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Festival of Houses and Gardens

Experience the intimate charm and elegance found only beyond Charleston's private garden gates and historic thresholds during Historic Charleston Foundation’s month-long, 65th Annual Spring Festival of Houses & Gardens.

Tickets are now available, see the full list of Festival events to the right! 

March 22 - April 21, 2012

Set amid the historic ambience of the city’s Old & Historic District, this series of award-winning tours showcases Charleston’s distinctive architecture, history, gardens and culture. These tours provide a rare opportunity for guests to go inside the private houses and gardens of some of America’s most beautiful historic residences, dating to the 18th century.

Tickets are now available!  Events vary daily for guests to enjoy the diversity of this unique historic city which traces its origins to 1670.
House and Garden Tours
Morning History Walks
Plantation Picnic and Oyster Roast
Luncheon Lecture Series
History Boat Cruise
Wine & Spirits
Musical Concerts

Beautiful architecture and lush gardens are woven throughout the historic neighborhoods of Charleston, which has consistently been named among the ten most courteous and friendly cities in America and was named Top City in the U.S. by Condé Nast Traveler 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards.

Visit Charleston to see why it has been renowned for three centuries as “a city set in a garden.” The Festival is set during the peak of the city's blooming season. Tours feature seven to 10 properties each day in one of 11 neighborhoods, dating from the American colonial period, through the antebellum and Victorian eras, to early 20th century.

To be included on our mailing list, please request a brochure.

For more information, contact the Ticket Office at 843-722-3405. 

From Nov. 1, 2011 – March 16, 2012, call the ticket office (843.722.3405) each weekday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

From mid-March through mid-April 2012, the Ticket Office will open its doors at The Shops of Historic Charleston Foundation, located at 108 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC, 29401.
Mon. – Sat. 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sun. noon – 5 p.m.
(Open until 6:30 p.m. during evening tours)

The Festival is made possible thanks to nearly 700 community volunteers who support HCF as docents and street marshals. If you would like to volunteer,

please sign up.

See photos from the 2011 Festival of Houses and Gardens here.