HISTORIC OLD LOUISVILLE HOSTS ITS 23RD ANNUAL HIDDEN TREASURES GARDEN TOUR ON JUNE 11 & 12

Louisville, Kentucky– (March 22, 2016)

Old Louisville is is widely known for its historic mansions, the St. James Court Art Show, the Kentucky Shakespeare Festival, Springfest and the Holiday Home Tour. It’s also a popular spot for hidden treasures— select private gardens open to the public during our annual garden tour. Garden tourists will stroll past mansions, bungalows, and Italianate townhouses in the largest Victorian historic preservation district in the United States. Visitors will experience the traditional, the artsy and the quirky in these unique spaces, often used as outdoor rooms by Old Louisville residents.

The Second Street Neighborhood Association presents its 23nd Annual Hidden Treasures Garden Tour on Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm each day. This year, the tour highlights the Toonerville neighborhood, which encompasses 1st, Floyd, and Brook Streets. This neighborhood association takes its whimsical name from the Toonerville Trolley comic strip, based on the short Brook Street trolley that ran from 1915 until 1930.

The registration and will-call table will be on the lawn of the Conrad-Caldwell House Museum at 1402 St. James Court. Visitors may rest, refresh, and shop a silent auction for garden related items, Father’s Day baskets and more—all in air-conditioned Haskins Hall at the house museum.

As usual, The DuPont Mansion Bed & Breakfast Inn on 4th Street will host Art in the Garden, where local artists will paint from noon to 5:00 pm both days of the tour.

Tickets cost $15 if purchased before 5 pm on June 10; $20 on tour days. Advance tickets for individuals may be purchased online or by mail, as follows:
• Pay by credit card at www.oldlouisvillegardentour.com
• Mail checks, payable to SSNA, to Garden Tour, c/o Old Louisville Neighborhood Council in Central Park, 1340 S. 4th St., Louisville, KY 40208. Postmark deadline for checks is June 6.
• Buy a passport to three garden tours—a $50 value for only $30. Tours are at Crescent Hill (June 4); Old Louisville (June 11 & 12), and, Audubon Park (June 25). Pay by check or charge. Use your credit card at http://www.gardentourpassport.com OR send a check, payable to Garden Tour PASSPORT, 3330 Robin Rd., Louisville, KY 40213. Postmark deadline for passport ticket is May 30.

Garden tourists may inquire at the Old Louisville Visitors Center, 502-635-5244 or by E-mail to hiddentreasures.gardentour@gmail.com

MEDIA CONTACT: Kimberly Crum 502-417-3424 hiddentreasures.gardentour@gmail.com