Home and Garden Tour set for this weekend
Carl Burnett Jr.
LANCASTER – Tickets are on sale for the annual Fairfield Heritage Association Home & Garden Tour.
"This year the tour will include six homes and one business with locations in Lancaster, Sugar Grove and Bremen," said Andrea Brookover, FHA executive director. "The ages of the homes range from the 1840s to 2013."
The annual event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Nancy Messbarger, who chairs the tour this year with Connie McVey, said the goal this year is to inspire people to do things around their homes.
"We've been doing this for 46 years and we've always focused on grand or historical homes, but the community has been changing," Messbarger said. "I've chaired this four times in the past and this year we just thought we wanted to focus on homes that people can take ideas from and be inspired to make changes on their properties."
The homes that are part of the tour this year include homes built in 2013 and older homes, Messbarger said. The variety of building styles also are part of the tour.
"We have styles that include a Prairie School Craftsman, French Cottage, a Victorian and a farmhouse," Messbarger said. "Some are secluded and others are in town. Four are concentrated on one road."
One homeowner is giving mini-demonstrations on how to craft wooden bowls and Master Gardeners will be on hand to answer questions and share gardening tips, Brookover said.
At 3040 West Point Road, the Heritage Cafe will be opened offering sandwiches and sweet treats made by FHA members. The Barn Tag Sale will be at 3590 West Point Road where people can shop, and a private collector car show will be at 3590 West Point Road. The FHA also is raffling off a three-day Lake Erie Lakeside getaway.
"We hope the tour helps inspire people to do more," Messbarger said. "We do have a bunch of good looking and well maintained homes in the county and this is a great opportunity for people looking for ideas on what they can do to improve their own homes."
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Tour tickets for the 2014 Fairfield Heritage Association's Annual Home & Garden Tour are $12 in advance; $15 on tour weekend; $6 for students between age 5 and 18. Tickets are available at:
• Flowers of the Good Earth, 1262 Lancaster-Kirkersville Road NW
• Buckeye Honda, 2615 N. Memorial Drive
• Fairfield National Bank locations at the Main Office, 143 W Main St.; Kroger East, 1141 E. Main St.; and Meijer, 2900 Columbus-Lancaster Road.
• The FHA office at the Georgian Museum, 105 E. Wheeling St.; tickets also are available on the FHA website at www.fairfieldheritage.org.
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