Bibler tours
Brenda Ahearn photos/Daily Inter Lake | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 12 years, 6 months AGO
<p>A cat stretches out contentedly in the early morning sun on Wednesday at Bibler Gardens, west of Kalispell. Summer home and garden tours will wrap up on Friday evening. Tickets for the tours, which are $10 for adults and $3 for children, are not sold at the gate. For more information call the FVCC Foundation office at 406-756-3963.</p>
<p>A tundra swan floats gracefully in one of the ponds at Bibler Gardens on Wednesday morning.</p>
<p>A pair of black swans add a touch of the exotic to the gardens at the Bibler home on Thursday, July 19, west of Kalispell.</p>
<p>The annual Bibler Home and Gardens Summer Tours begin on Monday, July 23, with a kick-off wine reception at 6 p.m. For the rest of the week the hour and a half tours will take place twice daily at 5:30 and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Reception and/or tour tickets must be purchased in advance with proceeds going to benefit the scholarship program at Flathead Valley Community College.</p>
The annual Bibler Home and Gardens Summer Tours begin Monday with a kick-off wine reception at 6 p.m. For the rest of the week, the hour-and-a-half tours will take place twice daily at 5:30 and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Reception and/or tour tickets must be purchased in advance with proceeds going to benefit the scholarship program at Flathead Valley Community College. According to foundation coordinator Nancy Clawson, tickets to nearly every tour are practically sold out.
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Bibler tours
The annual Bibler Home and Gardens Summer Tours begin Monday with a kick-off wine reception at 6 p.m. For the rest of the week, the hour-and-a-half tours will take place twice daily at 5:30 and 7 p.m. Tuesday through Friday. Reception and/or tour tickets must be purchased in advance with proceeds going to benefit the scholarship program at Flathead Valley Community College. According to foundation coordinator Nancy Clawson, tickets to nearly every tour are practically sold out.