Frederick Garden tour adds historic new stop

FREDERICK, Md. (DC News Now) — Downtown Frederick’s annual Beyond the Garden Tour is coming up. Each year, it showcases many gardens around the city — and this year, a new garden with a rich history and big mission is being added to the tour.

“The Beyond the Garden Gates tour is Frederick’s annual garden tour, which takes private and public gardens and puts them on display and show for the rest of the community,” Executive Director of Federated Charities Elin Ross explained.

This year, Federated Charities, a non-profit center, will be showcasing both its gardens and its rich history.

“Our building was gifted to us in 1930 and it was originally a private home owned by the Williams family so these gardens in the front and the back of the property belonged to the house and so we have maintained them since we inherited the building in 1930 to be used as a nonprofit center,” Ross said.

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Community volunteers such as Kathy Fay maintain the garden.

“Having us on the tour this year is [important] because it brings people to our buildings so that they are able to learn about what we do, but it also shows them this space that is open for public rental if they’re interested,” Fay said.

Both Fay and Ross hope that the garden tour will impact both the center and the people it’s made to serve.

“It really belongs to the entire community,” Ross said.

“We believe that these historic spaces deserve to be saved and utilized and see new life.”

The garden tour runs until May 19.

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