Kristen Facente accompanied seven garden and hummingbird enthusiasts to Leaming’s Run Gardens in Avalon, NJ for a guided tour and lunch. Our guide, Greg, was not only the entire gardening staff but also the son of the gardens’ owners. He knew each garden inside and out and shared his gardening secrets with us. During the walk, he also explained the history of the land and its original owners, and how it came to be in his family’s possession. While we sat in the shade and enjoyed his stories, hummingbirds darted around Cardinal Flowers not 10 feet in front of us. We learned that hummingbird feeders are actually very detrimental to the ‘hummers’ (for a number of reasons) and several of our group vowed to take their feeders down immediately! The gardens are also home to a wide variety of chickens and other fowl, which Greg breeds and cares for. After the tour, the group wandered on their own through the rest of the gardens. We enjoyed the gardens so much, by the time we sat down at Chef Ted’s Off-Shore Grill for lunch, everyone was starving! Lunch was very good, though, and worth the wait.
If you missed out on Leaming's Run Gardens, be sure to check the Briar Flyer or the schedule of events on www.briarbush.org for upcoming Great Escapes!
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