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GALLERY: Home and Garden Tour


  • By Rachel S. OHara
  • | 5:00 a.m. March 7, 2011
  • Longboat Key
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GALLERY: Home and Garden Tour
Susan Landau gives a tour of her house and talks about all the art in her house on Saturday, March 5 at her home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Susan Landau gives a tour of her house and talks about all the art in her house on Saturday, March 5 at her home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Carol Marran, Marilyn Norland and Claudia DeGrazia enjoy the third floor home movie theater room on Saturday, March 5 at the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Carol Marran, Marilyn Norland and Claudia DeGrazia enjoy the third floor home movie theater room on Saturday, March 5 at the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Theresa Getzen and John Chapman on Saturday, March 5 at the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Theresa Getzen and John Chapman on Saturday, March 5 at the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Donna Frieze, Heidi Lagro and Nancy Krieger on Saturday, March 5 in the foyer of the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Donna Frieze, Heidi Lagro and Nancy Krieger on Saturday, March 5 in the foyer of the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Susan Landau talks about a piece of art in her house on Saturday, March 5 at her home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Susan Landau talks about a piece of art in her house on Saturday, March 5 at her home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Denise and Bob Reynolds put on the blue booties provided outside each of the homes on the Home and Garden tour.
Denise and Bob Reynolds put on the blue booties provided outside each of the homes on the Home and Garden tour.
The Landau home was the 4th house on the Home and Garden tour that happened  Saturday, March 5 throughout Longboat Key.
The Landau home was the 4th house on the Home and Garden tour that happened Saturday, March 5 throughout Longboat Key.
A cop stops traffic while some of the people going on the home tour cross Gulf of Mexico Drive on Saturday, March 5 during the Home and Garden Tour.
A cop stops traffic while some of the people going on the home tour cross Gulf of Mexico Drive on Saturday, March 5 during the Home and Garden Tour.
Jim and Sue Chatfield and Pat and Jack Noonan head into the Pressly home on Saturday, March 5 during the Longboat Key Home and Garden Tour.
Jim and Sue Chatfield and Pat and Jack Noonan head into the Pressly home on Saturday, March 5 during the Longboat Key Home and Garden Tour.
Madeleine Durand and Chantal Diem check off people's books for the Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, March 5 outside the Pressly home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Madeleine Durand and Chantal Diem check off people's books for the Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, March 5 outside the Pressly home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Ann Robinson, Margaret Meissner, Huguette Jodoin, Louisa Kaplan and Kathy Caserta inside the kitchen of the Pressly home on Saturday, March 5 during the Home and Garden Tour on Longboat Key.
Ann Robinson, Margaret Meissner, Huguette Jodoin, Louisa Kaplan and Kathy Caserta inside the kitchen of the Pressly home on Saturday, March 5 during the Home and Garden Tour on Longboat Key.
Flowers in the dining area of the Pressly home were provided by the Longboat Key Garden Club on Saturday, March 5 for the Home and Garden Tour.
Flowers in the dining area of the Pressly home were provided by the Longboat Key Garden Club on Saturday, March 5 for the Home and Garden Tour.
Barbara Eisenberg, Donna Pearlman, Judy Roscow and Annie Cohen in the backyard of the Pressly home on Saturday, March 5 during the Home and Garden Tour.
Barbara Eisenberg, Donna Pearlman, Judy Roscow and Annie Cohen in the backyard of the Pressly home on Saturday, March 5 during the Home and Garden Tour.
Maria August and Diane Ahntholz pose out by the pool on Saturday, March 5 at the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.
Maria August and Diane Ahntholz pose out by the pool on Saturday, March 5 at the Trine home, one of the homes on the Home and Garden Tour.

 

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