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.