Secret Gardens tour still going strong after 19 years

It's been 19 years since New Dance Horizons started their Secret Gardens tour and the event is still going strong.

Every year gardeners around Regina open up the worlds they've created in their backyards and invite people to step inside.

On some of the garden tours people may also encounter a dance performance.

Robin Poitras, artistic and managing director of New Dance Horizons, said there is a thrill to discovering new secret gardens.

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"Gardening is an art," she told CBC Radio's Saskatchewan Weekend while standing in one of the gardens featured on the tour.

"I'm certainly more aware of different approaches to gardening. And it's a great way to get to know the city. Whether we live in a big city or a small city we all have our neighbourhood and our group of people and you often don't get out to other parts of town."

Poitras finding new gardens also helps people find new ideas on what you can actually grow in the city.

"People try the impossible. In this garden, there is a tea house with a palm tree. Who could imagine that there would be a palm tree in middle of Regina?"

There are even more surprises for patient gardeners, Poitras said.

"My mother started growing grapes and neighbours and friends were like, 'Well that's ridiculous. Grapes aren't going to grow in Saskatchewan.' And we had grapes. It took a couple of years but the grapes were there."