyone else report on where they've been?

Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival July 10-19, 2015

This is the first year for this festival so I have no idea whether it's worth going to, but hydrangeas do very well on the Cape. It's primarily tours of private gardens.

Claire

Defrost, I haven't made it to a single garden yet.

You still have a chance! NHBabs.

Hancock NH July 18, 2015 http://calendar.newhampshire.com/calendar/events/Tours/Garden_Tour/86255/dt/361930.aspx

July 11, 2015 Newport NH Arts in the Garden http://libraryartscenter.org/gardentour/

July 18, 2015 Sunapee tour http://www.projectsunapee.org/

July 25, 2015 York ME County Master Gardeners http://www.diggin-itgardentour.org/

I'm not sure I'm going to get to any more tours. My own garden is in dire need of attention.

I don't think we will get to Jericho VT garden tour this weekend. But Chichester NH is having a 2 day garden tour, sounds like different gardens each day July 25 and 26, 2015.

http://www.chichesternh.org/Public_Documents/ChichesterNH_BBoard/051BD283-000F8513

yesterday 7/25, the Chichester garden tour included a tour of Millican Wholesale Nursery. This tour was far better than I expected plus it was exciting to see all the huge trees and shrubs they sell all over New England. They have 3-4 trailer trucks going to Boston area EVERY day. Wholesale price on a 15 year old sugar maple (I think that was age of tree) is $3500 ! Normally, the public is not allowed in the nursery. And, yes, I lusted after some of the Japanese maples.

Defrost, I saw that they offered the option of each visitor buying one plant, and would have gone had I not made plans to do something else. I'll look for that tour next season for sure!

NHBabs, yes, at wholesale price. I thought the hydrangea selection was terrific but they didn't carry some shrubs I would have jumped to purchase, except I can't buy any shrubs until the new shrub border in my dreams is prepped. I think Chichester only does the tour every two years. The catalog is on-line but it doesn't show prices. You can get an idea of what you might like to get. I'm guessing some of the Japanese maples were very expensive, even at wholesale. They also had some unusual evergreens.