Twenty years of work have given Barbara Wetzel of Barrington Hills, who has gardened most of her life, 6 acres of beautiful woodland, rock and prairie gardens.

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Double yellow tulips pop up around statuary in the woodland garden.

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Barbara Wetzel of Barrington Hills looks out from her kitchen and great room on this pond she keeps open year round. It is a favorite watering hole of birds, wildlife and her dogs.

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Some plant lovers will have trouble deciding where to look when visiting Barbara Wetzel's garden.

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Azaleas and rhododendrons could be the showiest plants at Barbara Wetzel's open garden.

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This is a pond just outside the Wetzel home.

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Barbara Wetzel's idyllic garden will be open for tour.

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Barbara Wetzel of Barrington Hills enjoys tiny native plants like this erythronium albidum or white trout lily.

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Ted Nyquist of Bartlett will open his garden to the public on May 22.

The garden, dubbed Glenelg, on the Childress property in West Chicago will be open on May 22.