2026 Garden Tour
The 2026 UP Historical Society Garden Tour is fast approaching!
Join us for a beautiful day exploring six local gardens in University Place. Enjoy an afternoon outdoors and get inspired with ideas for your own garden!
Date:
Saturday, June 13, 2026
Location:
Curran House - 4009 Curran Lane W, University Place, WA
Ticket Information:
Early Bird (through May 20): $20
General Admission (after May 20): $25
All proceeds support the UP Historical Society's mission to identify and preserve the history of University Place.
Where to purchase tickets:
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Online via Eventbrite (fees apply).
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Via check. Download the form below.
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In person at Harbor Greens (University Place), Chirp and Company, Brown’s Flowers and Gifts (Fircrest), and Gardensphere (Tacoma).
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In person at Curran House on the day of the event from 8:45am to 3:00pm.
The Garden Tour’s major sponsors are Linda & Albert Bird, Donald & Donna Perry and UP Refuse and Recycling.
The UPHS also thanks all of our many individual donors.
UP Garden Tours
UP Garden Tours
University Place Historical Society
University Place Garden Tour - Worthington in the Woods
University Place Garden Tour - Memory Lane North
University Place Garden Tour - Alice's Garden
2022 Garden Tour
Enjoy photos of our 2022 Garden Tour! Click on image to enlarge.
2020 Garden Tour
View the seven magical gardens that were a part of this year’s virtual Garden Tour organized by the U.P. Historical Society. These virtual tours offer stunning ground and aerial views of each garden, as well as interviews with their owners and Pierce County Master Gardener Alice Dionne. From highly sculpted to informal by design, these gardens feature a variety of flora, water features, terracing and even a fairy or two.
Special thanks to each of our Garden Tour hosts who so graciously allowed us to sneak a peek at these magnificent spaces:
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U.P. Historical Society’s Curran Apple Orchard
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Dick and Patti Hutchison’s Terraced Gardens
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Carole Henderson’s Japanese Garden
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Linda Bird’s Fairy Garden
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Dani Griswold’s 35 House
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Evonne and Sam Ryken’s “Secret Garden”
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Howard Dempsey’s Memory Lane North
The response to this year’s free virtual tours has been outstanding. Thank you again to the generous sponsors who made it possible: Atkins Chiropractic, Columbia Bank, Gray Lumber Company, JK Tax Service, Inc., McCabe’s Automotive Specialists, Morrison House/Sotheby’s International Realty, Portland Avenue Nursery, Seattle Seahawks, Sound Community Bank, Suburban Opticians and U.P. Refuse & Recycling.
