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Updated: 12/04/2012 08:00:00AM

Holiday cheer spread during home tour

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HERALD PHOTO BY TAMI GARCIA

The home of Liz Hutchinson-Sperry and her husband, Frank, was one of four homes showcased during the Punta Gorda Garden Club's Holly Days Home Tour and poinsettia sale.

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Patrons prepare to enter the home of Ryan and Julie Price on Goldstein Street during the Punta Gorda Garden Club's 2012 Holly Days Home Tour.

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The nursery on Goldstein Street in Punta Gorda was one of many rooms in the home of Ryan and Julie Price decorated for this year's Holly Days Home Tour, which is hosted by the Punta Gorda Garden Club.

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Gretchen Phelan reaches for one of many cookies available for patrons to enjoy in the Lenox Hall of First United Methodist Church.

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Valerie Ollinger, a Florida Master Gardener volunteer with the University of Florida IFAS Extension program, admires a tree decorated with dragonflies made from card palm leaves, during the Holly Days Home Tour. The dragonfly ornaments were made by members of the Punta Gorda Garden Club.

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Sandy Miskell takes a photograph at the entrance staircase and foyer in the home of Mark and Jan Gregory on Trabue Avenue during the Holly Days Home Tour.

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Liz Hutchinson-Sperry and her husband, Frank, stand alongside their outdoor fountain at their home on Taylor Street in Punta Gorda. Their home was highlighted during Holly Days Home Tour, which is hosted by the Punta Gorda Garden Club.

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Hundreds line the entrance to the home of Richard and Janet Wilcox on West Virginia Avenue during the home tour.

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Jain Doremus of the Punta Gorda Garden Club, right, discusses the items used to decorate the fireplace in the home of Mark and Jan Gregory's home on Trabue Avenue to Sharon Theriault, left, during the Holly Days Home Tour.

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Donna Cook, left, is shown one of the many floral arrangements by Punta Gorda Garden Club member Sandi Witzke during the Holly Days Home Tour.

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Sue Krasny, left, and Sue Kapuchinski, right, admire the Christmas tree on display in the home of Liz Hutchinson-Sperry and her husband, Frank, during the tour.

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Diane Aikey purchases a poinsettia from Mary Sterwerf of the Punta Gorda Garden Club inside the Lenox Hall of First United Methodist Church on Marion Street in Punta Gorda.

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Marianne Bjorkman, a member of the Punta Gorda Garden Club, discusses the decorations donning the dining room of the Sperry's home on Taylor Street.

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Nancy Edwards, right, from the Punta Gorda Garden Club, points out the quilts on the sofa of the Price's home on Goldstein Street to Carol Stomberg, left, and Elin Stephan, center, during the tour. The quilts on display were provided by the Peace River Quilt Guild.

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Chris Lehman admires the snowman made with spray-painted white podocarpus leaves at the home of Mark and Jan Gregory on Trabue Avenue in Punta Gorda.

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Deep Creek Divas Red Hat Society members Serena Forsgren, left, and her mother Sammie Corbitt, were one of many who attended the Punta Gorda Garden Club's Holly Days Home Tour.

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Harriet Bush looks over a plant at the entrance of the home of Mark and Jan Gregory on Trabue Avenue.

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Several guests wait to enter the home of Mark and Jan Gregory's home on Trabue Avenue in Punta Gorda

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Punta Gorda Garden Club member Anne Simpson, left, describes the items utilized to decorate the kitchen of the Gregory's home on Trabue Avenue to Sherla Bond, center, and Emelie Sakalosky, far right.

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Richard and Janet Wilcox's bedroom in their "Creekside decorated for the holidays for the Holly Days Home Tour.

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Nancy Parzych, Lidia Madrazo and Ellen Elie admire the decorations on the dining room table of Richard and Janet Wilcox's home on West Virginia Avenue during the tour.

By TAMI GARCIA

Photojournalist

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Hundreds of folks lined up
outside four Punta Gorda homes featured during the Punta Gorda Garden Club’s Holly Days Home Tour and poinsettia sale Nov. 30 and Dec. 1. Proceeds raised during the event will benefit the club’s scholarship and
community projects funds.

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