Hilltop Arboretum Spring Garden Tour: Downtown Baton Rouge

Each spring, Hilltop Arboretum leads a look inside the city's most fabulous private gardens. This year, the "curators" have selected seven unique "tiny" gardens brightening up the historic downtown neighborhoods of Beauregard Town and Spanish Town. Wander through the lush exotics in Chuck Booksh and Van Landry's five-year-old garden; the decades-old, carefully nurtured paradise of Nanci and Scott Gaddy; the 600 block of Louisiana Avenue with the still-blooming fifteen-year-old legacy Susan Turner's master plan for the neighborhood; and many more. 

1 pm–4 pm. $20, which includes the tour and light refreshments at The Origin Hotel. Tickets can be purchased online, by phone at (225) 767-6916, or at any of the seven gardens on tour day. lsu.edu/hilltop.