An annual highlight of the first weekend in June are home and garden tours of two of Detroit's most distinct historic neighborhoods: Indian Village and Corktown.
Indian Village's 34th annual tour is set for Saturday, June 2 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Seven homes and gardens and one additional garden will be open to ticket-holders, including 1771 Seminole, the largest home in the district. At Indian Village's
website, advance tickets can be purchased; tickets the day of the tour are $13 and can be purchased at the Waldorf School, Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church and Iroquois Avenue Christ Lutheran Church.
The neighborhood's Centennial Garden is sporting a new wrought iron gazebo this year, and a master gardener will be on hand to discuss its Michigan native plants.
Sunday, June 3, is Corktown's 21st tour. Thirteen houses and 3 gardens will be open, as well as several others that are currently for sale. The tour, which costs $12, runs from noon to 5 p.m. It will also feature a demonstration of an archeological dig at the site of the Workers Rowhouse on Sixth Street, the tour's starting point.
For more information or to reserve tickets, contact Lynn Lutton at 313-610-1588.
Sources: Judy Delusky and Lynn Lutton
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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