Palmer Woods Home and Garden Tour

The Palmer Woods Home & Garden Tour will allow you to explore seven spectacular gardens — including the famed Frank Lloyd Wright Garden and the B & D Garden Design Garden — and five Mid-Century Homes of varying styles. A self-guided walking tour, docents will meet you at each home and garden to share insights and anwer your questions.
Your ticket, $25 in advance, permits you to attend both days of the tour from 10 am – 4 pm. Click here for tickets.
The addresses of check-in and the homes and gardens will be emailed to you the week of the event.
Theme
Detroit’s Palmer Woods neighborhood, founded more than a century ago, is well known for its grand mansions, especially of Tudor influence, which were constructed in the early 20th century.
By mid-century, new styles of architecture in Palmer Woods and across the country began to emerge. The homes tended to have simpler and cleaner lines than structures built in the previous two decades. The interiors of the homes were also more streamline, but still were constructed with the most up-to-date designs and quality materials.
Our Palmer Woods Home & Garden Tour will feature homes of this era, showing an array of styles and designs which were “contemporary” at the time. When you tour the homes, which were built for notable Detroiters such as Weight Watcher’s Florine Mark, you will undoubtedly be impressed with the design elements that were introduced during that period.
In addition to the homes, you may walk through some of the most varied and fascinating gardens our region has to offer, open over a two-day period so you can take your time and enjoy one of Detroit’s most beautiful historic neighborhoods.