Leesburg tour lets you see gardens through artists’ eyes

LEESBURG - As a fundraiser for the Leesburg Center for the Arts, people have come to expect art to be a part of the Garden Tour. This year’s event, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, mixes six plein-air artists into the garden tour and invites people to end the tour at an artist’s studio. Leesburg attorney Jerri Blair will open her garden where a shady path leads past orchids, gingers and bromeliads, through a small woods and into a wildflower meadow. Her wildflowers, which reseed themselves each year, include Indian blankets,