From Yaupon Hedges to Infinity

T he Bay-Waveland Garden Club will present gems from the past and present plus a sneak preview of the Infinity science discovery center on March 10 for this years Bay-Waveland Garden Clubs Spring Pilgrimage. In addition to Infinity, four homes, a bed and breakfast and the garden clubs center will be on tour.

Complimentary tours of Infinity, adjacent to the Mississippi Welcome Center at Exit 2 on Interstate I-10 in Hancock County will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 11 a.m. The tours of the houses and the bed and breakfast will be from 1 to 4 p.m.

Pilgrimage will begin at noon at the Bay-Waveland Garden Center, 541 Main St., Bay St Louis, where visitors will receive a map to and descriptions of all the venues, plus light refreshments and the opportunity to shop the clubs plant sale, which will feature bromeliads and indoor and outdoor plants.

TAMMY SMITH/SUN HERALD The Stouder house, 526 Citizen St., Bay St. Louis, dates to the early 1900s. Except for additions made in the 1940s, the house retains its original character.

Yaupon hedges planted by myself without aid internal or external ..., an entry in the garden journal by Roy H. Turner, a New Orleans physician who bought four acres and a summer home in Bay St. Louis in 1949, inspired this years theme, From Yaupon Hedges to Infinity.

The Bay-Waveland Garden Club Pilgrimage will be held in conjunction with Second Saturday, which begins at 4 p.m. in Bay St. Louis.

The Bay-Waveland Garden Center 541 Main St., Bay St. Louis

The Old Taylor School, a one-room schoolhouse at 114 Leonhard, was the original home of the Bay-Waveland Garden Club. The clubs current home, on Main Street, is a reproduction of the ca. 1915 craftsman-style cottage.

The Benvenutti Home 104 Beverly Drive, Bay St Louis

The home at 104 Beverly Drive is in the Cedar Point area of Bay Saint Louis. This coastal cottage was built in 2007 after the previous home was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The house was designed and built by Mark Buszkiewicz. Several features of the home use materials salvaged from the old home, such as the outdoor front porch brick fireplace. The home was designed for a panoramic view of the water. Interior walls and the ceiling are pickled tongue and groove boards. The main floors are stained and etched concrete. The back yard includes an in-ground pool and hot tub, surrounded by gardens that the owners landscaped. The front porch is shaded by a 100-year-old registered oak tree.

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From Yaupon Hedges to Infinity