Millet & District Museum and Millet Town Office
Our tour begins in front of the Millet & District Museum. The museum's historic fire wagon is flanked by planters with red and pink petunias, white geraniums, and ornamental grasses. Under the museum window, a small bed hosts a variety of hostas, also known as plantain lilies. The garden bed in front of the town office boats a dazzling array of flowers including oriental lilies, snapdragons, and sweet alyssum.
On the north side of the building, a small shrub garden contains more hostas, a red leaf rose, and a mock orange bush.
North of the town office and museum, you can find two wood carvings made by a local woodcarver, transforming the stumps of the spruce trees that were felled in 2019 into charming works of art. Next to the sculptures, a uniquely diamond-shaped garden bed bursts with marigolds and silver brocade.
Further north is one of Millet's most well-known gardens: the School Bell Kiosk. A teardrop-shaped central bed with pansies, peonies, and daylilies, with a border of sweet alyssum, is surrounded by a bed of flowers and shrubs including spirea, chives, and silver brocade. The kiosk itself is home to a mural depicting a classic one-room schoolhouse as well as the original bell from the first Millet School, which was moved out of town to a nearby farm in 1930 and was rediscovered in an auction in September 1999, purchased by the Lions Club for $3000. The kiosk is flanked by beds of pink and red petunias. The kiosk garden is a great place for family photos and picnics, and is a beautiful welcome to Millet for visitors.