Marion garden tour will also go to lake, farms

Gardens, the lake and a Flint Hills barn are among the things to see on this year’s Marion garden tour on Saturday.

The tour will take trips into and out of town into the countryside and to Marion County Park and Lake. Hours will be 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., and tickets are $5 at the Marion City Library, 101 Library St. Homemade goodies will be served.

Here’s a rundown of the stops on the tour:

▪ 54 Lakeshore Drive at Marion County Lake. Three water features and flowers are packed into a relatively small space.

▪ 307 Elm in Marion. This is a gracious 1904 home that includes a red, white and blue-bedecked porch, baskets of ferns, a shady garden extending to Luta Creek, and lots of bird-feeders.

▪ 1761 130th. This is a farm compound featuring a barn that houses members of the huge extended Hett family and friends when they come back to visit the home place. Some farmyard animals also live on the grounds.

▪ 1914 Quail Creek west of Marion. This is the Cottonwood Farm situated on a hill on the country road between Marion and Hillsboro. It includes a Flint Hills barn and garden surrounding the residence.

▪ 2251 Highway 56 east of town. This is a house relocated from Marion to a country lane with pasture views, rock edging from the original basement of the house, and an old-fashioned Kansas garden full of hollyhocks in every color, many self-seeding.

▪ Gallery 101 of the Flint Hills, 106 E. Main in Marion, has a sculpture garden outdoors and a special show indoors for the tour. Refreshments will be available as well.

For more information, call 620-382-2442.

Also this weekend, McPherson’s June Bloom Garden Tour will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $7 the day of the tour at the demo garden at 600 W. Woodside in McPherson, where a free trolley will take visitors between the stops. More information: 620-241-1523.

This story was originally published June 22, 2016 at 2:57 PM with the headline "Marion garden tour will also go to lake, farms."