Centre Region
Growing Greener
Garden Tour

This one-day event is designed to showcase habitat-friendly landscaping practices in the State College area and to inspire and empower participants to adopt a similar approach in their own yards. This year’s event took place on Saturday, June 10th in the Boalsburg area of the region. Thanks to those who joined us! Join our mailing list to learn about future garden tours and related opportunities!

Our sincere thanks to this year's garden hosts, who graciously volunteered to open their yards to share their experience, knowledge, and enthusiasm! The four yards featured this year offered tour participants an opportunity to see habitat-friendly residential landscaping in several different contexts, including a large sunny lot, a smaller sunny lot, a large lot with both sun and shade, and a pollinator meadow. 

Residential landowners can help offset widespread habitat loss by providing habitat critical to birds, pollinators, and other wildlife. However, many landowners may not know where to begin, or may want to see how native plants can be used in the home landscape. Access to local examples will help inspire more widespread adoption of habitat-friendly yards. Learn more about habitat-friendly landscaping: