an AVA Special Program:
Celebrate America's Gardens
Celebrate America's Gardens:
Public Flower Gardens and Flower Festivals
January 1, 2009 and continues until December 31, 2011.
Cost of book: $10.00
If a part of a sanctioned event route actually utilizes the pathways of a named flower garden open to the public, it counts toward this AVA Special Program: (Passing by the outside walls of the garden on the route with only the option of entering does not count.) Landscaping enhancements to buildings or parks do not count. Private gardens open to the public only on specific dates can count if the regular walk event is also scheduled on those same days. For seasonal and year round events, the gardens must be open to the public on all applicable days to count. Arboretums, Plantations, Botanical Gardens, and Parks containing named gardens may also be considered.
Routes that include temporary display gardens set up for the occasion of a public flower festival will count only during the actual days of the festival.
Gardens may be sustained by user fees, community-based support groups, governmental units, or corporations. Gardens sustained through private donations or foundation funding can count if they are open to the public.
Examples:
| Garden Name | City/State |
| Munsinger/Clemens Gardens | St. Cloud MN | RoseGarden, Children's Horticulture Garden, Beale Gardens | East Lansing MI | Great Lakes Gardens | Niagara Falls NY | White Point Gardens | Charleston SC | Betty Ford Gardens | Vail CO | Norfolk Botanical Garden | Norfolk VA | Sugar Mill Gardens | Port Orange FL | Portland Memory Garden | Portland OR | Rhododendron Gardens | Portland OR | Japanese Garden/Intl Rose Garden | Portland OR | Natl Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful Mother | Portland OR | Rose Gardens/Duncan Gardens | Spokane WA | Franklin Park Conservatory & Botanical Garden | Columbus OH | Excluded: | Planks Bier Garten | Columbus OH |
Please Note: In spite of the Germanic origins of the volksmarching tradition, wandering around in and sampling the bouquet of the liquid products of a Bier Garten will NOT count as credit toward becoming a "Master Gardener" for the Flower Gardens Special Program! However, program participants should feel free to celebrate (in moderation, naturally) their walking accomplishments and the attainment of any of the incentive levels in any Bier Garten of their choice.
Click here for a listing of mostly Year Round and Seasonal events that qualify for the Celebrate America's Gardens: Public Flower Gardens and Flower Festivals Special Program.
To receive the "Master Gardener" certificate and an award patch featuring a tri-level garden fountain, send your completed book to:
Central Minnesota Volkssports Attn: Lois Head,
P.O. Box 2162, St. Cloud, MN 56302-2162.
For more information: 320-252-7348
or [email protected]
