BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:SoDel X-WR-CALNAME:Cape Farm and Garden Tour 2021 BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74092021-06-05 DTSTART:20210605T130000Z SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:OPAQUE DTEND:20210605T200000Z LOCATION:31401 Melloy Court\nLewes Delaware 19958 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=31401 Melloy Court\nLewes D elaware 19958;X-APPLE-RADIUS=49;X-TITLE=31401 Melloy Court:geo:38.753963,- 75.202916 GEO:38.753963;-75.202916 SUMMARY:Cape Farm and Garden Tour 2021 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION: \n\nTHE CAPE FARM AND GARDEN TOUR 2021\n\n \n\nTO BENEFIT FO OD BANKS AND PANTRIES\n\n \n\nTHE CAPE FARM AND GARDEN TOUR 2021 on Satu rday\, June 5\, 2021 from 9\nAM to Noon and from 1 PM to 4 PM\, will raise money to benefit local\nfood insecurity at food banks and pantries that s erve this region. \n\n \n\nThe Tour includes three beautiful venues – Lavender Fields at\nWarrington Manor\, LLC\, a working herb farm with gard ens\, Mill Pond\nGarden\, Inc.\, a small gem of a public botanic garden on Red Mill Pond\,\nand the famous Shimizu Garden in old town Lewes with cha rming\,\nsophisticated garden rooms around a three-hundred-year-old house\ ,\nrarely available to public access.\n\n \n\nThe tour comports with Stat e covid safety guidelines\, masks and social\ndistancing\, with timed tick ets available on host website\nat millpondgarden.com [http://millpondgard en.com/] with this link to\nticketing page choices:\n\n \n\nhttps://mill pondgarden.com/cape-farm-and-garden-tour-saturday-june-5th-2021/.\n[https: //millpondgarden.com/cape-farm-and-garden-tour-saturday-june-5th-2021/]\n\ n \n\nStaff at each site will check visitors in as they arrive at their\n scheduled time and be available to answer questions.  At each site\nvisit ors may enjoy self-guided tours. Masks and social distancing\napply. Restr ooms are not available at the venues. The ticket scheduled\ntiming allows enough time to thoroughly enjoy each site\, including\nshopping\, as well as time to drive to the next site\, approximately ten\nto twenty minutes a way\, and arrive at the visitor’s appointed time\nor shortly after if tr affic is slow. Keeping to the schedule as much\nas possible is important d ue to covid crowd size safety limitations\nand parking limitations at two of the sites. All three sites are at\nleast partially accessible to wheelc hairs with a pusher.\n\n \n\nLavender Fields at Warrington Manor LLC\, at 18864 Cool Spring Road\,\nMilton\, Delaware 19968\, is a five-acre lavend er farm between Harbeson\nand Milton\, with a beautiful historic manor hou se dating to the\nEighteenth Century\, surrounded by delightful small gard ens\, a meadow\,\nand an impressive 11-circuit labyrinth. The labyrinth\, one of the best\nin the country\, is encircled by large evergreens making for a gorgeous\ncontemplation experience. \n\n \n\nOther delights includ e a small garden with delicate heirloom\nvegetables and flowers between tw in silos and an intimate Zen garden\nwith a small gurgling pond.  The Cot tage Shop features lavender\nthemed gifts and well-loved specialty soaps a nd candles designed and\nhandcrafted at the farm. The Garden Shed offers s pring and summer\nvegetables and flowers for sale\, grown on the farm.\n\n The farm grows serious fields of lavender constantly perfuming the air\nwi th the delicate scent of lavender. The woods have a wonderful\nhandmade tr ee swing. There is an apiary at one end of the garden\nwhich visitors sho uld not approach closely.\n\n \n\nThe proprietor of lovely Lavender Fie lds at Warrington Manor\,\nLLC\, Marie Mayor\, retired from an education career at various\ncounty\, state and federal agencies to bring her Acadi an French\nheritage and love of farming\, herbs\, and the good life to\nD elaware where her success is widely known and appreciated. Marie\nalso se rved as Chair of the Southern Delaware Tourism Board\namong many other leadership roles in the community.\n\n \n\nThe Shimizu Garden in old tow n Lewes at 431 Kings Highway\, Lewes\,\nDelaware 19958 is a treasure of so phisticated design and exquisite\ncollection of mostly perennial and woody plants.  The ancient\nhandsome three-hundred-year-old house is surrounde d by garden rooms\nwith fabulous fountains\, sitting areas and several cha rming old out\nbuildings.  Children of all ages will enjoy the tiny fairy garden.\nGardeners will admire the diversity and beauty of cultivars and the\nmaster artistic style pruning of shrubs and trees to bring out their\ nbest and give them expressive character\, a schooling in taste by\nitself worth the visit. Even the pavings are amazing in materials and\ndesign an d planted in places with a diverse collection of perfect\nplants for betwe en pavers. The custom wood fencing is a work of art\,\nitself\, perhaps th e best in Lewes famous for three hundred years of\nartful wood fences. Thi s garden provides intense interest all seasons\nof the year. \n\n \n\nTh is five-year-old garden is the creation of owners Osamu and Holly\nShimizu \, both retired professional horticulturists. Holly is emerita\nManaging D irector of Lewis Ginter Botanic Garden and Executive\nDirector of the Unit ed States Botanic Garden in Washington\, DC\, among\nmany other leading ro les in American and world horticulture. Osamu\nstudied in Japan and Europ e and has designed and installed private and\npublic gardens in the mid-At lantic\, a highly esteemed Master of\ngardening arts and design.\n\n \n\n MILL POND GARDEN\, the Farm and Garden Tour hosting venue\, on Red Mill\n Pond at 31401 Melloy Court\, Lewes\, DE 19958\, is a small\, holistic\,\nn on-profit\, public botanical garden\, website at millpondgarden.com\n[htt p://millpondgarden.com/]. The garden is a National Wildlife\nFoundation Ce rtified Wildlife Habitat\, a member of the American Public\nGarden Associa tion\, and a USDA Sentinel Garden. The three quarters of\nan acre of beaut iful garden rooms is situated on Delaware’s largest\n158-acre fresh wate r Red Mill Pond\, with abundant wildlife including\nnesting resident Bald Eagles\, Osprey\, Great Blue and Green Herons\,\nCormorants\, many species of ducks and geese\, an Otter\, a Beaver\, and\nnumerous other abundant b irds\, turtles\, water birds and wildlife.\n\n \n\nThis is a walking gard en designed for beauty\, enjoyment\, and education\nby displaying plants m ost beautiful and wildlife beneficial\,\nsustainable\, that do best here i n the Cape region. The garden features\nfountains\, a stream\, waterfalls\ , a Koi pond\, a Frog Pond Garden\,\nwoodland garden\, fire pit\, many arb ors with ornamental vines\,\ncollections of ephemerals\, Spirea\, Camellia \, Hellebores\,\nRhododendrons\, a complete collection of Azalea poukenens e\, Roses\,\nHollies\, Lilies\, Phlox\, evergreen groundcovers\, 3 hiberna culums\,\nseveral pollinator gardens\, and homes for many native birds\, r eptiles\,\namphibians\, and small mammals. Visitors might even see a resi dent 2.5\nounce Flying Squirrel peeping out of its box hole. The often hig hly\nfragrant garden\, about 60% evergreen and 40% deciduous\, has a lovel y\nfrontage onto beautiful Red Mill Pond with great vistas. Every season\n is floriferous for year-round garden appeal\, including abundant\nflowerin g in winter\, spectacular spring bulb displays\, lush and lively\nannual a nd perennial summer displays. It is a garden for the senses\nand the spiri t. Roses will be abundant for this Tour.\n\n \n\nMill Pond Garden\, a fed eral IRS certified non-profit entity\, was\ncreated by Michael Zajic\, als o founder of the Delaware Botanic Garden\,\nafter a career as Horticultura l Supervisor of two botanic gardens\,\nBrookside Gardens in Wheaton\, and McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda\,\nMaryland for the Maryland National Capita l Park and Planning \nCommission. Zajic has a long history in public hort iculture including\ndesign of some of the prime gardens in the Washington\ , DC area\, design\nof two world class light shows\, a series on HGTV and Victory Garden\,\nCBS Morning News garden presenter\, and more than a scor e of books\,\nmagazines\, and newspapers of coverage of his own private ga rdens\, as\nwell as authorship of garden educational tracts and gardening articles\nfor newspapers.\n\n \n\nThe 2021 Cape Farm and Garden Tour allo ws access not only to three of\nthe most beautiful sites in the Cape regio n at their peak\, but also\naccess to these talented and knowledgeable ind ividuals who created\nthem and who will be on duty\, a rich opportunity.  Visitors may have\na great time while proceeds help feed the hungry.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The Cape Farm and Ga rden Tour 2021 \;on Saturday \, June 5\, 2021 from 9 AM to Noon and from 1 PM to 4 PM\, will raise mone y to benefit local food insecurity at food banks and pantries that serve t his region. \;

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The Tour includes three beautiful venues &ndash\; Lavender Fields at Warr ington Manor\, LLC\, a working herb farm with gardens\, Mill Pond Garden\, Inc.\, a small gem of a public botanic garden on Red Mill Pond\, and the famous Shimizu Garden in old town Lewes with charming\, sophisticated gard en rooms around a three-hundred-year-old house\, rarely available to publi c access.

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The tour comports with State covid safety guidelines\, masks and social distancing \, with timed tickets available on host website at \;millpondgarden.com \;with this link t o ticketing page choices:

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Staff at each site will check visitors in as they arrive at the ir scheduled time and be available to answer questions. \; At each sit e visitors may enjoy self-guided tours. Masks and social distancing apply. Restrooms are not available at the venues. The ticket scheduled timing al lows enough time to thoroughly enjoy each site\, including shopping\, as w ell as time to drive to the next site\, approximately ten to twenty minute s away\, and arrive at the visitor&rsquo\;s appointed time or shortly afte r if traffic is slow. Keeping to the schedule as much as possible is impor tant due to covid crowd size safety limitations and parking limitations at two of the sites. All three sites are at least partially accessible to wh eelchairs with a pusher.< /span>

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< span style=\"color:#222222\">Lavender Fields at Warrington Manor LLC\, at 18864 Cool S pring Road\, Milton\, Delaware 19968\, is a five-acre lavender farm betwee n Harbeson and Milton\, with a beautiful historic manor house dating to th e Eighteenth Century\, surrounded by delightful small gardens\, a meadow\, and an impressive 11-circuit labyrinth. The labyrinth\, one of the best i n the country\, is encircled by large evergreens making for a gorgeous con templation experience. \;

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Other delight s include a small garden with delicate heirloom vegetables and flowers bet ween twin silos and an intimate Zen garden with a small gurgling pond.&nbs p\; The Cottage Shop features lavender themed gifts and well-loved special ty soaps and candles designed and handcrafted at the farm. The Garden Shed offers spring and summer vegetables and flowers for sale\, grown on the f arm.

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The proprietor of \;lovely \;Lavend er Fields at Warrington Manor\, LLC\, \;Marie Mayor\, \;retired fr om an education career at various county\, state and federal agencies to b ring her Acadian \;French heritage and love of farming\, herbs\, and t he good life to Delaware \;where her success is widely known and appre ciated. Marie also served as \;Chair \;of the \;Southern Delaw are Tourism Board among \;many other leadership roles in the community .

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The Shimizu Gard en in old town Lewes at 431 Kings Highway\, Lewes\, Delaware 19958 is a tr easure of sophisticated design and exquisite collection of mostly perennia l and woody plants. \; The ancient handsome three-hundred-year-old hou se is surrounded by garden rooms with fabulous fountains\, sitting areas a nd several charming old out buildings. \; Children of all ages will en joy the tiny fairy garden. Gardeners will admire the diversity and beauty of cultivars and the master artistic style pruning of shrubs and trees to bring out their best and give them expressive character\, a schooling in t aste by itself worth the visit. Even the pavings are amazing in materials and design and planted in places with a diverse collection of perfect plan ts for between pavers. The custom wood fencing is a work of art\, itself\, perhaps the best in Lewes famous for three hundred years of artful wood f ences. This garden provides intense interest all seasons of the year.  \;

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This five-year- old garden is the creation of owners Osamu and Holly Shimizu\, both retire d professional horticulturists. Holly is emerita Managing Director of Lewi s Ginter Botanic Garden and Executive Director of the United States Botani c Garden in Washington\, DC\, among many other leading roles in American a nd world horticulture. \;Osamu studied in Japan and Europe and has des igned and installed private and public gardens in the mid-Atlantic\, a hig hly esteemed Master of gardening arts and design.< /span>

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Mill Pond Garden\, the Farm and Garden Tour hosting venue\, \;on Red Mill Pond at 31401 Melloy Court\, Lewes\, DE 19958\, is a small\, holistic\, non-profit\, public botanical garden\, website at \;millpondgarden.com. The garden is a National Wildlife Foundation Certified Wildlife Habitat\, a member o f the American Public Garden Association\, and a USDA Sentinel Garden. The three quarters of an acre of beautiful garden rooms is situated on Delawa re&rsquo\;s largest 158-acre fresh water Red Mill Pond\, with abundant wil dlife including nesting resident Bald Eagles\, Osprey\, Great Blue and Gre en Herons\, Cormorants\, many species of ducks and geese\, an Otter\, a Be aver\, and numerous other abundant birds\, turtles\, water birds and wildl ife.

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This is a wal king garden designed for beauty\, enjoyment\, and education by displaying plants most beautiful and wildlife beneficial\, sustainable\, that do best here in the Cape region. The garden features fountains\, a stream\, water falls\, a Koi pond\, a Frog Pond Garden\, woodland garden\, fire pit\, man y arbors with ornamental vines\, collections of ephemerals\, Spirea\, Came llia\, Hellebores\, Rhododendrons\, a complete collection of Azalea pouken ense\, Roses\, Hollies\, Lilies\, Phlox\, evergreen groundcovers\, 3 hiber naculums\, several pollinator gardens\, and homes for many native birds\, reptiles\, amphibians\, and small mammals. \;Visitors might even see a resident 2.5 ounce Flying Squirrel peeping out of its box hole. The often highly fragrant garden\, about 60% evergreen and 40% deciduous\, has a lo vely frontage onto beautiful Red Mill Pond with great vistas. Every season is floriferous for year-round garden appeal\, including abundant flowerin g in winter\, spectacular spring bulb displays\, lush and lively annual an d perennial summer displays. It is a garden for the senses and the spirit. Roses will be abundant for this Tour.< /span>

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Mill Pond Garden\, a federal IRS certified non-profit entity\, was created by Michael Zajic\, also founder of the Delaware Bota nic Garden\, after a career as Horticultural Supervisor of two botanic gar dens\, Brookside Gardens in Wheaton\, and McCrillis Gardens in Bethesda\, Maryland for the Maryland National Capital Park and Planning \; Commis sion. Zajic has a long history in public horticulture including design of some of the prime gardens in the Washington\, DC area\, design of two worl d class light shows\, a series on HGTV and Victory Garden\, CBS Morning Ne ws garden presenter\, and more than a score of books\, magazines\, and new spapers of coverage of his own private gardens\, as well as authorship of garden educational tracts and gardening articles for newspapers.

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The 2021 Cape Farm and Gard en Tour allows access not only to three of the most beautiful sites in the Cape region at their peak\, but also access to these talented and knowled geable individuals who created them and who will be on duty\, a rich oppor tunity. \; Visitors may have a great time while proceeds help feed the hungry.

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