Join us Sunday, July 27 from 1-5 p.m. at Book Beat as we take part in the 2025 Oak Park Garden Tour! This free and open to the public garden tour in Oak Park features front yards, backyards, side yards, and creative green place-making spaces at residences and businesses.
Book Beat will have a variety of books (both for adults and children) about gardening, nature, and being good stewards of this planet! We will be joined by Wild Ones, and tables in front of the store will feature a free plant and seed giveaway. Support your local independent bookstore, discover a new title to inspire and inform you as a gardener, and bring home a plant to grow or seeds to sow!
Read more about all the details below and by visiting oakparkgardentour.com, along with this Interactive Google Map featuring all participating locations.
Overview:
Who: open to the public and kid-friendly
What: a free festival with 40 gardens and 15 organizations in the Resource Fair
Where: 40 locations around Oak Park, Michigan
When: Sunday, July 27, 2025, from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
How: attendees can visit as many gardens as they like, map and description at oakparkgardentour.com and garden and partner profiles on Facebook @oakparkgardentour and Instagram @oakparkgardentour
By the Numbers:
40 gardens in 2025
3 businesses with gardens
25 out of 40 feature Native Plants!
11 out of 40 feature Rain Barrels!
Median Garden Age is 5-7 years old, with 2 gardens in their first year and 6 gardens more than 30 years old!
Median Garden Size is Medium (250-499 ft2), with 6 small (1-249 ft2) gardens and 4 XXL (1500+ ft2) gardens!
Resource Fair Organizations for 2025:
Detroit Bird Alliance
Friends of the Rouge
Huron-Clinton Metroparks
Rochester Pollinators
Clinton River Watershed Council
Seasonal Sundries
Michigan Department of Natural Resources – Stepping Stones
Michigan State University Extension Master Gardeners
Oakland County Parks
Floraculture Garden Consulting
Oakland Conservation District
Wild Ones North Oakland
Oak Park Public Library
Book Beat Bookstore
Plants for Ecology