Every year, gardeners in and around Newark open their yards to visitors, inspiring all who come to experience the the natural beauty of the gardens.

On Saturday, May 10, explore seven private gardens filled with fresh spring flowers, inviting paths, and enchanting artwork. The 2025 Newark Garden Tour, sponsored by the Newark Arts Alliance, features local gardens, artwork, food trucks, and a farmer’s market. Come delight your senses and immerse yourself in Newark’s vibrant community of gardeners, artists, and musicians.

The Newark Garden Tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 

This year, the theme of the Newark Garden Tour is Nurturing Early Bloomers and it is celebrating early blooms and new beginnings. By offering the 2025 garden tour a little earlier in the year than usual, spring bloomers like azaleas, daffodils, hellebores, and strawberries will take center stage. 

Focused in central Newark, the seven gardens offer a variety of garden experiences: wooded paths, a hügelkultur vegetable and fruit garden, a garden designed to take advantage of both excess water flow as well as drought conditions, a meditation garden, and even a family of vultures.

The event is a perfect time to pick up a gift for the nurturer in your life—either at the tour itself or from the wide variety of arts for sale at the Arts Alliance.

There will also be an auction of hand-painted, sewn, and appliqued garden flags that are being donated by Newark Arts Alliance artists. Visit the auction online or at the Newark Arts Alliance storefront in the Shoppes at Louviers.

In addition to bountiful flowers, music, art, and food, the 2025 Newark Garden Tour includes several special offerings this year.

Dr. Milton Muldrow, the director of natural sciences programs for Wilmington University, will present “The Experimental Nursery,” a talk that will explore the topic of hardy food perennials in a variety of environments. The talk will be on June 18 at 6 p.m., with the location still to be determined.

There will also be a “Beauty and Bounty of Gardens” exhibit on display in the gallery at the Newark Arts Alliance. The exhibit is on display through May 17 during regular Newark Arts Alliance hours. 

Visit www.newarkartsalliance.org/newark-garden-tour/ for updated information or to purchase tickets, or send an email to [email protected] with any questions.