Cumberland Home & Garden Tour Coming Next Week

The Cumberland Community Forest Society is hosting an event later this month that lets you “take a peek behind the doors, hedges and fences of legendary Cumberland.”

It’s taking place on Saturday June 28th, from 9am till 5pm.

The annual Cumberland Home & Garden Tour allows visitors through the gardens, urban farms, studios, retreats, built spaces and gathering places in Cumberland.

The Society calls it an exploration of life in the Village and how they, among other things, care for the community, cultivate food security, conserve water, raise bees, make art, and build resilience.

There are more than a couple dozen locations scattered across the Village and down Royston Road, featuring heritage renovations, modern designs, quirky social spaces, healing permaculture gardens, exciting new builds, intergenerational homes, food-filled urban farms, fire smart landscaping, mid-century charmers and more.

Tickets are $25 and all proceeds support the ongoing land protection, stewardship and education work of the Cumberland Community Forest Society.

This spring the CCFS launched their 6th major land acquisition campaign to secure another 261 acres of land from private timber companies to the south of Cumberland.

They’re calling the new area "Middle Earth" and features a wetland corridor that flows to the Trent River.

More info and links to tickets can be found at Cumberland Forest.