Published July 01. 2015 12:00AM
The Allentown Garden Club presented a spectacular showing of local gardens for 2015 in a self-guided tour June 27 which began with Allentown's Fragrance Garden at Cedar Beach Park.
Created by a member of the garden club in 1989, this aromatic garden contains an array of herbs, perennials and shrubs and is located next to the Allentown Rose Garden.
Wandering through the other nine gardens on the tour, visitors found a collection of hostas, potted plants, vegetable gardens, a rock garden and water features.
A unique outdoor garden railroad featured "G Scale" trains with approximately 70 scale buildings and structures added to the splendor.
Organic gardening was highlighted with a garden tended by a horticulturist which contains an herb garden, fruit trees, perennials, vegetables and bulbs.
Tree aficionados appreciated strolling through the gardens with trees of all kinds: a huge copper beech, dwarf trees, red buds, a mock orange, an elderberry, pines and weeping willow to name a few.
Visitors also saw a backyard greenhouse constructed of recycled windowpanes.
For more information on the Allentown Garden Club, visit www.allentowngardenclub.com, email allentownpagardenclub@gmail.com or call 610-395-0903.
PRESS PHOTOS BY C. RICHARD CHARTRAND A stop on the Allentown Garden Club Tour is at the home of Kathy and Kurt Zwerko, Emmaus, where two G scale railroad displays roam through the gardens. There are approximately 70 scale buildings. One train set goes through an American town. The other display is set in a European town and countryside with two ponds.
