Water-Smart Garden Contest and Tour

Master Gardeners WATER-SMART Tour
tickets available now by mail!
Click here to see photos of some of the gardens you'll visit on the Tour
Click here for the list of Water-Smart Garden Contest award winners
Save 25%! Click here for an advance purchase ticket order form to print and mail (pdf)
Click here for a list of restaurants to visit during the Tour
Click here for garden locations (password required - printed on the map with ticket)


Monterey Bay Master Gardeners
Water-Smart Garden Tour
Santa Cruz & Monterey Counties
August 9 & 10
10 AM to 4 PM

Order your tickets now for the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners' self-guided tour of 23 beautiful gardens -- most are winners of the Water-Smart Garden Contest and all save water through plant selection, efficient irrigation and other water-smart methods. You'll be inspired to make your own home garden water-smart!

Don't miss the the Plant Sale and the Art Gallery of fabulous garden-inspired art to purchase. Locations available here (you must have the username and password to access)

Ticket-holders: click here for location information including a Google map of each garden. You must have the username and password that are printed on the map you received with your ticket to access the Locations page.

$20.00 at gardens on the day of the Tour
$15.00 in advance at garden centers listed below (available soon)
           Or order NOW by mail (click here for pdf order form)
           Mail orders received after 8/2 will be contacted with will-call location
A map will be provided with your ticket

Three ways to get your tickets!

Proceeds will benefit school and community gardening projects of the Monterey Bay Master Gardeners, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, whose mission is to provide research-based horticultural education to home gardeners in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties.