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Sunny Sunday brings out crowd for Milton Garden Tour

Rosemary Connelly sketches a beautiful landscape scene at the final house of the tour in Edgewater Estates off Minos Conaway Road. NICK ROTH PHOTO
September 27, 2019

An unusually hot and humid late September Sunday greeted guests of the 19th annual Milton Garden Tour Sept. 22. This year’s tour featured seven gardens spread out from downtown Milton nearly to Lewes. 

One of the featured gardens was Milton Historical Society’s pollinator garden on Union Street. Planted in April with more than 300 plants and 58 different species, each specimen offers nectar, pollen or shelter. Milton Community Foundation recently awarded a grant for a rain barrel project; the barrel will be painted and used to water the many plants. 

Six more gardens were on the properties of Milton or Milton-area residents, each with its own special features such as a G-scale railroad weaving through or a serene setting just off the Broadkill River. 

Rosemary Connelly sketches a beautiful landscape scene at the final house of the tour in Edgewater Estates off Minos Conaway Road. NICK ROTH PHOTO
A stone path leads visitors through the beautiful garden of Mike and Buffy Zajic.
A friendly message welcomes visitors to Mike and Buffy Zajic’s garden.
Gretchen Hanson, left, holds Khal Drogo with garden owner Roberta Hagen.
Bruce Edge, left, and Rob Bolan welcome guests to the home of Libby Zando and Bob Blayney on Chandler Street.
Gary Smith labels one the plants in his garden in the Heronwood community.
Carol and Gary Smith’s garden is full of plants found in the Orlando, Fla., area.
A G-scale railroad weaves its way through Carol and Gary Smith’s garden.
Jeff Evans performs for visitors at Dave and Eileen Johnson’s home.
A few frogs wait for a train.
This frog needs saving before the train comes round the bend.
Joe and Debbie Seamone created a picturesque garden at their Vincent Overlook garden.
An easel and chair wait for an artist in the middle of Libby Zando and Bob Blayney’s Chandler Street garden.
A pool fits in perfectly with the home of Libby Zando and Bob Blayney.
Eileen Johnson stands in her Behringer Avenue garden.
Donna O’Driscoll of Otter House Creations shows off some of her one-of-a-kind mosaics.
This dog is in witness protection, hiding in the garden of Roberta and Gordon Hagen.
A friendly message graces the garden of Roberta and Gordon Hagen on Union Street.
A dragon statue holds a sign welcoming all to the garden.
A large tiger welcomes people to the garden of Roberta and Gordon Hagen on Union Street.
Guests walk through the Milton Historical Society’s pollinator garden on Union Street.
Dahlias add a sprinkle of color to the Milton Historical Society’s pollinator garden on Union Street.
The Milton Historical Society’s pollinator garden on Union Street was started in April with more than 300 plants and 58 different species, each offering nectar, pollen or shelter.
Cuphea adds a little color to the garden of Carol and Gary Smith.
Mike and Buffy Zajic created a natural path through a wooded area across from their home in Edgewater Estates.
New Guinea impatiens pop in the garden of Mike and Buffy Zajic.

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