21st Annual Garden Walk on June 22, 2008

Chicago, Illinois – The East Beverly Association announces the 21st Annual Beverly Hills-Morgan Park Garden Walk, to be held on Sunday, June 22, 2008 from Noon to 5 p.m. This year’s walk will begin at Beverly Bank, 1908 W. 103rd Street. Live music will be featured at the departure site.

Ten brand new and spectacular gardens will be highlighted in this historic community. Gardens of various types will again be featured, all in a city setting. Gardens with creative plans developed by our community gardeners is an added attraction. The Beverly Hills-Morgan Park Garden Walk has been named one of the top ten Garden Walks by Chicago Magazine.

The Beverly Hills/Morgan Park community is known for their outstanding historical architecture, local entrepreneurship, community activism and racial diversity. And of course, outstanding landscape architecture. Additionally, Central and East Beverly, with their extraordinarily large lot sizes, have historically been part of the garden district of Chicago.

Tickets will be on sale beginning June 1st at World Folk Music located at 1808 W. 103rd Street. Ticket prices are $10.00, $8.00 for seniors. Guided trolley tours of all the gardens depart from Beverly Bank at 12:20 and 12:45 p.m. on a first-come, first-come basis. All proceeds on the walk benefit community gardens and help support free community events.

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