The Wylde Center sends around this Decatur Garden Tour poster…

Louis writes in…

Tickets are now on sale for the 24^thannual Decatur Garden Tour.

It will be Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6. It features 13 public and private gardens all located throughout Decatur. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 the weekend of the tour. You can purchase tickets at Intown Ace Hardware and Seventeen Steps, or online at decaturgardentour.com

A ticket is good all weekend (Saturday, 10:00 to 5:00, Sunday noon to 5:00), with one garden open Saturday evening between 7:00 and 9:00 PM, featuring refreshments and entertainment.

All proceeds from the Tour benefit the Wylde Center, formerly the Oakhurst Community Garden Project.

According to Louis, this is the final weekend you can order tickets before prices go up.

Allison writes in…

The Decatur Garden Tour blooms again this fall, September 25 and 26, inviting visitors to step “behind the fence” to explore extraordinary private gardens and experience first-hand thriving community greenspaces. …In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the original township of Oakhurst – annexed between 1914-1916 and now one of Decatur’s most popular neighborhoods – many of the featured gardens are located in that area.

Dates & Hours: Decatur Garden Tour hours are Saturday, September 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, September 26 from noon to 5 p.m.

Tickets: $20 in advance, online at www.decaturgardentour.com or at these Decatur retailers: Intown ACE Hardware, Smith ACE Hardware and The Seventeen Steps. Tickets are $25 the day of the tour and will be sold at the Oakhurst Community Garden Project at 435 Oakview Road, Decatur, GA 30030 and at Ryan Gainey’s garden, 129 Emerson Avenue, Decatur, GA, 30030

Group Tickets: For questions regarding group discounts ($15 for eight or more), call (404) 371-4444.

Location: While gardeners who purchased tickets in advance may begin the tour at any point along the route, the Oakhurst Community Garden Project at 435 Oakview Road, Decatur, GA 30030 is a suggested starting point for all others.

On the Web: For additional details, suggested Decatur dining destinations and online ticket sales, visit www.decaturgardentour.com.

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Photo Courtesy of Decatur Garden Tour.

Allison sends in the press release announcing this year’s Decatur Garden Tour. For the list of gardens on the tour, click here.  It doesn’t look like tickets are available yet, but once they are I’ll make sure to let everyone know.

DECATUR, GA — Step into autumn with the twenty-first annual Decatur Garden Tour, September 26 and 27. Explore 12 gardens, both private and public, across this charmingly eclectic intown community. From the stately and formal to the artsy and whimsical, the tour blooms with ideas to feed gardening inspiration all year. The gardens present unexpected plant combinations in vivid fall colors, sustainable and edible plantings, innovative outdoor living areas and serene water features.

Tour-goers will enjoy “art in the garden,” as the creations of local artists further enhance the outdoor environments. Other highlights include a Japanese-style garden featured in Backyard Living magazine and the renowned “garden rooms” of noted author and designer Ryan Gainey’s private home. The tour features Saturday evening hours, during which visitors can explore two gardens along with live music and wine.

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Stone Mountain Daisies - Photo Courtesy of the AJC

The AJC has a nice write up today by HGTV host Erica Glasnener, who recently toured the gardens of Pandra and Michael Williams, which are featured on this year’s Decatur Garden Tour.  Pandra and Michael are big into native plants, so if you’ve been thinking about how to incorporate more of these into your own gardens, you might peruse the article.  Or even better, take the Garden Tour, and purchase a few of these native plants from the Williamses!

This year the Decatur Preservation Alliance and Oakhurst Community Garden Project-hosted Decatur Garden Tour celebrates its 20th anniversary on Saturday  Sept. 27th (from 10a-5p; 7p-9p) and Sunday the 28th (from 12p-5p).

According to the tour’s official press release, visitors will explore 12 private and 4 public gardens, including those of Cakes and Ale restaurant owners Billy and Kristin Allin and AJC wine writer Gil Kulers and his wife Eleanor.  Also new this year is a twilight tour with wine and entertainment in Ryan Gainey’s and Pandra Williams’ gardens. The tour will be complemented by a variety of gardening lectures and demonstrations, musical performances and children’s activities.   For the full schedule click here.

Tickets are $25 a piece, which get you into all events (including the twilight tour).  To buy them online or see a list of locations where tour tickets are sold, click here.