Troy Farmers Market hosting garden tour on Aug. 27

The Troy Farmers Market will host a Garden Tour on Saturday, Aug. 27 featuring five market gardens.

Each garden shines in its uniqueness and as a whole exemplify the wide-ranging variety of plants grown in the region.

Featured gardens include Dolezal Fruit, Brenda’s Bounty, Curly Girl Flowers, BLD Farms, and Old Stateline Gardens.

Dolezal Fruit, run by Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal, produces raspberries, vegetables, herbs, flowers, bedding plants, and a 40-plus-year-old orchard with apples, pears, plums, cherries, walnuts and hazelnuts.

Well-known vendors at local farmers markets, they also produce delicious products, pastries, jams, and dried fruit handcrafted from scratch with healthy, beneficial ingredients.

Brenda’s Bounty, run by Master Gardener Brenda Nagode, features 35 varieties of flowers and 67 varieties of vegetables and herbs, as well as raspberries, blackberries and fruit trees. Her beautiful braided breads are a staple at the Troy Market.

Curly Girl Flowers, a family run flower farm operated by Robbee Pennock, specializes in sustainably grown annuals, perennials and specialty blooms. Their mission is to spread the love of flowers to our community and future generations.

BLD Farms, run by Bradley and Loretta Dunn-meier, is located along the beautiful Kootenai River. They have transformed a one-acre property into a thriving garden and small orchard.

Old Stateline Gardens, another family run garden tended by Vicki and Heather Todd, features a mix of 400-plus plant species consisting of flowers, medicinals, dye plants, weeds and vegetables.

The tour is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. rain or shine. The self-guided tour allows visitors to move from garden to garden at their own pace. Tickets are $20 (children 12 and under free) and all proceeds benefit the Troy Farmers Market Apple Festival in September.

Tickets, maps and other information is available at the Troy Farmers Market, on their website troymtfarmersmarket.com, and Facebook.