Christ Episcopal Church
57th Annual Tour of Homes
and Gardens

Message from the 2010 Tour Chairman

           
           The coming of spring in Georgia’s beautiful Golden Isles means it’s time for the annual St. Simons-Sea Island Tour of Homes and Gardens.  The Tour will celebrate its 57^th anniversary in 2010, and will take place on Saturday, March 20^th.  We hope you will join us for a wonderful day exploring the exquisite homes of St. Simons and Sea Islands. 

            The Tour will feature a variety of fabulous homes that represent the diverse architecture and interior design for which St. Simons and Sea Islands are famous.  The homes on St. Simons are self-guided with the help of the map in your ticket brochure, as well as directional road signs on the Island.  Parking assistance is available at each location.  The Sea Island homes are, however, accessible only by the Tour of Homes motor coaches that depart from Gascoigne Bluff on St. Simons Island.  Tickets are color coded for Sea Island departure times.  This means, for example, that if you have an afternoon ticket for Sea Island, you will be driving your own car to the homes on St. Simons Island in the morning and visiting Sea Island by motor coach in the afternoon.  Morning ticket holders for Sea Island will visit Sea Island by motor coach in the morning and will drive their own cars to the homes on St. Simons Island in the afternoon.  Tour hours are 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. 

Please be advised that you will be negotiating stairs and there may be a short walk between houses on Sea Island.  Be sure to wear comfortable shoes and note that high heels are prohibited.  While pictures are not permitted inside the homes for security reasons, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to photograph the historic landmarks also open for your exploration, including Christ Church Frederica, founded in 1736, St. Ignatius Church, founded in 1886, and the Wesley Memorial Gardens founded in memory of John and Charles Wesley.  Stop in at the Christ Church Frederica Parish Hall for light refreshments and an opportunity to purchase our famous cookbook.  Restrooms will be available at the Christ Church Frederica Parish Hall and at Gascoigne Bluff, but not in any of the homes on Tour or on Sea Island. 

You may order tickets from this web site and they will be mailed to you in early March, 2010.  One hundred percent of the proceeds from the sale of Tour tickets and all proceeds from the sale of the Christ Church Cookbook are donated to charitable organizations in our community.  Click on the “Charity Awards” tab on this website to see the impressive list of organizations that have benefited from Christ Church Tour funds over the years. 

The 57^th Annual Tour of Homes and Gardens is made possible by the commitment of countless volunteers, members of Christ Church Frederica, and the generosity of those who have opened their homes for our guests.  We look forward to welcoming you and can’t wait to get touring!

Susan Holloway
Tour Co-Chairman 2010