May 30-31 Spring Garden Tour

Spring Garden Tour, Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31, 2026.

NS South Shore, Liverpool and Yarmouth County

Our spring tour will feature two nurseries, Cosby’s Concrete Creations in Liverpool and OuestVille Perennials in Pubnico, one public garden, Pine Grove in Liverpool and two private gardens, Chris  Clarke’s in Liverpool and John Brett’s on Morris Island, Yarmouth County. It will be over two days. You can choose to attend on either day or both if you want to see all the gardens.

Registration is not required, but the tour is limited to ARHS members and guests.  Full information is being sent out to members through our MailChimp message. If you have any questions please contact ARHS at atlanticrhodo@gmail.com.

The pictures are from John Brett’s one acre garden situated on a sheltered bay in Morris Island, in the southwest coast of Nova Scotia, favoring a milder winter with zones 6a/7a. ARHS member,  He and his late father and mother, has been gardening this location at Morris Island for 40 years. These are large, mature plants.  A diverse collection of rhododendrons are the result of experimentation, thanks to Dick Steele and John Weagle,

The garden includes unusual species and hybrids that may survive in Nova Scotia (some successes, some failures)  These are: Dichroanthum, cinnibaranum, thomsonii, sutchuenense, calophytum, augustinii, Fortunei,  Strigillosum, indicum, simsii, Fictolacteum, Peter Wharton collections ( glanduliferum, ariculatum, etc…) Biskra, Yellowgate, Goldstrike , Baden Baden, orbiculare,  Oreotrephes, Elizabeth, Taurus, Grace Seabrook, Johnny Bender, Halfdan Lem, Vulcan’s Flame, the Josef Brueckner collections, Fortunei, Henry Dupont, Phyllis Korn, Vinecrest, Spellbinder etc.

Important note: Please dress accordingly and take your bug spray, to ward off the mosquitoes and ticks.