THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE – Beauty and Quirkiness in Full Bloom in Eastham

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE
Beauty and Quirkiness in Full Bloom in Eastham
A garden tour that prides itself on being a little on the wild side
THE PROVINCETOWN INDEPENDENT
BY EDWARD BOCHES JUL 21, 2021

Nearly 400 garden lovers turned out for the Eastham Garden Tour on July 13, which benefits the town’s public library. Visitors roamed six gardens that fit the event’s theme: Creative Gardens of the Outer Cape. They are distinctive for being “quirkier and less manicured than Chatham’s,” as one of the tour’s volunteer organizers, Willow Shire, put it. Here, the gardeners are hands-on, and their gardens inspire, not just with blooms, but with unusual collections including edible plants, quirky structures and spaces, hand-painted signs, and artfully crafted scarecrows. <MORE>