The members of the Green Blades Garden Club are preparing for a Tour of Homes Saturday, April 30 from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The self-guided driving tour this year includes five homes and a church, some of which are located in the Tryon area and some in the upstate South Carolina.

Included in the tour this year will be Still Point Farm, a unique Carter Brown home; Spring Valley Farm, an elegant Mill Creek Post and Beam home; The Woodlands, a Tom Hollis designed home with rough hewn beams and reclaimed log walls; Tandem Trail, a Timber Frame home with an air of English countryside estate; Green Gait Farm, a post and beam home with gardens and stonework overlooking the pasture and views of the mountains and Jacksons Grove Church a 19th century church built by local craftsmen.

Tickets are available for purchase in Tryon at The Book Shelf, Vines & Stuff and Down to Earth Garden Center, in Landrum at Accents on Main, PJ’s Fashions and Expressions Florist and in Columbus at The Garden Patch and The Flower Cottage.

Note that these are private homes without access for the handicapped. For more information, call Helen Gilbert at 828-894-2491 or email hgilbert10@windstream.net.