Courtyard and Garden Tour features former Huneycutt home, Senior Center – The Stanly News & Press

It’s back garden tour time across the South and this year, Stanly County will be showcased in a new occasion hosted by the Stanly County Historical Society. The Courtyard and Backyard Tour will be 10 a.m.-4 p.m. April 30.

Proceeds from this rain or shine party will fund academic applications and preservation initiatives of the Stanly County Historical Modern society, a 501(c)3 nonprofit business.

This self guided tour will make it possible for entry to 10 private and public courtyard and backyard garden spaces stretching from Albemarle to Richfield that will inspire gardeners of all ranges. The tour features a range of back garden spaces such as Do-it-yourself landscapes, restored official gardens and centuries aged family farms.

Web page No. 5 is at 271 N. Third St., Albemarle. Three generations of the King family members reside in this landmark Stanly County household developed in 1923 by A.C. Huneycutt.

Huneycutt was a community lawyer, Albemarle mayor and publisher of quite a few newspapers in the Piedmont location.

Now the home of Austin and Megan King, their little ones Ellison Rose and Khi, alongside with Austin’s mother and father, Rob and Dondee King, they appreciate the gardens and loaded heritage of the property.

A broad front porch is shady and flourishing with container plantings: ferns, geraniums and annuals. Various of the stone urns are initial, though matching kinds are new. The backyard slopes steeply to a significant brick paver patio exactly where Austin and Megan claimed their wedding day vows.

A slate lined rainwater trench winds as a result of the garden, even though River Birch trees shade the again garden that incorporates a chook tub and stepping stones that after belonged to Austin’s grandmother, Joyce King.

Some of the landscaping “timbers” are concrete lintels from when Albemarle Substantial Faculty was remodeled.

Take note the bottle tree at the bottom of the yard. A huge dogwood, a Twisted Corkscrew Hazel Tree and other trees entire this park-like setting. Because the path to the patio is downhill with numerous measures and no handrails, you can love the expansive check out from the upper garden.

Web site No. 6 is the Stanly County Senior Heart at 283 N. Third St., Albemarle.

In this article, guests can see what setting up and mulch can do. In 2021, through the initiatives of The Buddies of the Senior Center and a reward from the Tom and Jean Rabe family members, new landscaping was set up at the front entrance and a lined courtyard was produced in the rear.

The courtyard contains a shuffleboard court docket and room for various fire pits. The courtyard named “Becky’s Backyard” honors Becky Weemhoff, retired Senior Middle director, for her lengthy tenure of provider. The Friend’s Garden characteristics ornamental shrubs, a present-day backyard garden sculpture and a secluded backyard garden bench to loosen up and appreciate.

Web page No. 6 is the Stanly County Senior Middle at 283 N. 3rd St., Albemarle. (Contributed)

Progress $15 wristband tickets are out there at the Stanly County Historical past Center, 157 N. Second St., Albemarle, or by mail get to Stanly County Historical Culture, PO Box 1384, Albemarle, NC 28002. Pre-paid out mail orders will be held at the will call station at the 1852 Isaiah Snuggs House, 112 N. Third St., Albemarle, from 9:30 a.m.-2 p.m.. Wristband tickets for $20 may be acquired on the working day of the tour at the Isaiah Snuggs Dwelling.

All ticket revenue are non-refundable donations.

Immediate inquiries to 704-986-3777 or [email protected].