Springtimein theBluegrassA winsome journey through Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky MAY 18 THROUGH 23, 2014

PRESENTED BY GCA’S VISITING GARDENS COMMITTEE

WELCOME to the COMMONWEALTH of KENTUCKY – one of only four states to be so designated. From the rolling bluegrass-covered hills of this legendary horse country to the storied Churchill Downs and the Bourbon Trail, you will come to appreciate Kentucky’s unbridled spirit and the beautiful countryside lying between Louisville and Lexington.

Louisville, named recently as America’s most livable large city, is a community of parks, many designed by notable landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, who created Central Park in New York City. Surprises abound here in exquisite private gardens that showcase delicious vegetable gardens, grasses, abundant cascading roses, dogwoods and luscious orchards and the famed Yew Dell Botanical Gardens, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Lexington, known as the “Horse Capital of the World” will introduce you to Keeneland Race Track, a National Historic Landmark, and Three Chimneys Farm, a world-renowned thoroughbred horse farm where you will discover why bluegrass is so uniquely suited for horse breeding and racing. Learn the time-honored traditions of bourbon making and stroll the garden and home of Henry Clay’s beloved Ashland Estate along with other stunning private gardens.

GCA invites you to be embraced by true Southern hospitality offered by Kentuckians who are proud to share their Kentucky homes and gardens with you. They are what the Bluegrass Country is all about!

STANYA OWEN WICKIE PLANTTrip Coordinator and Host Trip Registrar and TreasurerGCA Visiting Gardens Advisor GCA Visiting Gardens Chairman

Stanya

SUNDAY, MAY 18Arrive at the LOUISVILLE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, which is about !fteen minutes from your downtown hotel.Check into the unique 21c Museum Hotel, North America’s !rst museum dedicated solely to collecting and exhibiting art of the 21st century. It was voted the #1 Hotel in the South and was among the top 10 Hotels in the World in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, according to Condé Nast Travel-er’s Readers’ Choice Awards. Breakfast not included.21c MUSEUM HOTEL700 W. Main StreetLouisville, Kentucky 402021.502.217.6300If time permits, you can stroll the hotel to view the innovative art throughout several "oors and/or walk to the Louisville Waterfront Park. #is 72-acre public park is about a ten-to-!fteen minute walk from the hotel and is located on the Ohio River. It is truly the emerald heart of Louisville.6:00pm Meet in the lobby to depart for “Welcome to Louisville” cocktails at the home of Joanne and

Charlie Owen. #eir home was designed by Philadelphia architect Carl Ziegler and built in 1929. Its 61/2 acres of grounds encompass 50-year-old white pines, spruces, oaks, hemlocks, American hollies and innumerable white dogwoods. #is beautiful home, renovated by its current owners in the 1990s, contains a wonderful collection of 20th century Russian art.

7:30pm Depart for dinner at the River Valley Club located on the Ohio River. #e club will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2014.

9:30pm Return to the 21c Museum Hotel.

MONDAY, MAY 198:30am After breakfast on your own, meet in the lobby to depart for a visit to Carla Sue and Brad

Broecker’s home and garden. Running Water Farm has been their home for 47 years. Formerly a thoroughbred horse farm, it oddly took its name from a famous trotting horse. At that time, the only trees that occurred on the farm’s 100 acres were in fence rows and in many ways this provided an ideal “blank canvas” on which Carla Sue and Brad could create their home and garden. Inspired by their extensive travels in England, they like to say that the 35 acres they have set aside for their garden is a “Kentucky take” on an English garden. Mature yellow poplar and black walnut trees provide shade for the hostas, pachysandra, ferns, dogwoods, hydrangeas, redbuds, purple wisteria tree and a large circular “room” with taxus “walls.” Alongside one edge of this part of the garden is a high, climbing hydrangea-covered wall with a massive pair of iron gates that provide a focal point and also an entrance into a rectangular three-tiered sunken garden beyond. It has a 40-foot central re"ecting pool with a sixteen-column, wisteria-covered pergola on each side. #e walls of the pool level are lined with amsonia and have boxwood planters on each end. #e sunken garden also features a viburnum juddii hedge, enormous boxwood arbor vitae, river birches, and

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21c Museum Hotel

katsura, along with sculptures of Pan and Bacchus, and a Greek temple folly that masks a garage for mowing and gardening equipment. Outside the formal garden is a meadow with an obelisk-topped Elizabethan viewing mound with a spiral walkway, many Japanese maples of various types, a large English oak, parrotia, crab apples, sweet gum, castor aralia, His Majesty’s cork tree, dove or handkerchief tree, several hundred decid-uous and grandi"ora magnolias, willow, white, chestnut, split leaf, red, scarlet, burr oaks, Kentucky co$ee, gingko, hollies, weeping black gum, Winter King hawthorn, catalpa, pond cypress, pignut, horse chestnut, larch and the owner’s pride and joy – an interesting collection of large beeches including copper, European Green, weeping, American, Oriental, columnar, fern leaf, contorted, and purple fountain. Finally, there is a 22-foot gira$e carved from a lightning-struck pin oak that the owner dug as a seedling and planted 45 years ago. Avid Anglophiles, the Broeckers have an extensive collection of late 19th- and early 20th-century English art pottery that you will enjoy inside their home.

10:30am Leave for Margie and Allen Schubert’s garden and luncheon. #e 360-degree views are what attracted Margie and Allen Schubert to their wooded four-acre hilltop home in Indian Hills. After spending years in Houston, the Louis-ville native said she is “relearning her plants.” In the early spring, Margie uses a hoop frame to start cool-weather crops in her bountiful vegetable garden. Her favorites are lettuce, arugula, cauli"ower, Brussels sprouts and cabbage.

#ey also grow raspberries, asparagus, garlic, onions, potatoes, squash, Swiss chard, peppers, beans, eggplant, tomatoes, tomatillos, potatoes and herbs in the raised beds. You will also enjoy other spring favorites such as da$odils, tulips, astilbe, columbine and muscari (grape hyacinths). #eir 2 year old !lly “Sweet Emma Rose” ran second at Ascot in 2013.

1:15pm Depart for Yew Dell Botanical Gardens. Yew Dell was designated in 2012 by Horticulture Maga-zine as one of the Top 10 Botanical Gardens in the country and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Yew Dell is also a Preservation Project of #e Garden Conservancy. As a nationally recognized center of gardening and sustainable horticulture, Yew Dell o$ers beautiful garden displays throughout the year with hiking trails lacing through its natural areas and excep-tional architecture, both old and new.

3:00pm Leave for the gardens at Long!eld, named for Sissy Nash’s grandfather’s family home in County Derry, Northern Ireland. Sissy’s garden originated in 1962 and has been a long-term commitment.

Schubert potting shed

Surprises abound at each turn of this sumptuous and sprawling country garden – from a proud rooster, ensconced in roses and perched on a dry stone wall, to the delightful vine-covered pergola at the end of the vegetable garden. Further along is a relatively formal sunken garden, under-planted with ferns and shade-loving bulbs. You will discover water cascading into a large pond, !lled with lilies and lotus. #e bronze sculptures of two of Sissy’s grandchildren are by a Louisville artist. Grass mazes provide an edge to the pasture, beyond which suburbia encroaches. Retreating into the shade of a woodland path, one returns to civilization by way of sun-drenched perennial beds, relieved by the cool expanse of the swimming pool. Beyond the pool lies a delightful vegetable garden enclosed by split-rail fencing, struc-tured by boxwood edging, and enlivened by colorful annuals among the vegetables. Sky-lit greenhouses adjacent to deep cold frames and nursery areas tell the visitor that summer is not the only season in this garden.4:45pm Depart for a short drive to Mary and Bob Rounsavall’s garden which features many unusual plant specimens and delights avid bird watchers. #e entrance to the driveway is marked by the yellow blossoms of the Itoh peonies, hybrids of tree and herbaceous peonies, as well as hellebores, astilbe and lilies of the valley. Clem-atis, bear’s breeches, yellow baptisia and Kolkwitizia amabilis Dream Catcher are evidence that a true artist has created this palette of amazing color and subtle textures. #e New Dawn rose is purported by the owner to be “bombproof ” and originally resided in Connecticut in Mary’s grand-mother’s garden. Pink Diamond tree roses are the exclamation points in this bower. #e front of the contemporary home hosts a dwarf Korean !r with bright white foliage known as “Horstman’s Silberlocke.” Columbine from Connecticut happily bloom along the front walk with fragrant clethra attracting bees and butter"ies. #e tall green and white bamboo-like plant is miscanthus "oridulus.

Yew Dell allee

Nash sunken garden

#e back terrace overlooks a rock garden which connects the house to the undulating land below. Follow monk’s hood, more roses and spirea up the garden path as you regretfully return to the bustling world. 6:00pm Leave for cocktails and dinner in the garden and home of Jana and John Dowds. Greenwood, the Dowds’ historic four square home, was designed in 1911 and sits high on Prospect Hill. Sited to capture the cooler breezes, it was the original owner’s summer “cottage,” an escape from the heat and humidity of Louisville. #e gardens have been extensively renovated by Sara Lake of San Antonio.Originally designed along Olmstedian principles, Green-wood has a hidden drive which curves up to the house, circling a magni!cent copper beech. #e herringbone patterned brick path leads to a pergola-covered terrace with its view of downtown Louis-ville. Wide grass steps edged with limestone form the incline which culminates in the exquisite walled parterre garden. #e parterre is divided into quadrants, its exterior walls planted with Little Gem magnolias and its interior space delineated by boxwoods.Proceed through the parterre to the Palladian-inspired pool.

#e pool is painted the color of sand while the tile at the water line is green, all blending together to resemble a garden pond. A koi pond cleverly transforms an unsightly cistern while a monkey puzzle tree marks the path up to the carriage house and the enclosed peony garden. Beyond this fetching garden lie an apple, pear and cherry orchard.

9:00pm Return to 21c Museum Hotel.

Rounsavall entrance

Dowds garden

TUESDAY, MAY 208:30am Leave 21c Museum Hotel for the world renowned Churchill Downs and Derby Museum. Chur-

chill Downs is a #oroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the annual Kentucky Derby. It o%cially opened in 1875 and held the !rst Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks in the same year. It also hosted the renowned Breeders’ Cup on eight occasions, most recently in 2011.#e track is named for John and Henry Churchill, who leased 80 acres of land to their nephew, Colonel Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr. (grandson of explorer William Clark). Clark was president of the Louisville Jockey Club and Driving Park Association which formed in 1874. His father-in-law was an accomplished horse breeder and trainer and introduced Clark to horse racing.Colonel Clark preferred longer races to the relatively short ones that had become popular by the 1890s. After running short of funds, he sold the track in 1893 to a syndicate led by William Apple-gate. #e new ownership would introduce many changes in 1895, such as shortening the length of the signature race to its modern one and a quarter mile, commis-sioning the famous twin spire grandstand and instituting the tradition of adorning the winner of the Derby with a garland of roses.

10:30am Depart Churchill Downs for Sue Grafton and Steve Humphreys garden and luncheon. In 1905, John C. Olmsted, principal of the celebrated Boston landscape design !rm that bore his name, met with Mrs. William R. Belknap in Louisville to discuss plans for her family’s new country estate. To shape the architecture of Lincli$, Mrs. Belknap selected Louisvillian William J. Dodd, who worked hand-in-hand with Olmsted in the early years on the form and placement of the residence. Lincli$, completed in 1912, was placed at the peak of the blu$, a generous distance back from its steep edge. In so locating the house, Belknap and Olmsted allowed for both a broad front or approach lawn and a sweeping glade to the rear that terminated in a carefully crafted view of the Ohio River. #e residence generally conformed to the layout speci!ed by Olmsted in 1905 and to Mrs. Belk-nap’s dictates that ventilation be the “!rst consideration” and the “back be as presentable as the front.” #e property was divided upon the death of Mrs. Belknap’s husband and sold in 1932 to William W. and Mary LaClaire Crawford, who engaged Bryant Fleming of Bu$alo, New York to create a magni!cent set of new gardens. For the most part, Fleming reworked and expanded Lincli$ ’s formal landscape in a uniquely imaginative way. While based on classical European examples, the gardens were designed as an interconnected geometric sequence of distinct outdoor ‘rooms’ sepa-rated by ‘hallways.’Sometime between 1941 and 1945, the Crawfords sold Lincli$ to Mr. and Mrs. C. Edwin Gheens who owned the estate for almost forty years. In the late 1960s, Interstate 71 sliced through the south end of the property, fortunately a safe distance from the house, gardens and outbuildings.Today, Lincli$ remains in private hands, the house and gardens impeccably restored and main-tained. #e current owners continue to expand the gardens in the spirit of Bryant Fleming, adding

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yet another ‘room’ – a maze beyond the old garden – as well as a new ‘hall’ in the form of an elegant allee. Continually evolving, Lincli$ is unquestionably one of the last intact great country houses. !ank you to Country Houses of Louisville 1899-1939 by Winfrey P. Blackburn, Jr. & R. Scott Gill for much of this information on Lincli".1:30pm Leave the Grafton/Humphreys garden.1:40pm Arrive at Long View Farm, Lisa and Ben Holt’s garden. Originally part of Locust Grove Plan-tation, the land was !rst owned by Major William Croghan, brother-in-law of George Rogers Clark, the Revolutionary War general and owner of Locust Grove, and is now listed on the National Historic Register. Respecting the heritage of the site, the current owners have been renovating Long View guided by the advice of Sarah Westkaemper Lake, ASLA. Lisa and Ben’s love of design, innovation, nature, animals, cooking and gardening are all evident in their reno-vations. #e hedged garden, with proli!c rows of asparagus and raspberry bushes, is devoted to roses, perennials and annuals. #is casual area is in e$ect a garden terrace oriented to the view of the river. A newly planted orchard is in the same location as the orig-inal one and extends along the corn crib, kennels and service shed. New plantings naturalizing the wooded areas encourage bird life, which is abundant. In most cases, the design of the planting beds has been an expansion, with new shape and content, of pre- existing beds. Naturalized plantings of sea oats, blue bells and poppies were deliberately chosen to cover

the dry banks along Longview Lane and blend gracefully with Oregon grape holly, inkberry, sweet bay magnolia and Pragense viburnum. Warm-toned "owers are a favorite, as evinced by masses of canary feathers, ladies mantle, coral bells, anemones, lungwort and yarrow.

2:30pm Board our shuttle to allow ample time to leave city life behind and drive out to Woodland Farm to Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson’s expansive garden for cocktails. Since 2001, Laura Lee and Steve have not only renovated the historic, brick Federal home overlooking one of the most scenic views of the Ohio River, but have managed to convert the surrounding farmlands into a major bison operation. In addition, they have restored a magni!cent dry-stack stone barn, bringing new life back to a spring-fed pond and springhouse. #ey have developed extensive gardens as well and constructed a greenhouse to start seedlings and over-winter two ancient gardenia trees. Renovation of the old barn is now complete, with a dry stone foundation and board and batten siding. Climbing roses and perennials add to the charm of the lovely façade and are just a teaser as to what lies beyond. Split-rail fencing orders a series of newly constructed stone-terraces. #ese accommodate lovely cutting gardens containing baptisia, larkspur, straw"ower, cosmos, verbena and zinnia, as well as extensive vegetable gardens with artistically constructed trellis structures

Woodland Farm

supporting the many varieties of heirloom tomatoes and colorful beans. “Living o$ the land” has new validity at Woodland Farm with its numerous types of lettuces, radish, garlic, Swiss chard, sweet potatoes, basil and even melons! #e orchard beyond is in its early stages but will soon add to this bounty. An extensive arbor anchors the lower level of the garden. Much of the produce from these gardens goes to supply their 21c Museum Hotel for dining.#e Brown/Wilson home features a Williamsburg-inspired picket fence and dry stone walls that enclose the front perennial beds. #e beds are meticulously edged with a soldier course of brick. Plantings of ligularia, euphorbia robia, oriental poppies, nigella and calendula thrive in the protected area in the summer months, while boxwoods provide a year-round anchor. Cross paths lead to the front entrance and side stone terrace that overlook the spring-fed pond. Plantings of thyme creep through the joints of the large puzzle of quarried stone, lending informality to this spectacular setting. Look one way and you have a breathtaking view of the river. Turn your head slightly and you will see the serene pond and springhouse at the base of a grassy hillside, planted with evergreens and "owering trees. A Deborah Butter!eld bronze sculpture anchors the pastoral view. We have also been invited, time permitting, to view their private art collection.

5:45pm Depart Woodland Farm. 6:15pm Arrive at Nana Lampton’s garden and “Farewell to Louisville” dinner. When Nana departs her

corporate o%ce and the bustle of downtown, this is the comfy retreat she calls home. You know, from the !rst step on a winding path to the vine-covered door, that this is a casual garden. No tortured pruning, precision-laid straight lines or formal knick-knacks can be found. Instead, intu-ition drives the design with a reverence for the stately old linden trees and for the Ohio River.

Lampton garden

#e house is sited to take in its majestic sweep. A simple wooden bridge, "anked on either side by lilac, spirea, roses and a massive weigela frames the view. #e terraces are places to gather for conversation, to share a meal or to quietly contemplate nature. Shallow water features, nesting houses and feeders invite the birds. Where there is shade, you’ll !nd a swing or huge hunk of lime-stone to rest on, and where the sun permits, roses, vegetables, berries, a "edgling vineyard and an orchard thrive.In the beds, annuals mix with perennials in wild profusion. In the yard, native trees mingle with the exotic. All manner and size of containers hold shrubs, "owering annuals and house plants. #ey are placed to divide the exterior spaces and add color throughout the summer season. #is is truly the place to put your worries aside.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 218:30am After breakfast and with luggage already placed on board our bus, we leave the 21c Museum Hotel

for Lexington.9:45am Our tour begins at Woodford Reserve Distillery (formerly Labrot & Graham Distillery) in

Versailles. Kentucky is home to an American legacy: bourbon. In fact, bourbon is the only spirit that is native to America, and Kentucky produces a whopping 95% of the amber liquid. #e distillery grounds are lovely; the charming stone buildings where the bourbon is distilled date from the 1840s and are fragrant from oak barrels, charred inside to provide color and "avor. Distilling on the site began in 1780, making it the oldest of the nine bourbon distilleries in current operation in Kentucky as of 2010. In 1995, the distillery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and in 2000, it was designated a National Historic Landmark. After several ownerships, in 1993 Brown Forman Corporation re-purchased the property, refur-bished it, and introduced the Woodford Reserve brand to the market in 1996.Here, we’ll enjoy a box lunch “Picnic on the Porch.”

12:00pm Board our bus. 1:00pm Our tour begins at #ree Chimneys Farm in Midway. With o%ces in Japan, France and Great

Britain and spanning 2,300 acres of Kentucky bluegrass, #ree Chimneys Farm is one of the world’s leading #oroughbred race horse breeding farms. #e farm is home to such equine celeb-rities as 2008 Derby winner BIG BROWN, the 2012 Kentucky Derby winner’s sire FLOWER ALLEY and 2011 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile winner CALEB’S POSSE. #e farm was established in 1972 by Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Clay.We’ll be treated to a private tour of the Stallion Complex and learn the history and workings of the farm, as well as what the #oroughbred business means to Kentucky and what the stallions’ lives are like in their second careers.

2:30pm Leave for Ellen Chapman’s home/garden and refreshments.4:00pm Board bus for the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Lexington. HYATT REGENCY LEXINGTON 401 W. High Street Lexington, Kentucky 1.859.253.12346:15pm Meet in the lobby to walk several blocks for a “Lexington Welcome” of cocktails and dinner in the

garden and home of Jon Carloftis and Dale Fisher.

Jon Carloftis is a Kentucky native and one of the nation’s premier garden designers. His work has been featured in many national publications including Country Garden, Country Home, Garden Design, House Beautiful and Martha Stewart Living. He was also the recipient of a landscape design award from the Museum of the City of New York and received the Bluegrass Trust Award for Garden Restoration in 2013.“Botherum” was built in 1851 by Madison Conyers Johnson and is an unusual gem of a home. What was originally a suburban gentle-man’s estate of 36 acres is now the largest private

property in downtown Lexington at almost an acre. Mr. Johnson married Cassius Clay’s sister Sally, who died in childbirth; this home was built in her honor. One of the largest and most magni!cent gingko trees in the state was a gift from Henry Clay (when he was Secretary of State), who received it from the Japanese ambassador. A walled in garden, formal potager and original 1851 garden building and carriage house are among the many interesting features you will enjoy in this historic garden. 9:15pm Return to the Hyatt Regency Lexington.

Botherum

Keeneland Race Track

THURSDAY, MAY 229:00am Depart by shuttle for the National Historic Landmark Keeneland Race Track. In 2014, Keeneland

will celebrate its 77th anniversary. Keeneland is one of the most beautiful racetracks in the world, with over 1000 acres of lush bluegrass countryside. It’s known for its scenic stone fences, gorgeous landscaping, "owering shrubbery and trees such as dogwood, maples and oaks. It is also the world’s premier #oroughbred auction house. Mr. Louis L. Haggin III, a Trustee of Keeneland, will share a short history of Keeneland with us.

11:30am Leave for our luncheon at the Idle Hour Country Club. Idle Hour is the second country club to use the present grounds. In 1924, the !rst club on the site was started, built, owned and operated by a famous local horseman, Mr. E. R. Bradley, and he kept it going for 22 years. 1:25pm Depart for ASHLAND, Henry Clay’s beloved estate. 1:45pm Our tour begins at Ashland. Henry Clay, “#e Great Compromiser,” was Kentucky’s !rst signi!cant national !gure and argu-ably one of the greatest statesmen ever. #e orig-inal Ashland Estate was so named by Henry Clay because of the surrounding ash trees. Ashland became a National Historic Land-mark in 1964 and the garden, maintained by the Garden Club of Lexington, the eighteen-room mansion, and

outbuildings are a feast for the eyes. Henry Clay played a major role in helping Lexington become “#e Horse Capital of the World” and he owned the !rst syndicated #oroughbred stallion in America.

3:15pm Leave Ashland to tour Betsy and Tom Bulleit’s garden and enjoy light refreshments. We’ll be treated to an established 1929 shady residential garden designed into rooms and punctuated with stately ginkgo, sycamore and linden trees. Boxwoods are in abundance. A secret oasis highlights a sunken garden with a charming water feature which brings serenity to this urban setting. #e formality of the garden lends itself to casual elegance and is perfect for entertaining. Southern Living featured this lovely garden in 2000.

4:30pm Depart for the Hyatt.

Idle Hour Country Club

Ashland

6:15pm Meet in the lobby to leave for “Farewell to Lexington” cocktails and dinner at Rookery Farm, home of Betty and Jim Kenan.Rookery Farm is aptly named, as this 400-acre farm has a great blue rookery on the North Elkhorn Creek that winds through !elds of soybeans and corn. #e farm is under a conservation easement with #e Bluegrass Conservancy, and the Kenans are currently working on a wildlife conservation plan. Happily, Rookery Farm has remained in the family for at least four generations. Betty and Jim asked JLF & Associates and Paul Bertelli to capture their vision of a restrained approach, incorporating antique reclaimed materials (barn siding) along with native Kentucky limestone.  #ey collaborated on building a home “to look like an old stone barn” along with their outbuildings.In keeping with the understated design of their home, they asked Page Duke of the renowned Nashville !rm of Page Duke Landscape Architects to create a natural feeling for their garden areas.  After four years of settling in, their garden feels like it’s always been there.  

9:15pm Depart for the Hyatt. FRIDAY, MAY 23

Leave for home. #e BLUE GRASS AIRPORT is about 20 minutes from the downtown Hyatt Regency Lexington.

IMPORTANT TOUR INFORMATION

Louisville & Lexington, KentuckyMay 18– 23, 2014

Rate: $1995 per person, double occupancy Single supplement (a double room for single use) is an additional $479 ($2,434 total.)

Included in the tour cost: #ree nights in Louisville at 21c Museum Hotel and two nights in Lexington at the Hyatt; all group transportation; all meals as speci!ed in the itinerary, including wine with group meals; all entrance fees and activities as indicated in itinerary; and all gratuities in restaurants and for guides and bus drivers.

Not included in tour cost: Round trip airfares to Kentucky (Note: into Louisville and out of Lexington) and individual transfers between accommodations and airports; baggage charges; personal items at the hotels (such as beverages, laundry, room service and communication fees); any alcoholic beverages that are not included with group meals; and emergency medical insurance and trip cancellation/interruption insurance.

Charitable contribution: In addition to the tour fee, it is suggested that each participant make a tax-deductible contribution to #e Garden Club of America in the amount of $200 per person. #is separate check, made payable to #e Garden Club of America, may be mailed with your !nal payment to Wickie Plant, 313 Chattolanee Hill Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117-4316. #ese trip gifts are an important source of revenue for GCA.

Travel plans: We need to know your arrival and departure times as soon as you have your reservations. However, please do not make your reservations until you have been con!rmed as a tour participant. Once made, send a copy of these arrangements to Stanya Owen: stanyaowen@gmail.com

Deposit: a deposit of $900 per person (of which $500 is non-refundable) must be accompanied by signed Application and Terms and Conditions forms for each participant. Please make all checks payable to GCA Visiting Gardens and include “Kentucky” in the memo line.

Final payment: $1,055 is due February 15, 2014. A reminder will be sent out in mid-January 2014. (Single supplement !nal payment is $1,534.)

Cancellation policy: In the event of cancellation after !nal payment on February 15, 2014, but on or before March 7, 2014, $977 ($1,217 for ss) of your total payment will be refunded; after March 7, 2014, there will be no refunds. (For those paying single supplements, the refunded amount is in brackets.) Although there is no guarantee, your full payment, minus the $500 deposit, will be refunded if GCA Visiting Gardens can easily !ll your cancelled space before April 15, 2014.

Trip cancellation/interruption insurance: GCA VG strongly recommends that each participant purchase trip cancellation/interruption insurance coverage. #is insurance provides reimbursement of non-refundable, unused, prepaid travel arrangements and additional air transportation costs if you are forced to cancel or interrupt your trip due to unforeseen injury, sickness or death to yourself, a traveling companion, immediate family member or business partner.

Emergency medical insurance: Many of our travelers, in spite of having valid medical insurance in the United States, also arrange for medical evacuation insurance in case of a medical emergency.

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Please mail deposits and !nal payment checks as follows:

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!nal payment

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Depending upon available space, tour participants are accepted on a first come basis by postmark on the deposit’s mailing envelope. Signed Application and Terms and Conditions Forms

must accompany the deposit. No faxes, email or phone reservations are accepted. !e trip will be limited to no more than 30 GCA members and their immediate family members.

TOUR CONTACTS:Stanya Owen, Tour Coordinator and HostAlamo Heights/Terrell Hills Garden Club, Zone IX 98 San Jacinto BoulevardFSR #1904Austin, TX 78701 512.457.0113 home805.729.6849 cellEmail: stanyaowen@gmail.com

Wickie Plant, Tour Registrar and TreasurerGreen Spring Valley Garden Club, Zone VI313 Chattolanee Hill RoadOwings Mills, MD 21117-4316410.654.8635 homeEmail: wickmacplant@comcast.net

GCA Visiting Gardens Mission Statement

#e Visiting Gardens Committee plans trips both in the United States and abroad

to educate members of GCA clubs in garden history and design, horticulture,

and the environment.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Louisville & Lexington, KentuckyMay 18– 23, 2014

Each participant must sign and return one copy of this form.(Please keep a copy for your records)

#e undersigned clearly understands that #e Garden Club of America (GCA) as sponsor of the tour is in no way responsible, and can assume no liability of any nature whatsoever, for this tour and any acts, omissions or negligence by the GCA, its members, or companies and persons with which the GCA may contract. #e undersigned has carefully read the list of activities, requirements and conditions as listed in the accompanying itinerary, the Important Tour Information, and the registration materials for the tour and is aware that the trip and its activities could involve the risk of personal injury and damage or loss of property. In consideration of the bene!ts to be derived from participation on the tour, the undersigned voluntarily accepts all risk of personal injury and property damage or loss arising from participation on the tour and hereby agrees that he/she and his/her dependents, heirs, executors and assigns do hereby release and hold harmless the GCA from any and all claims, including claims of illness, bodily injury, death or property damage or loss, however caused, arising from or related to the tour. #e undersigned has read carefully this agreement and will abide by the conditions set by the GCA as described in the accompanying Important Tour Information and registration materials and in the Terms and Conditions of this and other sections as stated herein or elsewhere published. #e GCA, its members, and its cooperating agents make every e$ort to select reliable suppliers and contractors to provide ground transportation, and hotel, guides and other travel related services, but the GCA does not assume responsibility, directly or indirectly, for any loss, damage, accident, expense, delay or injury to property or person in connection with such services. #e undersigned agrees not to hold the GCA, their owners, employees, agents or representatives liable for any loss or injury, expense, or damage which results directly or indirectly from any act or omission of any person or !rm which is to or does not provide goods or services in connection with the tour or any available option. #e GCA, its members, and their cooperating agents shall not be liable for circumstances, delays and/or expenses arising as a result of: Acts of God; weather; detention; annoyance; quarantine; strikes; theft; pilferage; war; force majeure; military, political or terrorist action; civil disturbances; government restrictions or regulations; failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled; and/or discrepancies or changes in transit over which they have not control.#e undersigned agrees not to sue the GCA, its participating agents, or individual GCA members. On payment of the deposit, the undersigned agrees to be bound by provisions contained in the Important Tour Information and the terms and conditions set forth above. #e GCA reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any person as a member of the tour any time before departure or during the tour.#e undersigned certi!es that he/she has not been treated for, nor is aware of, any physical or other condition or disability that would create a hazard for him/her or other members of the tour.#e undersigned has read and agrees to the Important Tour Information and the Terms and Conditions for this program, especially noting the policy on cancellation, and has not received or relied on any oral or written representation of the GCA as a basis for executing this release.#is Agreement shall be construed in accordance with, and this Agreement and all matters arising out of or relating in any way whatsoever to this Agreement (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York.

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Date__________________________________

Springtimein theBluegrass

APPLICATION FORMPlease complete and sign one application for each traveler.

Name ________________________________________________________________________________________

Name for nametag _____________________________________________________________________________

Street ________________________________________________________________________________________

City ______________________________________________________ State & zip code ___________________

E-mail _______________________________________________________________________________________

Home phone ___________________________________ Cell __________________________________________

GCA Club ____________________________________________________________ Zone _________________

Hotel accommodation Single_____ Double_____

I will share accommodations with__________________________________________________________________

Medical informationAllergies _____________________________________________________________________________________

Medications___________________________________________________________________________________

Emergency contact (name, address, and phone) _______________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

I attest that I am in good physical condition and should have no problems with walking normal distances or other physical requirements of this trip.

Signature ______________________________________________ Date __________________

Sign and mail this Application Form, the Terms and Conditions Form, and your deposit to:GCA Visiting Gardens, Kentucky TripWickie Plant, Tour Host and Treasurer313 Chattolanee Hill RoadOwings Mills, MD 21117

It is wise to make copies of these completed forms for your personal records.

Springtimein theBluegrass

Louisville & Lexington, KentuckyMay 18– 23, 2014