Take in the beauty of Yucaipa at the Garden Tour

The Iris's are a blooming just in time for the Iris Festival Garden Tour on Saturday and Sunday.
By Bob Otto / Staff Photographer

YUCAIPA - Love flowers? Appreciate creativity? Looking for a few ideas to enhance and beautify your garden or yard?

Then take in the Garden Tour hosted by the Yucaipa Iris Festival this weekend. Six homes with their gardens and yards open and inviting are available for the public to tour, said Wes Thatcher, a director for the Iris Festival.

"There are some very formal gardens, and some informal," he said. "Each year the tour is totally different. A yard on the tour this year has a desert type (landscape). Some have beautiful water scapes, and statues."

Tickets cost $5 (children age 10 and under are free) and can be purchased at Yucaipa City Hall from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday at the Iris Festival booth. Maps will be provided, along with complimentary coffee and Danish, Thatcher said.

At 10 a.m. the tour begins and lasts until 4 p.m. on both days.

Thatcher said that the garden tour brings forth the question, "Just how creative can these gardeners get?" he said. "The garden tour is a great way to get to know our neighborhood and view the beauty here. If you love gardens, you will have a great time."

For more information visit www.irisfest.org. or call (909) 790-5033.

Click Here To Visit Iris Festival Website

Yucaipa City Hall
34272 Yucaipa Blvd.
Yucaipa, CA 92399