We’re back! The thirty-third Annual All Saints Garden Tour on Saturday, May 21, 2022, has something for everyone: gardens of various sizes, most located on the water. Some are designed and maintained by professional landscapers; others are lovingly created by the owners—newly created or nurtured for many years—with stunning views! This self-guided tour from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (note we are starting and ending earlier) includes six distinctive gardens, all of which are new to the Tour, located in four different gated communities on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton.
Each garden is unique! Both Moss Creek Gardens have amazing views. The focus of a new, professionally designed garden is the natural beauty of Blue Heron Sanctuary and the Rookery. All the beds in the backyard were created to enhance that view. The unique assortment of plants provides year-round interest with multiple blooming plants each season. Another Moss Creek garden with an expansive marsh view holds a surprise behind the home: the 350-year-old Angel Oak that is on a listing of the 150 largest/oldest trees in Beaufort county creates a sanctuary for the owners.
There’s quite a contrast between two gardens in Port Royal. One has an esteemed garden design of laissez faire. Certainly no grand master plan was followed there where frivolity rules! This plot of vegetative eccentricity is entirely reflective of the owners’ travels and whimsical natures. The gardens can be described as unique, eclectic, and quirky!
The other garden is a professionally designed, structured beachfront property with multiple outdoor living areas. An assortment of lush greenery defines various settings for relaxing, sunning, eating, and recreational activities including a basketball court, swimming pool, bocce ball court, and putting green.
Other DIY gardeners in Indigo Run have created a charming, relaxing environment installing flagstone and paver paths, patios, fences, raised beds, fountains, pots, benches, and a large pergola, all enhanced by a shimmering lagoon view of herons, ducks, turtles and, of course, alligators. A charming assortment of Lowcountry plants including gardenias, camellias, assorted ferns and terrestrial orchids enhance the garden. (Quilters will enjoy benches filled with appliqué and pieced pillows made from old raincoats.)
In Hilton Head Plantation, Lowcountry surroundings inspired a newly renovated landscape with four design styles, including an expansive walkway with a fountain and a perennial flower-cutting garden. On the side of the house, a formal boxwood hedge ends with a Charleston Garden which transitions to a tropical shade area. The garden then wraps around the lanai where it transitions to a poolside tropical oasis with tons of annual color and a layered living screen designed for its beauty and privacy.
In 2019, the tickets sold out, so get them early! Tickets are available online at allsaintsgardentour.com. If ordered by May 6, they will be mailed to you. Tickets ordered online after May 6 through midnight Thursday, May 19 can be picked up at All Saints Episcopal Church between 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Participants need to be able to safely walk on flagstone pathways and through gardens.
Your $35 ticket includes the Tour only. In view of the uncertainties COVID has created, there will be no lunch, boutique, or bake sale at All Saints Episcopal Church this year. A master gardener will be available in one of the gardens to answer questions.
Tickets can be purchased at All Saints Episcopal Church, garden centers, and other businesses on Hilton Head Island and in Bluffton (cash or check only) through 10 a.m. Friday, May 20. (Look for the Garden Tour posters with the colorful red geraniums.) If tickets remain, they can be purchased the day of the Tour at All Saints Episcopal Church, 3001 Meeting Street, from 8:30 a.m.-noon. For tickets and updated information, please visit allsaintsgardentour.com or call (843) 681-8333. Tickets not picked up by noon on May 21 are forfeited.
Net proceeds from the Tour are donated to local charities. 2022 grant recipients will be Backpack Buddies of Bluffton, Backpack Buddies of Hilton Head Island, Jasper County Backpack Buddies, Hilton Head Island Safe Harbour, St. Stephens United Methodist Church Outreach Foodbank, and Family Promise. All charities address issues of hunger, homelessness, aging, or literacy. Over the years, more than $500,000 has been given to local charities from this annual event bringing validation to their logo “Through the Beauty of a Garden … A Gift to the Community.” All who attend the 2022 Garden Tour add to this legacy.
For tickets and updated information please visit our website allsaintsgardentour.com or call (843) 681-8333.
