Bus tour tickets are $20 per person, including lunch and free parking.
Bus departs the EarthWays Center (located at 3617 Grandel Square in mid-town St. Louis – click for map) promptly at noon and returns at 4 pm.
Click on a photo below to preview some of the houses in the tour.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 — 12 noon to 4 pm
Bus Tour
Hop aboard the ticketed bus tour for a private exploration of five owner-occupied homes, led by local green homebuilding experts.
You'll see:
- Rain Gardens – both newly-planted and mature landscapes designed to conserve water, beautifully!
- Renewable Energy Systems – powering a 1960's era home with solar, geothermal and other cutting-edge technologies
- A triple-certified affordable home – in the midst of Habitat for Humanity's famous summer volunteer-powered "build blitz," revitalizeing an entire City of St. Louis neighborhood
- Two new Certified-Green custom homes – demonstrating energy and water conservation, indoor air quality safeguards, sustainable finishes, and more!
Bus tour homes represent the work of Belcher Homes, Butterfly Energy Works, Habitat for Humanity, Hartke Nursery, Mary Ann Fink Landscaping, Sage Homes and Trumpet Builders.
Bus tour seating is limited – advance tickets are recommended. Download a bus tour order form or purchase tickets at the Garden Gate Shop of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tickets will also be sold at EarthWays Center on the tour day, subject to availability. Update 6/19/2009: bus tour tickets are sold out! Please consider the Self-Guiding Tour.
Bus tour patrons are invited to arrive at 11 am for a free tour of EarthWays, open 11 am to 4 pm. You'll learn about solar and geothermal energy, native plant landscaping, super insulation, non-toxic and sustainable home products, and much more in this unique urban Green house. NEW THIS YEAR – Home Performance with ENERGY STAR energy auditing demonstrated at EarthWays by energy experts from Home Green Home and Mosby Building Arts, using a blower door, thermal imaging camera and other scientific testing equipment. See how an energy audit can optimize improvements to any existing home and qualify you for a Missouri state tax deduction.