The 31st Northampton Garden Tour

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Saturday, June 14, 2025 from 10am–4pm, rain or shine

Ticket sales begin May 5

Friends of Forbes Library, Inc. announces The 31st Annual Northampton Garden Tour on Saturday, June 14 from 10am to 4pm, rain or shine.

All proceeds from the tour, raffle and t-shirt sales benefit the Friends of Forbes Library, Inc to support library programs, events, and projects that could not otherwise be funded.

We hope the tour will inspire and educate with a variety of landscape styles, plants and gardening methods. The care and skill that has been poured into these gardens is extraordinary. Each garden has plant descriptions and volunteer guides to answer your questions. There will be live music and a plein-air painter for your enjoyment. Bicyclists are welcome along this 12 mile scenic route. Tickets provide garden locations and parking guidance. You provide your own transportation to all gardens on the tour.

Purchase tickets May 5 through June 13 at

• Bay State Perennial Farm (Whately)
• Cooper’s Corner (Florence)
• State Street Fruit Store (Northampton)
• Gardener’s Supply Company (Hadley)
• Sugarloaf Gardens (Sunderland)
• Forbes Library

Purchase tickets online May 5 through June 11 on this site.

• Prepay online and pick up prepaid tickets ONLY ON Thursday June 12, 4pm-8 pm; Friday June 13, 10am-6pm; and Saturday, June 14 (tour day) from 10am-1pm.

Tour tickets are $20 if bought in advance.

Day of tour tickets are $25 and ONLY sold at Forbes Library from 10am-1pm on Saturday, June 14th.

Buy a Raffle Ticket for your chance to win a prize and to further support Forbes Library. Prizes include a beautiful garden bench, organic compost, gift certificates, garden supplies, and other delightful items. Bring cash to the garden tour, or buy your raffle ticket at Forbes Library May 5 – June 13. Raffle tickets are $5, $10 and $20 offering multiple chances to win. The raffle drawing will take place at the end of the tour. Winners will be notified by phone. Whether you are a gardener or garden admirer, there is bound to be a prize for you.

Buy a Northampton Garden Tour T-Shirt for $30, or 2 for $50. T-shirts are sold at Forbes Library and at garden #3 on tour day.

Please support our loyal sponsors with your patronage.

Silver Lily Sponsors

• Bartlett Tree Experts
• Curran & Keegan Financial
• Easthampton Savings Bank
• Finck & Perras Insurance
• Northampton Financial Services
• Eli and Ina Porth

Bronze Daisy Sponsors

• Atlas Farm
• Bay State Perennial Farm
• Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce
• Greenfield and Northampton Cooperative Bank
• Greenfield Savings Bank
• The Murphys Realtors, Inc.
• River Valley Co-op
• Sugarloaf Gardens
• Tandem Bagel Company
• Valley Home Improvement, Inc.
• Webber and Grinnell Insurance Agency
• Wingate Wealth
• Wohl Family Dentistry

Raffle Donors

• Bear Path Compost
• Cotton Tree Service
• Forest Flowers
• Friends of Forbes Library
• Gardener’s Supply/Hadley
• Alexandra Sprague
• John Scheepers: Beauty from Bulbs
• Thornes Marketplace
• Wanczyk Nursery
• White Flower Farm
• Womanswork