Atlanta Tour of Homes

A Planning Guide to this Weekend's Tours

This weekend is going to be one of the busiest weekends this Spring.  There are several home tours and great festivals to attend.  I thought I would provide you with a guide so that you can attend everything.  Kick off the weekend early, by attending the Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour Friday afternoon.  The tour features several homes and gardens, an Artist Market and plant sale.  You can finish the day with a preview of the Dogwood Festival in Piedmont Park - going on until 9:00 p.m. or have dinner in a neighboring community such as Virginia Highland, Midtown or Decatur.

On Saturday, head south to Historic College Park for the Woman's Club Kitchen and Garden Tour.  You will be amazed at the beautiful homes and gardens in this historic neighborhood.  Don't forget to have lunch at the Brake Pad - directly across from the Woman's Club.  If you aren't able to make it to the Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour on Friday, then head to College Park in the morning and head over to Druid HIlls in the afternoon.  The Dogwood Festival continues in Piedmont Park until 9:00 p.m. 

If you haven't made it to anything until Sunday, then you've got to make some decisions.  If you've been to Druid Hills and College Park, then it's time for the Midtown Tour of Homes.  Start early so that you can fit in the Dogwood Festival - open only until 7:00 p.m. Sunday evening.  There's a chance of rain on Sunday, so dress accordingly and bring your umbrella. 

I hope this helps you plan a wonderful Spring weekend in Atlanta!  By the way, next weekend is the Inman Park Festival and Tour of Homes. 

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Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour

April 17 & 18, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

April 19, 2009
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Druid Hills Civic Association presents the 2009 Druid Hills Home and Garden Tour, The Palette of Druid Hills - The Homes, The Arts, The Gardens.  The tour will feature six homes, two gardens and the Little Chapel at Glenn Memorial.  There will be an Artist Market at St. John's Luthern Church and The Lullwater Garden Club will be hosting a native plants sale.  This is a wonderful opportunity to spend a day in Druid Hills and learn more about this community. 

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Garden Tour

Saturday, May 17, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (rain or shine)

The High Museum of Art presents the Artful Garden Tour featuring seven of Atlanta's finest gardens featuring garden art from modern outdoor sculpture to whimsical design.   The self guided tour features the neighborhoods of Loring Heights (South Buckhead), Inman Park, Virginia Highland and Druid Hills.  All proceeds benefit the High. 

Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour

Saturday, May 10th & 11th, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Atlanta Botanical Gardens is sponsoring it's annual, Mother's Day weekend, Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour featuring eight intown gardens.  This is one of Atlanta's best garden tours as it features Atlanta's most talented gardeners and landscape architects. 

Chicken Coop Tour?

Chicks in the City

Saturday, May 3, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

YES!  It's a chicken coop tour throughout intown neighborhoods of Atlanta!  I read about this today in the AJC.  I didn't realize that so many people within the city limits had chickens much less a chicken coop for a tour.  The tour will feature coops in the neighborhoods of Oakhurst, Decatur, Kirkwood, Druid Hills, East Atlanta, Virginia Highland, the Old Fourth Ward and Grant Park. 

This is a must see!

Druid Hills Home & Garden Tour

Friday, April 18, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 19, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, April 20, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Druid Hills Civic Association is sponsoring it's annual Home & Garden Tour celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the sale of the Druid Hills project to the Druid Hills Corporation. It was May of 1908 when the Atlanta Journal & Constitution reported the Joel Hurt property sale as, “the largest sale ever recorded here.” The price for the 1492 acres of land was a half million dollars. The buyer was The Druid Hills Company. The president of the company was Coca Cola millionaire, Asa G. Candler. He along with realtors Forrest & George Adair, and Georgia Railway and Power executive, Preston Arkwright are credited for developing the land, using original plans drawn up for Hurt in 1893 by the renowned father of architectural landscape, Frederick Law Olmsted.

This year's tour features six homes of historical significance.  There will also be an Artist's Market at the historic Stonehenge Mansion, now St. John’s Lutheran Church, at 1410 Ponce de Leon Avenue. Approximately 40 artists, in mediums such as paintings in oils, watercolors, and acrylics; as well as jewelry, pottery, and photography along with new and vintage textile art will be featured. 

The Lullwater Garden Club will be holding their spring plant sale with plenty of drought tolerant perennials, annuals and succulents to keep a garden beautiful. The sale will be in full blossom at 1010 Oxford Road, Atlanta 30306.

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