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Though she lives in San Clemente, Kennedy chose to go to Santa Margarita in large part to strengthen a bond she formed with girls who were teammates on youth teams.

“I’ll go out to the garden around 11 a.m. on a Saturday and get so absorbed that, all of a sudden, it’s 4 p.m. and I’ve been outside all day,” said Lori Basheda, whose cottage garden in Long Beach is a popular stop on the annual Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour May 3-4, which this year includes 49 gardens between Long Beach and San Clemente.

May 3-4 The Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour features self-guided tours of 49 gardens from Long Beach to San Clemente from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

May 17 San Clemente Garden Club 2025 Garden Tour features self-guided tours and live entertainment at multiple San Clemente-area gardens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Proceeds support the San Clemente Garden Club College Scholarship and Junior Gardeners programs as well as conservation organizations and civic beautification projects in San Clemente.