Porter County Master Gardeners Association Events

Valparaiso / Porter County

Saturday, June 28, 9 AM to 4 PM , CDT

9 Outstanding Gardens

9 Door-prize Drawings

It's time for Northwest Indiana's premier garden walk sponsored by the Porter County Master Gardeners Association and Purdue Extension - Porter County.  We showcase great gardens in Valparaiso/Porter County.  In fact, three gardens featured on previous Walks have been profiled in regional gardening magazines.  Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and explain plantings at each garden.

Your ticket entitles you to visit 9 outstanding gardens including a suburban family compound accentuated by art pieces, espaliered apple trees, fruit & vegetable gardens; two compact in-town gems where every square foot is beautifully maximized; Taltree Arboretum & Gardens where new formal gardens cozy up to native prairie and oak savannas; and the new memorial Garden of Heroes. 

Walk tickets are now available.

You may purchase them in advance for $6.00 at:

Chesterton Feed & Garden Center

400 Locust Street, Chesterton

Four Seasons Landscaping Nursery

Route 6, 1 mile east of State Road 49, Valparaiso

Horses Landscaping & Garden Center

198 West State Road 130, Valparaiso

Jake’s Feed & Garden

326 South State Road 49, Valparaiso

Porter County Extension Office

155 Indiana Avenue, Suite 301, Valparaiso

Reed’s Nursery & Garden Center

2253 South State Road 2, Valparaiso

Samuelson’s Nursery

 95 North State Road 2, Valparaiso

Town & Country Market

1605 Calumet Avenue, Valparaiso

The Willow Tree Garden

107 South Main Street, Kouts

Windy Ridge Farms

253 East 150 South, Valparaiso

If you wish to purchase tickets on the day of the Walk for $8.00, please begin your walk between 9 AM and 2 PM (Central Daylight Time) at Hayes-Leonard Elementary School, 653 Hayes Leonard Road (just north of the intersection of US 30 and Hayes Leonard Road) in Valparaiso.

Garden Walk 2008 is sponsored by Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service Porter County and the Porter County Master Gardeners Association.  We are grateful to those businesses who partner with us to make tickets available throughout the County.