Newark Garden Tour 2024 (benefiting the Newark Arts Alliance)
Saturday, June 1, 2024, 10am-3pm
Raindate: Sunday, June 2, 10am-3pm
TICKETS HERE! Tickets are $25 ($20 if you’re an NAA member) – tickets for kids under 5 are free, and tickets for kids ages 5-12 are $10. Once you’ve purchased your tickets, you’ll receive a map of the garden locations (the night before the tour) to choose your own adventure!
Take a stroll through ten unique, private gardens in the Newark area: soak in the beautiful blooms, learn about local plants, and get inspired!
The Newark Arts Alliance is again hosting the Newark Garden Tour, an annual tour of some of the most lush and enchanting gardens in and around Newark. The gardens on this year’s tour all appeal to the visitor to stay and relax a while, but all make that appeal in unique ways. Many gardens have water features, some will host live music, and others will showcase original art and art-making demos. As always, gardens will feature different aesthetics and give visitors ideas for what to do in their own gardens, from using native plants that help pollinators to finding that perfect, sassy piece of yard art.
New Features in 2024
Several new elements make this year’s Garden Tour especially exciting! Steve Ruiz’s Mojo Loco 302 food truck (FB/IG) will be stationed where there are three gardens close together. There will be a small farmer’s market with Trebs Thompson of Whimsical Farms and Christina’s Peter’s of Posy Parlor, where visitors can buy plants and flowers. One garden will feature pollinator plant giveaways (milkweed and hyssop lovingly raised by Rachel Brewer and Yvonne Settle). There will also be a silent auction of gorgeous hand-painted watering cans, decorated by local artists, to benefit the Newark Arts Alliance! Information on all of these offerings will be shared with ticket holders.
If you’re interested in garden-hopping by bike, BikeNewark has plotted out a (slightly abridged) tour for the day. This 5.67 mile route is mostly downhill, and a great way to enjoy the Garden Tour! A group ride will set out from the parking lot at Fairfield Park just off Cambridge Drive at 9:30am the day of the tour.
One of the biggest changes this year is a spotlight sponsorship from Scenic Outdoors (FB/IG), a local landscaping firm. Lisa and Savvas from Scenic Outdoors assisted with identifying 4 of the gardens on this year’s tour. In addition, they have provided a beautiful barrel of annuals for a raffle that will be run through social media (and in person at the Arts Alliance) on the day of the tour. More information TBA.
Local Musician Lineup
- Sharon Bousquet website
- Serenata Strings – string quartet
- DJ Verdell Smith Instagram Spotify
- Scott Comeaux – classic rock
- The Professors – folk trio of UD fame!
- PJs Pub Tour Facebook
- Josh Hendrix YouTube
- Newark Ukesters website
- Connor Capizzi –
Local Artist Lineup
- Urban Sketchers Facebook Instagram
- Estelle Lukoff Etsy Instagram
- Gerry Scarfe – plein air painting
- Maureen Coughlin – fused glass
- Carol Gray website
- Karen Yarnall – plein air painting
- Cathy Hill – bobbin lace
- Carole Huber – weaving Instagram
- Mary Anderson Instagram
- Joy Smith Instagram
- Kelly Martin website Instagram
Hand-painted Watering Can Silent Auction
Fifteen local artists have transformed ordinary watering cans into exceptional works of art. View them all at the Newark Arts Alliance and bid on your favorite! You will have all week to bid – winners will be announced on June 7th at 4:30. Winners will also receive an invitation to our VIP Garden Tour closing reception, also on June 7th from 6-8pm. You do not need to be present to win.
Container garden raffle sponsored by Scenic Outdoors
Enter to win this beautiful container garden overflowing with colorful annuals, created by Scenic Outdoors! Please stop by the NAA for a raffle ticket (given to ticket-holders with their map and program), and/or snap a selfie on the tour and tag The Newark Arts Alliance by 3pm. Winner will be announced at 3:30 on social media.
Thank you to our Supporters and Partners
The 2024 Garden Tour was supported in part by The Newark Partnership. The Newark Arts Alliance is supported, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. The Division promotes Delaware arts events on DelawareScene.com.