Five Pella-area gardens will be featured this month in the fourth annual Gateway to Hope Garden Tour. The gardens are open to visitors on Friday, June 27 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday, June 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The tour is self-guided, and visitors may begin at any garden. Admission is by donation, with a suggested minimum donation of $10. All donations to the tour will be used for church ministries with Nicaraguan children and youth, many of them living in severe poverty.

Gardeners and their addresses are:
– Jan and Fred Koogler – 1208 West Third Street

– Pearl Menninga – 308 Vermeer Road

– Diane and Jim Nelson – 1002 Monroe Street

– Nancy and Clarence Spoelstra – 1109 N. Prairie Street

– Bob and Lois Vermeer – 823 197th Place (photo listed at top of story)