Just before the camellias and daffodil blooms retire, the Atlanta Preservation Center's 30th annual Buckhead in Bloom tour runs this Sunday, giving a curious public a chance to walk through some of Buckhead's most private addresses.
Among the four homes on tour are a 1930s Regency house designed by Philip Schutze; a 1920s classic Neel Reid home with historical gardens; and Dameron and Jane Black's private Valley Road estate designed by Clement J. Ford.
The Blacks' two-story home is awash in color from the ceilings to floors, with a stately coral dining room and buttery salon filled with French antiques. The couple's library, with floor-to-ceiling built-ins, is decorated with rich burgundy and exotic ikat patterns.
"I love color, though I know that's not the ‘in' thing to do," Jane Black said, laughing.
Their home, built in the 1980s next door to her mother's estate, is rich in family history and displays the owners' passion for travel. A highlight of the patio is the massive ornate doors the couple brought back from an anniversary trip to Marrakech. Visitors can see French lead sculptures passed down from Black's grandmother and art from local artists such as Rosie Clark. The garden, overseen by landscape designer Brooks Garcia, includes a boxwood-lined courtyard, plentiful hellebores now in bloom, a home for mourning doves, a gazing pond, a terraced garden and a pool complete with a poolhouse.
If you go
The Atlanta Preservation Center's Buckhead in Bloom tour is sponsored by Harry Norman Realtors and runs from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday in the Peachtree Heights West and Tuxedo Park neighborhoods. Tickets are $30 for APC members; $40 for nonmembers. Tickets, as well as APC memberships, are available in advance by calling 404-688-3353 and are also for sale at the Cathedral of St. Philip bookstore, the Swan Coach House and Boxwoods Gardens & Gifts. Day-of-tour tickets will be sold at 205 W. Paces Ferry Road. For details, visit www.preserveatlanta.com.
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