Spring Garden Tour

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A Spring Garden Tour
The Garden Club of America's 1986 convention creates an opportunity
for national and local visitors to see Sewickley's most beautiful gardens.
By Joe Smith
In May, Sewickley bursts into bloom.
This year, the event will mean more
than ever to those who toil lovingly
and tirelessly in their gardens for the
delight of visitors, family and themselves because five of Sewickley's most
spectacular gardens will be on private
and public tours this month.
On Monday and Tuesday, May 19
and 20, 600 delegates to the Garden
Club of America's 1986 annual
meeting, held this year in Pittsburgh,
will take private tours of gardens at the
homes of J. Judson Brooks, Mrs. B. F.
Jones, III, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McLean, III and Mr. and Mrs. David B.
Oliver, II.
On Wednesday, May 21, these four
gardens, along with that belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd, Jr. will be
open to public tours sponsored by
Sweetwater Art Center. The Sweetwater tour, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., is
a fund-raising event to promote
programs of the art center.
Another event open to the public will
be the Garden Club of America's Plant
Exchange, which will be held on
Monday, May 19, from 11:30 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. in the Urban Room of the
Westin-William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh.
The Garden Club of America's 1986
annual meeting is the first one held in
Pittsburgh in 38 years and will run
from May 18 to May 21.
Some 600 delegates from 186 clubs
from almost every state, as well as the
District of Columbia, will be shown the
city of Pittsburgh and why it has been
rated "America's Most Liveable City."
Mayor Richard Caliguiri will
welcome the delegates at the official
opening on May 19. Headquartered at
the Westin-William Penn, the meeting
will have as its hosts the Garden Clubs
of America's local affiliates, the
Garden Club of Allegheny County and
The Village Garden Club of Sewickley.
The convention will feature conservation and horticultural meetings, the
plant exchange and a seminar entitled
"Confluence: Use and Abuse of Our
Rivers."
Additional events include visits to
Carnegie Institute, Phipps Conservatory, Hunt Botanical Library, tours of
private homes and gardens in
Pittsburgh and the garden tours in
Sewickley.
Founded in 1913 by 12 garden clubs,
The Garden Club of America has
grown to a membership of 186 clubs
and 15,000 individual members. Since
its inception, the Garden Club of
America has been a leader in the fields
of conservation, civic improvement
A glimpse into the garden of J. Judson Brooks is afforded through an oval in a
brick wall at one corner of the garden.
Sewickley Magazine, May 1986
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