Cape Cod Hydrangea Fest Garden Tours: July 19, 2025

BARNSTABLE

Cape Cottage - 181 Chase Street, Hyannis
Tour benefits Resilient Roots
Open for Tours: July 11, July 19, and July 20
Meander along winding gravel pathways through this organic perennial garden bursting with life, where every turn holds a delightful surprise. This eclectic, colorful oasis is a whimsical blend of vibrant flowers, sculptures, and unexpected hidden vignettes for you to enjoy. Garden with lots of unusual plants, Creative ornaments, Pollinator Garden.
Parking: Please, park along Chase, Highland, or Foster. The driveway entrance is off Foster.

Lavender in Bloom - 330 Olde Homestead Drive, Marstons Mills
Tour benefits Resilient Roots
This historic, circa 1750, Cape farm, complete with silo, focuses on sustainable farming practices. The gardens will be in bloom with loads of purple lavender and hyssop punctuated by chickens and glimpses of the friendly alpaca herd. The property features multiple beehives. Garden with water view, Farm animals, Pollinator Garden.
Parking: There will be a person directing parking on site.

189 6th Avenue, West Hyannis Port
Tour benefits the Garden Club of Hyannis
In 1993 the owners bought this property. The gardens had been neglected for many years but had possibilities! Little by little they brought them back to life! In 2000 a major renovation of the house was done and much of the landscaping had to be redone. In 2019 they added the pool and the plantings around that area. Many echinacea were planted along the stone wall. These have been a constant meal for the rabbits!! The large Kwanzaa Cherry tree in the backyard was there in 1993 and provides so much swinging fun for their 6 grandchildren as does the hammock! Enjoy the perennial bed at the front corner of the house with Daisies, reblooming Iris, Lilies, Echinacea, and the Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea tree. There are also various types of Hosta by the Ocean St. side of the house and the backyard. Enjoy!! Pollinator Garden.

26 Pitchers Way, Hyannis
Tour benefits the Garden Club of Hyannis
Come and view this whimsical garden created by this talented gardener who has collected treasures for years and incorporated them to create beauty with nature. Beautiful blooming perennials, hydrangeas, trees and bushes are enveloped in areas with amusing and fanciful artful creations. You'll walk away with ideas to use in your garden from the playful areas that surround this cottage home. Everywhere you look there are vignettes of how nature can live in symphony with art. Garden with Creative ornaments.

Howe Gardens - 1124 Old Stage Road, Centerville OPEN: 9AM-2PM
Tour benefits Whelden Memorial Library
Open for Tours: July 18 and July 19
We hybridize (breed) daylilies and currently have 23 registered with the American Daylily Society. Our gardens feature about 75 varieties from other growers, along with several hundred of our own unique crosses—some are first-year flowers never seen before, while others are under evaluation. In addition to daylilies, we grow a wide range of perennials. One lucky visitor will receive a Cape Cod Daylily! Pollinator Garden with lots of unusual plants, Plant Collector’s Garden, dog-friendly, Wheelchair and Walker Friendly.
Directions: Located on Old Stage Road in Centerville. Parking is available across the street from the garden.
Parking: Available on the opposite side of Old Stage Road.

Meetinghouse Farm - 2135 Meetinghouse Way, West Barnstable
Tour benefits Meeting House Farm
Nestled within the West Barnstable community lies Meetinghouse Farm, a verdant oasis and horticultural sanctuary. Step into a world of natural beauty and tranquility as you embark on a journey through lush gardens and verdant greenhouse. Wander through the labyrinth and take leisurely strolls across the sprawling grounds of this cherished local gem. Experience the harmony of nature and humanity in perfect union at Meetinghouse Farm. Parking: small gravel road/culdesac on property, or parking at Fire Station and walking over. Open for Tours: July 11-13 & July 18-20. Pollinator Garden.

Heart’s Ease at Compass Rose Center - 1106 Main Street, West Barnstable
Tour benefits Whelden Memorial Library
Open for Tours: July 19: 10 AM – 2 PM & July 20: 12 PM – 4 PM
Heart’s Ease is a pollinator garden that surrounds Compass Rose Center, a place for navigating life and nourishing spirit. The gardens are a thoughtful mix of old and new plantings, with an emphasis on native species and pollinator-friendly selections. Pollinator Garden, Dog-Friendly, Wheelchair and Walker Friendly.
Directions: Located at Compass Rose Center on Main Street in West Barnstable.
Parking: Compass Rose parking lot – 12 regular spaces and one accessible space.

FALMOUTH

Michaelson’s Garden - 12 Sheeps Crossing Lane, Woods Hole/Falmouth
Tour benefits Cape Cod Hydrangea Society
Open for Tours: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
Richard and Allyn Michaelson built their home in 1994. Now, 30 years into what started as their five-year landscaping plan, their gardens have developed into mature, diverse, and constantly evolving spaces. The front garden is distinguished by stunning beech, Japanese maple, and Kousa dogwood trees as well as a blanket of lush hydrangeas, ferns, hosta, rhododendron, rose of sharon, butterfly bushes and day lilies. The rear of the property features an inground pool, framed by a stone retaining wall that supports a stunning and vibrant patchwork of hydrangeas, hosta, daylilies, and other plantings. There is also a tranquil hilltop terrace with shade-tolerant plantings. Lots of hydrangeas | Pollinator Garden. FYI: Mal Condon, The Hydrangea Guy of Cape Cod, will be at this garden to speak to visitors and answer questions at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on July 18th.

Chapman’s Garden - 28 Sady’s Lane, E. Falmouth
Tour benefits Cape Cod Hydrangea Society
Open for Tours: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
George and Marcia Chapman, both life-long horticulturists, love their high maintenance 40-year-old garden but recognize that they are not getting any younger. While still committed to acquiring unusual plants and undertaking new garden projects, they have begun making alterations with the future in mind. Come see where they have removed large evergreens and transplanted shrubs. Enjoy more than 100 kinds of native plants and 57 varieties of hydrangeas interspersed among the hundreds of plants on this half-acre lot. Explore every pathway and pass through every archway for inspiration, ideas and surprises. This spectacular garden has been featured in Fine Gardening, Cape Cod Home and Falmouth Living magazines.  Lots of hydrangeas | Lots of unusual plants.

ORLEANS

Karakehian’s Garden - 100 Gibson Road, Orleans
Tour benefits Cape Cod Hydrangea Society
Open for Tours: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
George and Kristin Karakehian have summered in their Orleans home for 40 years. Twenty years ago they set about establishing their gardens which today feature 90 hydrangeas, including serrata, macrophylla, paniculata, and arborescens varieties as well as Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris or climbing hydrangea. “Every time we purchase new hydrangeas our lawn gets smaller,” laughs the couple who have designed their gardens and maintain them as well. In addition to hydrangeas, they have a special fondness for dahlias. Their gardens also include daisies, butterfly weed and roses. Among the 35 varieties of hydrangeas in their garden you will find a number that are no longer in commercial production. Their favorites are black-stemmed H.m.’Zorro’ and H.m.’Cityline Paris.’ Garden with lots of hydrangeas.

Pessoni’s Garden - 4 Driftwood Lane, Orleans
Tour benefits Cape Cod Hydrangea Society
Open for Tours: Friday, July 18 and Saturday, July 19
Dan Pessoni is known locally as “Dan, the Lily Man” and rightly so. His Driftwood Garden is the Outer Cape’s only nationally-registered American Daylily Display Garden, with 700 different labeled varieties. In addition, this garden contains 350 labeled varieties of hosta, with special beds for small and miniature varieties. Interspersed among the hosta are heuchera, ferns, and Solomon’s Seal. Driftwood Garden also boasts a collection of more than 100 labeled hydrangea varieties and a large vegetable garden. Located throughout the property are 15 specimen trees, including stewartia, hepatacodium (seven son flower), tricolor leaf beech and heritage birch. Come meet Dan in his wonderland.
Lots of hydrangeas | Lots of unusual plants.

YARMOUTH

82 Sierra Way West Yarmouth
Tour benefits Yarmouth Food Pantry & Harwich Food Pantry
Open for Tours: July 12-13 & July 16, July 19
Gardens Have winding paths with over 100 Japanese maples. Have over 300 registered Hostas that are labeled for ID. There is also a collection of mini hostas which are quite small. Koi pond surrounded with weeping pines and maples. Many plants and shrubs and flowers are thru out the pathways. There is a bench to sit and see the Koi and waterfall. This year we have over 400 hostas all tagged. Bonsai will be displayed on tables or stands in the garden as well. Many different trees both large and small.
Directions: We are on Sierra Way and the corner Forest Road. About a mile from the Yarmouth Senior Center. If you are coming from 6 it will be old exit 8 on to Station Ave thru 2 lights make right onto Townsend to next traffic light make left we are about 2/12 miles on right. PARKING: Plenty of parking
ACCESSIBLE: Flat land Wheelchair or walker friendly. NO DOGS PLEASE