Since 1989, Detroit’s Palmer Woods has opened it doors for its Holiday Home Tour the first weekend in December. This year, we will not have an all day, large event. Instead, on Saturday evening, December 5, Palmer Woods will present our Home Tour Soirée, an elegant cocktail party and guided tour of six beautiful homes including the newly renovated Frank Lloyd Wright-Turkel home. Read more 

 To read about the 2009 Tour Homes click here. 

To download a brochure, click here.

If you would like to be added to our email or mailing list for the 2009 Holiday Home Tour, please email your name and address to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

There are other opportunities to visit homes in Palmer Woods. Enjoy live music in sumptuous living rooms at our Palmer Woods Music in Homes concerts. Beginning on Saturday, December 26, Palmer Woods and the Creative Arts Collective will present jazz, classical and world music concerts each month through June in a different magnificent mansion or cool home. Read more

Tickets for Home Tour Soirée, Saturday, December 5 
Tickets are $75 and are limited to 150 tickets. As of Nov. 20 they are sold out. 

Tickets for the 2009 Palmer Woods Home Tour Soirée were sold at these locations:

• Blossoms 33866 Woodward Ave.,
  Birmingham • 248-723-4211
  
• Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Crafts Fisher Bldg.,
  Detroit • 313-873-7888
• Pronto! Corner Store 608 Washington St., Royal Oak • 248-544-7900. 

No tickets are available. The event is sold out.

Order you tickets early to our concert series.
Mail a check and self-addressed stamped envelope to

Proceeds from the 2008 Home Tour help to strengthen and improve our neighborhood. The Palmer Wood Association also donated a portion to two very valuable Detroit nonprofit organizations: Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS), a group dedicated to alleviating homelessness, and to Greening of Detroit, a group dedicated to reforestation and beautification of our urban environment. Click here to read more.

• SOLD OUT! On Saturday night, Dec. 6, Palmer Woods hosted an Elegant Preview Party, which included a private showing of the six homes on the tour plus an intimate look at the renovation-in-progress at the legendary Frank Lloyd Wright-Turkel home — a bonus that was not shown on the Home Tour the next day. The preview party began at 6pm with wine and appetizers, continued with a motor coach tour to each home, and ended with desserts and live music. Each home was adorned with breath-taking holiday decor by Blossoms and leading Detroit-area professional designers. The event was sold out more than a week in advance. Be sure to order your tickets early for next year's event.

• The next day, Sunday, December 7 from 10am-4:30pm, six magnificent homes were displayed for the Holiday Home Tour, a two-decade tradition in Palmer Woods. History and architectural splendors were showcased at each home with exciting examples of beauty, warmth and holiday adornment. The homes were accented and set with styling by professional designers. Most of the homes included designs and holiday arrangements  by Blossoms. Click here to read about the homes on the 2008 Tour.