Popular Fall Festival of Houses and Gardens in Beaufort now selling tickets. Costs, how to buy
Each year, the Historic Beaufort Foundation hosts the widely favored Fall Festival of Houses and Gardens.
The fall festival is “one of the Lowcountry’s most-anticipated annual events,” details HBF’s website, and tickets are required to attend.
Tickets for the event are officially now on sale for the Historic Beaufort Foundation’s 49th Fall Festival of Houses and Gardens.
The popular fall event allows attendees to view beautiful architecture and tour local historic homes and gardens in Beaufort.
This year’s festival is set to occur Oct. 21-22.
“The Fall Festival of Houses & Gardens is the best time to experience Beaufort’s extraordinary setting and architecture as gracious property owners open their private homes and exquisite gardens to public view,” said Cynthia Jenkins, executive director of Historic Beaufort Foundation. “To witness the interiors of these houses and to walk their gardens is truly magical.”
The two-day event will be split into separate tickets for Saturday and Sunday, so those wishing to attend both days will need to purchase tickets for the respective day. Online ticket sales will end Oct. 19 at midnight.
Tickets for the festival are available for purchase online at https://historicbeaufort.org/fall-festival-of-houses-gardens/.
Organizers of the event encourage interested patrons to obtain their tickets early, as the tours typically sell out and attract visitors from across the country.
Sunday’s event is the most popular of the two, but sells out quickly due to the more limited number of tickets available compared to Saturday’s event. Last year, Sunday’s tour was the first to sell out.
Saturday’s tour will include highlights such as the George Moss Stoney House, built circa 1823 and remodeled in the 1840s; the Berners Barnwell Sams House, #1, circa 1810; the Joseph Hazel House, circa 1815-1820; and First African Baptist Church, circa 1861, according to HBF.
Also highlighted will be the John Mark Verdier House, which underwent a comprehensive exterior renovation in 2021, followed by a rare restoration in 2023 of the Federal Period door surround and entrance.
The properties featured on Saturday’s ticketed event can be found on the Point and in historic downtown Beaufort.
Tickets for Saturday’s tour are $65 for HBF members and $75 for non-members. The tour will take place from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Oct. 21.
As for Sunday’s itinerary, tickets include access to a Southern brunch and property tour.
The Sunday event will showcase a 15-acre farmstead and former plantation, which is nestled among pecan trees and mature live oaks that is just less than half a mile from one of Beaufort’s busiest intersections, detailed organizers.
The property was the center of one of the Lowcountry’s earliest truck farming properties and includes:
The circa 1905 farmhouse with wraparound piazzas
A barn and packing shed that has been transformed into an event venue that maintains the property’s agricultural character and history.
Tickets to the Sunday event are priced at $130 for HBF members and $150 for non-members. The Sunday brunch and tour are set to take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
All ticket sales are final and the tours will be held rain or shine.
For more information, go online and visit https://historicbeaufort.org/.
