April 17,18, & 19, 2009 Tour HOURS: Friday, 10am - 5pm Saturday, 10am - 5pm Sunday, 1pm - 5pm
Tickets:  $20 in advance,   $25 day of Tour,   $10 single house Group rate available     |     Call 404-524-Tour (8687)

The Druid Hills Home and Garden Tour and Artist Market is a volunteer project of the Druid Hills Civic Association and benefits historic preservation and park and green space restoration.

A Centennial Celebration
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.

Homes on this year's Tour were chosen for their historical significance.

As part of the Tour, the Lullwater Garden Club will also be holding their spring plant sale with plenty of drought tolerant perennials, annuals, and succulents to keep a garden beautiful no matter what the weather.

The annual Druid Hills Artist’s Market, which was established several years ago to celebrate the neighborhood’s ultimate landscape artist Frederick Law Olmsted, will be held as well. 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. Many pieces from previous markets were bought by homeowners on the Tour, and will be on display in their homes. Proceeds benefit the Druid Hills neighborhood. Admission is free. Open Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18 from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, and Sunday, April 19, from 1:00 until 5:00 PM.

Come celebrate this landmark event and discover why The U.S. Department of the Interior said Druid Hills is “significant as the finest example of late 19th and early 20th century comprehensive planning and development in the Atlanta area, and one of the finest period suburbs in the Southeast."