Hydrangea Festival Garden Tour

Sponsored by the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce,

The Hydrangea Fesival is a Garden Tour

supporting non profits across Cape Cod, July 8-17.

Tickets are $5/person per garden. 

Proceeds support our KidSummer scholarship programs.

One ticket per person, per garden. Ticket good at any Hydrangea Festival garden of your choice, across the Cape. All tickets purchased here support CCMNH.

The 5 gorgeous gardens supporting The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History are:

July 8 & 9, 2016   10am - 4pm

Tranquil Labyrinth among the Gardens     Brewster, MA 02631

Take a woodland walk thru shade and native plants to a 7-circuit labyrinth!
15 years in the making, other gardens along this walk feature a butterfly garden, a purple weeping beech arbor leading to a fragrant garden, glacial outcroppings, and formal parterres with a koi and goldfish pond. Don’t miss curated collections of the owners’ favorite plants, including the fiery Japanese maples, specimen evergreens, hydrangeas, perennials, hostas, and daylilies all surrounding quiet seating areas.

July 8 & 9, 2016      10am - 4pm

Time Will Tell         Brewster, MA 02631

Every garden takes time and this mature gem is no exception. Our labor of love features multiple gardens with color, style and texture. The gardens offer something of beauty for each season of the year, to inspire your own designs and creativity. Throughout the yard, there will be places to sit and reflect, enjoy the morning sun, cool off among the shade gardens, a restful moon garden, and many container gardens. The property also features a beautiful stone wall, Mary's birdbath, a front porch overlooking the sea of hydrangeas cascading along the fence, in classic Cape Cod style and the beautiful shades of red garden. Take your TIME and enjoy your visit.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016        10am - 4pm

Serendipitous Hideaway     Brewster, MA 02631

Come explore a garden hideaway on the historic site of a former old Bell System phone switching station. The grounds are bursting with texture, color, and seasonal blooms! Inspired by classic Romantic English gardening, this stunning landscape paradise features many varieties of hosta, native plants and grasses, trees, shrubs, and vines paired with unique decorative touches. Rare, hard-to-find highlights of the tour include a multitude of Hydrangea varieties. The garden is designed to bring year-round interest to every window, with winter as interesting as the summer. Expansive, one-of-a-kind gardens nurtured for 16 years.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016     10am - 4pm 8

Whimsical Woodlands & Cottage Charm    Yarmouthport, MA  02675

A cheerful, old-fashioned cottage garden awaits you! The "naturalness" of the informal cottage garden design is prevalent as you wander thru an entire alphabet of perennials. Enjoy the exuberant, free-flowering masses of color as you tour the naturally wild landscape, accented by native ferns and woodlands with a boggy background. Find the whimsical statues. Admire the lack of lawn and tasteful dog run structure.

Friday, July 15, 2016     10am - 4pm  

Hydrangeas & Perennials GALORE!    Chatham, MA  02633

The gardens of this property are quintessential Chatham, Cape Cod! A crushed shell driveway leads to a beautiful setting lined by a border of mixed perennials. Anchored by a host of Nikko Blue Hydrangeas, the main garden is an ever-changing area with a focus on summer blooms. Admire the cohesive blend of colors and textures in this work in progress. Maintained by Cape Caretakers and a perennial gardener, come see this true summer beauty!

The Museum deeply appreciates the generous garden owners willing to share their creative, horticultural visions in support of our mission: to inspire appreciation, understanding and stewardship of our natural environment through discovery and learning.