On a grey and wet day a great celebration and opening of the Tulip Festival on the boulevard with a blast of color. Accolades to all involved with this project!!! It was a fun time and congratulations to the winners of the tulip prizes.
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Tulip Festival awesome
Donna Ardizzoni / Circle Consulting Group 978-526-9222
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Eye candy at the boulevard
A big thank you to all the hard work done by the Generous Gardeners and everyone else who made these beautiful gardens for us to enjoy….and tons of fun to photograph.. The Festival is Saturday morning starting at10 AM.
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Stacy Boulevard Part 7: expanded garden plans Tulip Fest May 6, 2017
photos: © Catherine Ryan
Saturday May 6, 2017 is the official ribbon cutting re-opening of Stacy Boulevard by Mayor Romeo Theken. Thanks to the Mayor, Mike Hale and all Gloucester DPW, GZA, Essex County Landscape Assoc, Gloucester Community Preservation Act, Ann Giraldi Johnson, GFWA, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, and groups like the Seaport Economic Council and Dir Carolyn Kirk, Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Joe Lucido, Ed Parks, Mike Linquata, Donna Ardizzoni and One Hour at a Time Gang, Ringo Tarr, Bobbie Turner, YMCA and summer help, Wolf Hill, Generous Gardeners, and other volunteers!
Tulip Festival and bonnet parade Saturday 10AM
Ribbon Cutting 11:30AM
Party at Mile Marker Restaurant 6-10PM
Enjoy a closer look at the engineering and landscape plans for the expanded gardens and before/after comparisons.
Before April 2017 | After May 2017
Funding for future perennials funded in part by the Gloucester Community Preservation Act
CPA grant towards new gardens summary of design and details
Series:
- Part 4 – Gloucester’s majestic public works construction stats: bringing the Stacy Boulevard plans to life
- Part 3- Gloucester’s Stacy boulevard public works construction Part 3: compare high res plans from 1922 and 1923 with today
- Part 2: Stacy Boulevard Public Works stunner | Gloucester is an early client for the Harvard and Olmsted trained landscape designer, Thomas Warren Sears. His 1908 photos are a must see!
- Part 1: STACY BOULEVARD NEARING THE FINISH LINE Part 1 – Walk this way: Gloucester’s stately Stacy Boulevard public works project is breathtaking and one for the ages!
- September 12 2016- Stacy Boulevard construction update: historic Blynman the Cut Bridge project scope plans and engineering details
- August 2016 Stacy Boulevard construction details. Gloucester DPW is impressive
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Generous Gardeners
Thank you Generous Gardeners for this great event that will be taking place on May 6, 2017. For more information please go directly to their website at
http://generousgardeners.org/
The boulevard already looks beautiful.
TULIP FESTIVAL May 6th
Gloucester Tulip Festival, Saturday May 6, 2017
May 6th is the Ribbon Cutting Celebration for the new Stacy Boulevard gardens and the completion of the seawall reconstruction project.
The festivities will begin at 10:00 AM with an old-fashioned promenade from the Stage Fort Park Visitors Center to the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial. Participants are encouraged to dress in their best and stroll with neighbors and friends. Free and open to all. Prizes awarded based on elegance, creativity and floral inspiration. Prizes are baskets of tulips with gift certificates.
1. Best Bonnet (female)
2. Best Chapeau (male)
3. Best Pram
4. Best Walking Stick
5. Best Children’s Outfit
6. Best Headdress
7. Best Overall (male)
8 Best Overall (female)
9. Best Couple
10. Best Family
Following the promenade, Gloucester’s mayor will officially open the Boulevard with a ribbon cutting. The Promenade’s Grand Marshall, William Taylor will then announce the winners. Generous Gardeners volunteers will be available all afternoon to answer questions and provide interesting tulip trivia.
Generous Gardeners planted over 22,000 tulips for a spectacular show of color and form in shades of pink, purple, yellow, orange and red. Generous Gardeners is a volunteer group of local gardeners who care for over 22 public spaces in Gloucester. There are two tulip festival fundraising events planned. The movie Tulip Mania will be shown April 29th at the Cape Ann Cinema and Stage on Main Street. Doors open at 7:00 to mix and mingle. The film starts at 7:45 about the spectacular tulip speculation in 1637 Holland. $15/per person. The second event is a fundraiser party on May 6th at the Mile Marker starting at 6 PM and featuring the Honky Tonk Women’s Band. $20/per person. These events benefit Generous Gardeners and the Stacy Boulevard Gardens.
Free Parking at Stage Fort Park. Handicap/senior parking at Kent Circle. Promenade contestants must register at 10:00 AM at Stage Fort Park Visitors Center, but all are welcome to participate.
Please note our fabulous fundraiser trip to Amsterdam below. If you would like a ticket supplies are limited, email susan@generousgardeners.org and she will reserve one for you. Call 781-346-1363 with questions.
May 6 Generous Gardener Tulip Festival Poster
Raffle for All Inclusive plus Airfare for 9 day Amsterdam Tulip River Cruise
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