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Garden Club Home Tour

Six homes from across the island were put on display for the Longboat Key Garden Club’s 39th annual Home and Garden Tour on March 7.


  • By Kristen Herhold
  • | 12:00 a.m. March 9, 2015
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Six homes from across the island were put on display for the Longboat Key Garden Club’s 39th annual Home and Garden Tour on March 7.

Tour guide Pamela Hagan and home owner Bill Libman
Tour guide Pamela Hagan and home owner Bill Libman
Tour guides Pamela Hagan and Kris Berg
Tour guides Pamela Hagan and Kris Berg
Barbara Katz, tour guide Mayor Jim Brown and Lowell Curtis
Barbara Katz, tour guide Mayor Jim Brown and Lowell Curtis
Tour guides Rick Lamb and Fredd Atkins
Tour guides Rick Lamb and Fredd Atkins
Tour guides Vice Mayor Jack Duncan and Nancy Denton
Tour guides Vice Mayor Jack Duncan and Nancy Denton
Elizabeth, Alan and Amy Tripp
Elizabeth, Alan and Amy Tripp
Home Tour committee member Carol Peschel and tour guide Joyce Welch
Home Tour committee member Carol Peschel and tour guide Joyce Welch
Robeit and Brenda Kotarba and Lucille Kleczkowski
Robeit and Brenda Kotarba and Lucille Kleczkowski
Home owners Frank and Janice Cook
Home owners Frank and Janice Cook
Adrienne and Larry Sackin
Adrienne and Larry Sackin
Estelle Jorgensen and Tris Yob
Estelle Jorgensen and Tris Yob
Tour guide Joyce Welch, Kathy Pendleton and Melanie DeCarlo
Tour guide Joyce Welch, Kathy Pendleton and Melanie DeCarlo

 

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