Midtown Plant Swap and Open Garden Stroll on Sunday

From the Midtown Neighbors' Association

There will be a plant swap on Sunday from noon to 2 p.m. at the home of Kathleen and Gabriel Dumitrescu, located at 771 Myrtle Street.

Bring your extra plants, go home with someone else's.

If you have no extra plants, come empty handed and there will be something that you can bring home and plant. If it looks suspiciously like something that was very recently growing in your neighbor's perennial beds, no need to make a fuss, there are unforeseen coincidences every day.

And from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. the Midtown Garden Stroll will take place. Dogs are not allowed. Here are the destination stops for the stroll:

#1) 923 Piedmont Avenue: Lori & Paul Worrell, front and back. Stonehurst Place Bed & Breakfast. Dual step walk up to front garden area and serene pathway on south side of house leads to additional fountain/pond water element in the rear garden area. Certified Wildlife Habitat’ (Piedmont between 8th and 9th)

#2) 868 Myrtle: Seth and Nathan Woodward Persily, front only. This garden sports INFLATIBLE landscape let the kids jump! Adults have to jump outside of the jumpy house, extra points for adults jumping without requiring supplemental oxygen. (NW corner of Myrtle and 7th)

#3) 781 Myrtle: Howell and Elizabeth Adams, front and back. A front garden on the hill, and a gated back courtyard with a fountain. A one-year-old golden retriever assists with the landscaping. Rubber chew toys accenting container plantings under the shade of a huge white oak. Can you guess where the 550-gallon cistern is? (NE corner Myrtle and 5th)

#4) 771 Myrtle: Kathleen and Gabriel Dumitrescu, front, side, back and hell strips open. Pond in front under 4 huge pines yet to fall on the house. Rain water tanks & compost heaps, on the side, tree house with trap door, sand box and containers everywhere under 100 year old red oak that takes all the water from the plants, Attractive rat bait stations near the street. Jealous yet? (SE corner of Myrtle and 5th)

#5) 735 Penn: Joe and Carol Lavona, front and back. Front yard with sun perennial boarders, back yard is a shade perennial garden enclosed by old brick wall. (At 4th and Penn)

#6) 725 Penn: Jen and Jonathan Balser, front and back. Wrought iron fenced sunny perennial garden in the front yard; fenced shady back yard with a tree house, works as play space. Check out the lawn in the back! (at 4th and Penn)

#7) 743 Argonne: Sammy Nicely, front and back. Folk Art Kingdom, in both front and back gardens with mixed shade perennials and a backyard “chapel” sitting area. (Argonne 3 doors north of 4th street)

#8) 388 4th: Hannon and Chad Prescot, front and back. The front yard is a beautifully dense shade garden; the back is a tropical style spa like garden complete with pool.

#9) 798 Charles Allen: Brad Murphey, front yard only. Sun perennial garden with seating is steps up from the street. Big black forest pansy red bud tree on street. (2nd house north of 6th)

#10) 830 Vedado: Sara and Ron Van Beck, front and back. A wildlife habitat certified shade backyard garden with fountain, a pond and a seating area. Front yard with small pond and impressive daffodil collection as far as you know, as they will have all finished blooming by the tour. (Vedado and Greenwood)

#11) 476 Greenwood; Linda and Kevin Dougherty, back yard. The backyard shade garden has a fireplace with seating area, access shared with Van Beck garden path.

#12) 487 Greenwood: Paula Reith, back yard.
Hidden shade & native perennial garden in back, check out the bathtub.

#13) 845 Vedado: Wayne Giles; front yard; shade garden with shrubs and perennials on a steep slope, view from sidewalk.

#14) 828 Charles Allen: Barbara & Gary Ratner, front, back & hell strip with mixed perennials. Front: perennials with Paw Paw Tree. Back: 60’s carport/ shade, its for cars and people too. See the crumbling driveway and big leaf magnolia. (Charles Allen and Mentell)

#15) 834 Charles Allen: Martin Kemp/Terry Williams, front only. Fountain and pond with a separate seating area in this perennial shade garden.

#16) 461 9th Street: Nancy Bowers, front only. Sunny raised bed vegetable garden on a hill right across from Grady High School.