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Second Annual Forest Glen Garden Walk Set to Bloom

 Forest Glen homes will be on display during the garden walk June 27.
Forest Glen homes will be on display during the garden walk June 27.
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Forest Glen Community Club

FOREST GLEN — Seven gardens in one of the most secluded Chicago neighborhoods will be open to the public during the second annual Forest Glen Garden Walk.

The self-guided tour, which will feature presentations from master gardeners, will take place from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. June 27, organizers said.

The gardens featured on the walk will include rain gardens, koi ponds and English cottage-style gardens. The tour will also take participants by a variety of homes, including cottages, bungalows, ranch houses, Tudors, Georgians and Queen Annes, organizers said.

Gardens on the tour also feature carousel horses and lawns transformed into a fairy prairies, organizers said.

The tour will raise money for the Forest Glen Community Club, which maintains public spaces in what residents like to think of as a nature-rich oasis tucked between two expressways and the Milwaukee District North Metra Line in the middle of the city.

Advance tickets are $8 and can be bought online at forestglenchicago.org. Tickets at the gate at 5303 N. Laporte Ave. are $10. 

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