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3.	GARDENS OF HENRY AND VIRGINIA LANGEN, 8454 Kimo Court. The Langens have developed a beautiful garden around their home. Enter the front yard through a lovely trellis bridge and start your tour on a red brick walkway. Many plants and trees are young in this side garden, but the colors are beautiful. On around to the rear is a private area with Azalea and Camellia plants and patio table and chairs. Circling the house and a large trellis and flowering shrubs greet the visitor. Words are inadequate to describe the roses, lilies, ferns and many other Mississippi plants to be found here.
4.	GARDENS OF MARY SINDERS, 88386 Diamondhead Drive East. These gardens were designed to use native Mississippi plants such as Azaleas, Camellias, Wax Myrtles, Honeysuckle and Mums. There are several beds of Day Lillies in a full range of species and colors. The focal point of the backyard is a landscaped bed of greenery and flowering plants surrounding a fountain. An area just off the pergola is a wild flower garden planted to attract Butterflies and Hummingbirds. The Pergola and the patio are brightened by pots of flowering annuals and hanging baskets.
5.	GARDEN OF LOU AND NINA COTTON, 8920 Kipapa Way. This beautiful garden was designed by Nina. The side garden is filled with roses, lillies, and many colorful shrubs. Her ‘Friendship Garden’ has stepping stones engraved with names of many old friends and the dates when they first met. A marble table top from her family home sits in a quiet tranquil corner of the garden. Birdhouses custom made to copy the exact design of family homes add another personal charm to this garden. As you walk through the gardens, another pleasant treat of refreshments will be served in the gazebo.
6.	DIAMONHEAD COUNTRY CLUB - Luncheon will be served on a Dutch Treat Basis from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM in the dining room of the Country Club. Reservations will not be necessary unless you are a party of ten or more.
7.	HOME OF LLOYD AND AUDREY RAMIREZ, 554 Kaiki Circle. Openness to both the inside and outside is the hallmark of this stylized ranch house. Designed by Lloyd and Audrey for informal entertaining, the dining room, kitchen and living areas are open to each other. Blending with the outdoors is enhanced by many windows and glass doors, rich green carpeting and three porches (glass, open and screen) that provide enjoyment of the park like setting during any season. The views of the golf course and dogwood trees are sensational. The woodwork is oak, except for the mantle which is 75 year old tidewater cypress from the swamps near Pass Manchac. The home has multiple architectural features such as recessed ceilings, changes in floor elevations and various lighting technics. Several paintings, needlework done by Audrey and family heirlooms compliment and complete the informal atmosphere.
8.	GARDENS OF CHARLES AND JEAN EAKIN, 2340 Airport Drive. This large expanse of garden is a haven for birds with plantings which enhance its natural state — keeping everything in its simplest form. Various feeding stations and a nearby body of water attract a multiplicity of birds. Provisions for natural nesting sites add to the increase in the population of native birds. The overall effect of this lovely bird garden with its country atmosphere is one of peace and tranquility.
9.	HOME OF MARIO AND ROSE ESPINOSA, 1330 Poki Place was designed and constructed by Mario with the warmth of home entertaining in mind. The 135 foot concrete bulkhead with wharf was completed in Feb.,1985. The house was started in April, 1985. The foundation is steel reenforced, concrete filled cinder block piers. It has custom-made cherry stained millwork throughout, designed and installed by Mario. The foyer, great room, sun porch and formal dining room have ceramic tile
floors. The great room features a mahogany wet bar with marble inlay from the facia acquired from the Canal Street Leonard Krowler. Also featured is a large see-through brick, gas burning fireplace with solid mahogany mantles. Two levels of open decking overlook the main canal and bay. A large atrium provides a tropical atmosphere with a three-tier waterfall emptying into a kidney shaped pond surrounded by plants.
LONG BEACH
Pilgrimage Co-Chairmen: Mrs. Donald E. Wilson and Mrs. Louis Crawford Thursday, March 24 - 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1.	LONG BEACH GARDEN CENTER, 201 E. Fifth. (Comer of South Burke and Fifth). Organized in July 1930. The club is now in its 64th year, and the 31st in its own building, one of the few individually-owned garden club houses in Mississippi. Maps are available and tea will be served during the pilgrimage hours.
2.	ADMORE, HOME OF DR. AND MRS. DONALD R. RAYNER, 818 E. Beach Blvd. This home was built in 1893 by Dr. R. Graham on the “Widow Ladner” claim. He named it “ADMORE”, for it was his intention to add more to the house as the need arose. The front door and all the windows are original; the Rayners added custom designed beveled glass to the door. The furniture throughout the house is mostly early 1800’s. Murals in the upstairs children’s bedrooms are by artist Cathy Milner. There are three patio areas in the back; each one featuring dogwood patterned wrought iron furniture and fencing. The Anniversary Oak, estimated age 112 years, and the Chimney Oaks, estimated age 165 years, shade the children’s play area at the back of the property.
3.	HOME OF DR. AND MRS. GEORGE T. TATE, 240 West Beach Blvd. This Arcadian Colonial style townhome in “LONG BEACH OAKS” was designed by Hayes Towne of Baton Rouge, one of the leading architects in the U.S. The high ceilings give the feeling of an old home, and the front porch stairway is typical of arcadian homes. The Tates have glassed in both porches - the bottom one for entertaining, and the top one for week-end breakfasts and suppers. The wood in the home is antique cypress, and the counters in the kitchen and bathrooms match the Mexican terrazo tile floors. The home is furnished with antiques, some primitives from old plantations. Their art pieces range from primitives by Clementine Hunter to signed and numbered prints of the Paris Opera House by French painter, Clayetto. The Tates are avid collectors of silver and crystal art objects.
4.	HOME OF MR. AND MRS. PETER KOZAKIEWICZ, 117 Winters Lane. This stucco and brick two story home was designed and built by the “House Artist” Jack Clark with french quarter themes in mind. It mixes the old exemplified by first generation cypress doors from “The Bank” in New Orleans and a modem touch demonstrated through its open floor plan, architectural lines and vaulted ceilings. The staircase is glass lined with a view of the Gulf and the‘plant filled courtyard below. The home is furnished with antique furnishings, family heirlooms and features artwork by southern artists Donna Peters, Joe Latil, Dana Clark and Gerlad Bienvienu. A wrought iron gazebo faces the Gulf of Mexico and is surrounded by assorted plants and a fountain.
5.	ST. PATRICK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 452 W. Beach Blvd. St. Patrick’s was established as a mission church in a white, woodframe house at 200 E. Beach Blvd. in 1962. This building was destroyed by Hurricane Camille, and was replaced by


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