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Seven gardens to be featured at Fox Valley Garden Walk

The Fox Valley Garden Walk will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 25. Sponsored by the Elgin Area Branch of the American Association of University Women, the garden walk will feature seven of Elgin's far west country gardens. Native plants, explosions of color, highlighting a new garden or reinvigorating an older garden are among the features of the 2016 Fox Valley Garden Walk.

The seven gardens, easily accessible with the ticket map, will demonstrate how neighbors have worked together to create their urban oasis.

"A common thread is the sharing of plant material between friends and neighbors," said Jan Jones, co-chairperson of the walk. "Many home gardeners will be there to greet you, share ideas for your own garden, and bask in our admiration of their labors."

Gail Borden Public Library's Rakow Branch will be featured with its many native highlights. Local artists Suzanne Massion and Jean Pechtel will be painting "en plein air" at two of the garden sites.

Tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, June 1, at the local Elgin Ace Hardware stores and at the local Jewel Osco stores. Heinz Brothers Garden Center in St. Charles also will have tickets for purchase. Tickets are $15 presale or $18 on the day of the walk, available at each garden site. Tickets also will be available online through www.eventbrite.com. Proceeds for the walk support area scholarships for women.

Visit www.facebook.com/FoxValleyGardenWalk/ or elginarea-il.aauw.net. For information, contact Mary Navin at (847) 931-0351 or jpn98@aol.com.

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