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- September 21, 2024 10 AM - 3 PM
- Historic Old Town Alexandria 106 N. Columbus Street
- (703) 683-5544
The Twig proudly announces the 82nd Annual Historic Alexandria Homes Tour on Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm! Tickets are $45. Soon you can scan a QR code or go to www.thetwig.org to purchase your ticket. Walking Tour
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Historic homes tour returning to Old Town on September 24
After being shut down the last few years due to COVID-19, the Historic Alexandria Homes Tour is returning to Old Town next month.
Tickets for the 80th annual tour cost $40, which will be held on Saturday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Proceeds from the event will go to the INOVA Alexandria Hospital.
“We are thrilled to be offering the 80 th Annual Historic Alexandria Homes Tour this year,” said Michele Cumberland, president of The Twig , which is sponsoring the event. “The annual tour is typically our largest annual fundraising event and enables us to raise vital funds for our community hospital.”
The tour will include seven homes in Old Town, including a “home featured in Southern Living magazine, a home with a 75-year-old fig tree and a home with a guest room surrounded in an ‘Alexandria-centric’, hand-painted mural,” according to The Twig.
The event will be held rain or shine, although kids under 12 are not allowed in tour homes. No video or photography is allowed, and tickets are not refundable.
Tickets can be bought online for $40 at www.thetwig.org and on the day of the event for $45 at Boxwood at 128 S. Royal Street, the Old Presbyterian Meeting House at 323 S. Fairfax Street or The Twig Thrift Shop at 106 N. Columbus Street.
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Saturday April 26, 2025
The Garden Club of Alexandria and Hunting Creek Garden Club
Overlooking the Potomac River with views of our nation’s capital, Old Town Alexandria radiates charm while safeguarding its rich historic roots. Founded in 1749, Alexandria was a major seaport before the Revoluntionary War, was occupied by Union troops during the Civil War, and was a torpedo production site during World War II. In 1946 Alexandria was the third city in the country to establish a historic district to preserve its architectural heritage. This easy walking tour of Old Town Alexandria includes private townhomes and secluded gardens located along the tree-lined streets of the historic district. In addition, the tour ticket includes admission to two Garden Club of Virginia restoration projects within a short driving distance of the tour area – the Gardens at George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens as well as Green Spring Garden.
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Since 1997, The Twig has hosted the Homes Tour offering a self-guided walking tour of beautiful homes and gardens in Old Town Alexandria. The Tour, which began in 1941, was originally hosted by the Hospital’s Senior Auxiliary to raise money for the Hospital.
Every April, five of Old Town Alexandria’s private homes and gardens will open to the public, as part of the annual Historic Garden Week of Virginia, the oldest and largest house and garden tour in the nation.
The Twig proudly announces the 82nd Annual Historic Alexandria Homes Tour on Saturday, September 21, 2024 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm! Tickets are $45. Soon you can scan a QR code or go to www.thetwig.org to purchase your ticket.
The sold-out tour included exclusive access to over a dozen stunning homes and gardens in this award-winning mid-century modern neighborhood in Alexandria, Virginia. With almost 1700 attendees, this is the largest mid-century home and garden tour on the East Coast.
The tour will include seven homes in Old Town, including a “home featured in Southern Living magazine, a home with a 75-year-old fig tree and a home with a guest room surrounded in an ‘Alexandria-centric’, hand-painted mural,” according to The Twig.
This easy walking tour of Old Town Alexandria includes private townhomes and secluded gardens located along the tree-lined streets of the historic district. In addition, the tour ticket includes admission to two Garden Club of Virginia restoration projects within a short driving distance of the tour area – the Gardens at George Washington’s ...