Venice Garden and Home Tour

Don’t Miss the 2012 Tour on Saturday May 5!

The 2012 Venice Garden & Home Tour promises to be another extraordinary event, featuring the East of Lincoln neighborhood, plus a satellite tour of the historic Gregory Ain tract in Mar Vista. Even if you’ve been on the tour in previous years, you will experience all new homes and gardens, as the neighborhoods change each year. See you Saturday May 5!

Get more details on the 2012 tour: View Tour Information
See photos and articles for past tours: View the Archive

From a Venice homeowner:

“I open my home to the community because I think it would be very selfish not to.”

And here’s what some tour-goers have to say:

“...inspiring...moving!”

“It’s amazing...you don’t know what’s here until you uncover little gems.”

“It ups the ante at our own homes.”

“It’s gorgeous...every time I’m amazed!”

“The tour was great...I loved the guy with the metal sculptures and welding studio...so I went home and signed up for a welding class...life...one thing leads to another!”

“It was spectacular!”

“It’s a great day for three moms: my mom, my sister and myself!”

“My first time on the tour and had a wonderful time...I’ll be back every year!”

The Venice Garden & Home Tour is an annual fundraising event, benefiting the children of the Neighborhood Youth Association’s (NYA) Las Doradas Children’s Center in Venice, CA. This self-guided walking tour showcases the unique homes and gardens of the creative Venice Beach community, with original homeowner style as well as the designs of renowned architects and landscapers. The Tour was conceived by Venice landscape designer Jay Griffith and Venice community leaders Linda Lucks and Jan Brilliot. NYA was founded in 1906, and has served thousands of “at risk” children and families in its 106 years.

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