Grand South Grand House and Garden Tour

16th Annual Grand South Grand House and Garden Tour 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, April 17th & 18th, 2010 The 16th annual Grand South Grand House and Garden Tour will be held from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday and Sunday, April 17th and 18th, 2010. The tour will showcase the architectural and personal styles of grand living in twelve homes through five neighborhoods linked by South Grand Boulevard: Compton Heights, Compton Hill Reservoir Square, Shaw, Tower Grove East and Tower Grove Heights. Visitors will have the opportunity to see inside homes and gardens many only admire from the outside. This year’s tour has one of the greatest diversity of housing of any previous tour. There are mansions, condos, new store fronts with dynamic housing above and old store fronts that have been restructured into an artists living and work space. There are homes that will delight and gardens that will inspire. So put the Grand South Grand House and Garden Tour on your calendar today! The Grand South Grand House and Garden Tour starts in the South Grand entrance to Tower Grove Park at Pestalozzi, just across form Messiah Lutheran which will also be on tour this year as they celebrate their 100th anniversary. Free parking is available in the park and free shuttles are available throughout the tour. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of the tour. Advance tickets can be purchased at select locations: Gringo Jones Imports, Botanicals Design Studio, the Missouri Botanical Garden in the Garden Gate Gift Shop, or over the phone by calling 314.567-2030 or by Paypal at our website: http://www.towergroveeast.org/housetour.aspx. Four of our neighbors will be on tour this year. We appreciate their generosity in opening their homes to promote city living, in general, and our own neighborhood, in particular.