Saturday, May 21        (rain date Sunday, May 22)

Noon - 4 PM

Tickets are available on the day of the Tour at Langhorne Heritage Farm, 222 N. Green Street in Langhorne Borough, or in advance at Judy's Corner Frame Shop and Will Travel on S. Bellevue Avenue.

$12 for adults         $6 for youths 6-18 yrs old             under 6 yrs, free

Wander through 9 beautiful private and public gardens.

       Enjoy the art and music of 40 artists and musicians.

Below is a sneak preview of the tour.   For more information, please call 215-752-0854 or email info@langhornearts.org. 

The Artists-at-the-Farm studios, once former calving barns, bull pens, and other outbuildings, will be open for tour.  On display will be the artwork of Diane Wilkin, Carole Vaughan, and David Karasow. Rise Kagen (handbells) and Clipper Erikson (keyboard) will provide the musical entertainment.  This Farm operated by Langhorne Open Space, Inc. (LOSI), a grassroots preservation group which is celebrating its 25th year of protecting open space in Langhorne.  The Farm is used for flea markets, community gardens, concerts, and other special events.    

Tickets will be sold here on the day of the Tour.  Plenty of parking is available.

A shady, wooded path from the Farm leads to the Middletown Friends Meetinghouse.  

Gardens can be visited in any order.  All proceeds go to scholarships for middle and high school students who would benefit from enrichment experiences in the arts. 

This historic Meetinghouse will host an exhibit of original artwork by members of the Point of View Painters, a group of talented regional artists who have been painting together since 1980.  Participating will be Anita Shrager, Joan Reinhart, Jane Smudin of New Hope, Karen Hoffman and Kay King of Wycombe, Florence Ashton Schadler of Buckingham Valley, Pam Grumbach of Newtown, Cindy Sinclair of Gladwynne, and Carol Sanzalone of Lambertville.  

This exhibit, sponsored by the Middletown Friends, will open on Friday night with an Artists' Reception from 7-9 pm, and continue on Sunday, from 12:30 - 4:00 pm.   These events are free and open to the public. 

On the day of the Arts in the Garden tour, music will be provided by the Newtown Recorder Consort and Bill Daly on the banjo.   A special feature outdoors on the lovely grounds of this historic meetinghouse will be a meditative labyrinth, created by Connie Fenty.  Folk singer Carol Deaver will perform by the labyrinth.

The cozy patio garden of Connie Fenty's Windybush townhouse will feature a fountain, a container garden overflowing with annuals, perennials, and vegetables, and the fanciful and wild illustrations and paintings of artist Nikki Addeo.

The stately stone Victorian manor house of Mark and Kathy Clayton, at the corner of Hill and Gillam Avenues, is surrounded by beautiful gardens with dramatic plantings, a pool, gazebo and, it is rumored, more than 1000 impatiens!In this dramatic setting will be artist Patricia Gambino, who is also a Penn State Master Gardener, and Flo Schadler, who will painting some of the beauty around her.  Music will be provided by Peter Joseph and the Roaring Twenties.

The lush gardens at the Richardson House, tended to by the Four Lanes End Garden Club, will serve as the backdrop for artists Keith Mountford, Smita Rao, and Jennifer Renshaw, who will be painting a live model during the Tour.  Music will be provided by a local high school rock band, Jim Bryson (bagpipes), and the Cabin Jazz All Stars.  The historic Richardson House will also be open for tour.

A favorite stop on previous Tours, the gorgeous gardens, ponds, and studios of artists Michael and Nina Wommack will again be a highlight of this year's Tour.   Nina creates beautiful botanical tiles and mosaics. Michael's latest artistic endeavors have been vivid, dreamlike views of the Levittown of his childhood, which have won awards and appealed to many across the country who share the experience of life in suburbia.  Amy Wagner, author of "Levittown: Images of America," will have signed copies of her book available, and will also perform country and bluegrass music.  Artist Bonnie Batres will find plenty of inspiration for painting in this secret paradise.

Paul and Joanne Schneider's pretty "painted lady" Victorian home is a work of art itself, and the front and back gardens have been years in the making.  Kitchen gardens just outside the back door keep the couple in fresh vegetables all summer long.  Kim and Karl Krelove will fill the air with lively and classical duets on violin and clarinet as they perform on the shady porch.  Vocalist Tom Baust will sing in the back gardens from 2-4 pm while artist Melinda Wright displays her paintings.

The recently restored Cape Cod of Stephen and Kerry Carney and its front and back gardens will be filled with the oil paintings of artists Mary Bryson and Ted LaPlante.  Thirteen year old twins Heather and Jill Goodman will show their art and perform Broadway standards and jazz as "Garden Tourists" enter the manicured front lawn.  Classical violinist Monique Canniere, of the Divine Hand Ensemble, will also perform.

The pretty Cape Cod of Kenneth and Janet Briggs is tucked away on quaint Country Lane and slopes down to the golf course of Middletown Country Club. Their garden has a water feature, flowering trees, and a sunny deck.  Dave Leventhal's whimsical "rabbits and rhymes" and the handmade paper books of Mindy Trost will add artistic flair, as talented teens Emily and Stephen Tolnay and Chris Cherin provide musical entertainment.