Postponed until 2021

Welcome to the

Polk County Master Gardeners 2020 Garden Tour

Featuring an array of private and public gardens in Clive, Urbandale and West Des Moines. This year’s tour will delight your senses, stimulate your curiosity, and inspire you with new ideas.

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There is something for everyone. Our seven home gardens, all in typical backyards, offer abundant ideas and endless beauty. Showing a variety of backyard spaces with decks, patios, walkways, garden paths, screened porches, the range ideas of goes from a townhome courtyard garden to bubbling fountains, perennials beds, water gardens and bountiful tomato and vegetable spaces. Shade or sun-- inspiration abounds.

Gather ideas for your own home outdoor spaces. Enjoy making garden crafts; Go on a scavenger hunt. Learn new garden techniques. We have special activities for the little ones and special activities for those not so little. Or just bask in the uniqueness and beauty of these inviting places.

This year Polk County Master Gardeners partners with Urbandale Parks and Rec to showcase two Urbandale Garden treasures: Dunlap Park and Arboretum and our own Polk County Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden.

These gems of Urbandale provide you a window of discovery with the wide-open spaces of Dunlap Park and the many distinctive gardens and learning opportunities of the Demonstration Garden.

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Every stop along the way Master Gardeners will be available to greet you and answer your questions.