Rain or Shine.  To celebrate 30 years of garden tours, this year’s tour will feature six gardens for the first time ever. The first tour was held in 1992 and the idea grew out of a serendipitous discussion with Allan Armitage, Professor of Horticulture at the University of Georgia. Isn’t it fitting that 30 years later the tour features Dr. A’s delightful in-town garden! He will be on hand as well to share his botanical wisdom. Around the corner from Dr. A’s, you will get to enjoy two additional gardens - one with exuberant colorful flowerbeds, green flowing vistas, and a little Zen garden. The other is a compact garden located in the historic Woodlawn neighborhood which defies its limited space with an impression of luxury and elegance. For lovers of a romantic garden style with its roses, clematis, and peonies you will experience an “oasis in the city” on Prince Place. A little further a-field you can visit a more formal garden incorporating arbors with elegant urns and the prettiest “She Shed” around. Finally, located on the banks of the Middle Oconee River, you will see a true gardener’s delight with landscaped terraces and courtyards. Proceeds from the Tour fund generous annual scholarships which The Piedmont Gardeners award to UGA students of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture. $20 in advance at vendors, $25 online and at the Gardens on tour day, $10 student with ID.  For online tickets and additional information please visit www.piedmontgardeners.org