Jamestown garden tour set for July 15 to fund scholarships
Jamestown’s 36th garden tour will sell $12 tickets at any stop and send proceeds to scholarships at the University of Jamestown.
Private yards across Jamestown will turn into public stops for the 36th annual Garden Tour, which runs from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 15, with tickets sold at any garden for $12 once the tour begins. Tickets turned in with all sites checked will be entered for door prizes.
The Jamestown Branch of the American Association of University Women is using the evening tour to raise money for the AAUW Educational Foundation and the AAUW Scholarship Endowment at the University of Jamestown. That gives the event a direct tie to student aid in a city where the University of Jamestown says it awards $12.5 million a year in scholarships and provides some type of financial aid to 100% of its full-time undergraduate students.
The tour’s long run also marks it as one of Jamestown’s more durable summer traditions. News Dakota described it as the 29th annual event in 2018 and the 34th annual tour in 2024, showing how the fundraiser has stayed on the local calendar year after year as AAUW members keep recruiting homes and visitors.
The structure of the event is simple, but the civic purpose is clear. Residents pay a modest entry fee, move from garden to garden, and help convert neighborhood landscaping into scholarship dollars for local students. Earlier coverage showed the proceeds once supported the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund as well, but this year’s stated beneficiaries are the AAUW Educational Foundation and the scholarship endowment at the University of Jamestown.
Connie Lillejord can be reached at 701-269-2430 and Erin Klein at 701-320-4560 for more information. For Jamestown, the tour remains a small-scale fundraiser with a visible payoff: private spaces opened for one evening, and the proceeds funneled back into education.
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