Port Aransas Home Tour

Come and visit the beach and enjoy a "Glimpse of island life" with the Port Aransas Home Tour Saturday January 31, 2015. From Island Resort properties to family homes to cottages with historical significance you will visit homes showing off Island living.

Our self guided tour is from 1:00 - 5:00 P.M. with nine homes for your viewing pleasure.  A map and brochure is provided to keep you on the path to our wonderful homes which you will receive when checking in at the Community Center located at 400 North Alister.  Each home will have hostesses/hosts answering your questions about the historical and decorating significance.  The self guided tour ticket is $20.00

Tickets can be purchased at both Gratitude and Mustang Island Art Gallery, on tour day at the Community Center located at 400 North Alister, and via our website www.portaransasgardenclub.org using PayPal.  Bus tour tickets are $25.00 p/p.  For ticket information call the PAGC at 361-813-2508 or email portagardenclub@hotmail.com.

"Treat yourself to a day out of fun and sightseeing at the PAGC Home Tour. Call 361-813-2508 for ticket information or get tickets via our website www.portaransasgardenclub.org."

Come visit the beach and enjoy a “Glimpse of Island Life” with the Port Aransas Home Tour Saturday January 31, 2015.  This year’s tour features a diverse collection of nine homes as Port Aransas continues to grow in varied directions.  From Island Resort properties to cottages with historical significance you will visit homes showing off island living at its best with remodeled and new construction exemplifying life in the Coastal Bend.

The Port Aransas Home Tour is one of few remaining tours offering a ‘bus tour party’ in the morning as well as a self-guided tour in the afternoon. This year there will be four homes plus a casita on the bus tour.   Any guest, who takes a morning tour, is welcome to return on the afternoon self-guided tour to see the balance of homes not included in the morning tour. Your $25.00 ticket covers the bus tour and the self-guided tour making it an all day excursion.  Relax, sit back and enjoy the semi-narrated, sometimes hilarious antics of the Port Aransas Garden Club’s Cruise Staff .while “the wheels on the bus go ‘round and ‘round. . . “   The bus agenda also allows you plenty of time to see the town and explore the area’s fine shops and restaurants

If the bus tour party isn’t your cup of tea then join us in the afternoon for the self guided portion where you can see all nine homes from 1-5pm.  A map and brochure is provided to keep you on the path to our wonderful homes. Each home will have hostesses/hosts who can answer your questions about the historical and decorating significance. The self-guided tour ticket is $20.00

Tickets can be purchased via our website www.PortAransasGardenClub.org using PayPal and at both Gratitude and Mustang Island Art Gallery starting December 15 and on tour day at the Community Center located at 408 North Alister.  For ticket information call 361-813-2508 or email portagardenclub@hotmail.com

Look forward to seeing you on January 31 at the Port Aransas Community Center.

Port Aransas Home Tour January 31, 2015

 

Hello … “Save the Date.”

We look forward to seeing you this January for the 27th Home Tour in Port Aransas presented by the Port Aransas Garden Club.

Our Tour will be Saturday January 31, 2015 departing from the Community Center located at 408 North Alister Street. Tickets will go on sale the day after Thanksgiving and can be purchased from our website www.portaransasgardenclub.org via PayPal or starting December 15, at Gratitude or Mustang Island Art Gallery in Port A.

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See ya on the 31st of January … Enjoy the Fall.

The Port Aransas Garden Club

Home Tour Committee 2015  

Hotline: 361-876-4375

Humor

Sometimes I need a reminder to not take life too seriously. 

How can you not smile at these imaginative displays?

Over or under?  Dilemma resolved!

Come share a laugh, or at least a smile, with us on January 25, 2014.

Boats

"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." from Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.

We do live on an island, after all, so boats are a way of life here.  And what a variety we have!

Port Aransas Ferries

You may arrive and depart on a ferry.

Views of commercial traffic abound on the nearby Corpus Christi Ship Channel..

Port Aransas Museum's Farley Boat Works

The Farley tarpon fishing boats originated in Port Aransas in 1915.  These historic boats are again being built here.

The Garden Club sells concrete "Farley Boat" planters as a city beautification project.

Offshore fishing boats, Port Aransas TX

Some boaters like to chase the "big ones" offshore,

Harvest Moon Regatta  (photo: Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce)

while others find sailing more to their liking.

No wonder many homes feature boat-related decor. 

Come find decor that "floats your boat" on January 25, 2014.

Collections

Most of us collect something and it's always fun to look for curated displays or a theme in the tour homes.

Collections may be related to travel memories ...

or perhaps to a hobby ...

or just a practical way to store everyday items ..

or purely for fun.

Come find your favorite collection at the Port Aransas Home Tour on January 25, 2014. 

Kids, beach, 'nuff said!

Kids, grandkids, friends, water, sand, pirates ... did someone say "pirates!!!???".  Yikes!

What a fun location to create special rooms for special memories for those we love.

Bright colors seem to be the trend these days.

Makes you want to never grow up, doesn't it?

Come find your inner kid, play in the sand and enjoy 9 homes on our "glimpse of island life" tour.

Hot colors for cold weather

        Another cold front – brrrr – but it won’t last long!  Time for a bonfire at the beach. How long since you've had smores?

These guys don't seem to mind the weather.

How about some hot colors to take the chill off?

Mark your calendar for January 25th for our Port Aransas Home Tour and see how wonderful the winter beach can be! 

Fog

I love this time of year.  We get a lot of fog early and late in the day.  It's so serene and romantic in a coastal sort of way.

Horace Caldwell Pier, Port Aransas

The soft beachy pastels so popular here seem right at home in the fog.

Art Center for the Islands

Several homes on the tour reflect this esthetic.

So relaxing!  One can hear the fog horns on the ferries all over town, so surreal when all is shrouded in mist.

Come enjoy some serene and relaxing homes on our annual "glimpse of island life".

Tickets are now on sale!

26th ANNUAL PORT ARANSAS TOUR OF HOMES

Celebrating our fiftieth year, The Port Aransas Garden Club will host its 26^th annual Port Aransas Tour of Homes on Mustang Island Saturday, January 25, 2014.  The tour originates from the Port Aransas Community Center at 408 N. Alister Street, Port Aransas, TX. 78373. 

This year’s “a glimpse of Island Life” tour features nine homes showcasing older homes, the new and modern, condos and remodeled residences and beachfront living.  Five homes will be on the bus tour and all nine will be on the self-guided tour.  With the bus tour ticket you also have the option to continue with the self-guided tour in the afternoon.

Morning bus tours will be available for $25.00 per/person at 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM. Self-guided tours are offered between 1:00 PM and 5:00 PM.  The self-guided ticket is $20.00 p/p and tour maps will be provided at the Community Center.  Bus tours and self-guided tickets can be purchased at Mustang Island Art Gallery, 2222 Hwy 361; Gratitude, 316 N. Station Street and through our website www.PortAransasGardenClub.org after Thanksgiving and on tour day at the Port Aransas Community Center.  Bus tour tickets are limited to 90 per each tour, self-guided are unlimited.  For ticket information call Cherie Hoffman 361-876-4375 or email portagardenclub@hotmail.com. 
Follow us at our website www.portaransasgardenclub.org, our Facebook page Port Aransas Home Tour and at our blog http://portaransasgardenclubhometour.blogspot.com/.  For all other information contact chairperson Virginia Moser at 361-834-4130. 

Tickets, refreshments, raffle and silent auction items will be available at the Community Center during tour hours starting at 8:30 AM.

Port Aransas Garden Club (PAGC) formed in 1964 to encourage interest in beautification of the city. Proceeds from Club activities are used for landscaping, various civic projects and scholarships for Port Aransas High School seniors.

PAGC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. All contributions are tax deductible. PAGC is a member of the Port Aransas Chamber of Commerce, Keep Port Aransas Beautiful and the Corpus Christi Garden Council.