Though it doesn’t much feel like spring is in the air, there are plenty of organizations planning events to celebrate the season.

One of those events is the Historic Bath Garden Club’s Tour of Homes. On April 22, visitors from near and far will have license to peek behind the doors and windows of Bath homes for the price of $20.

The self-guided, self-paced tour is a fundraiser for a garden club whose mission is to make Bath a more beautiful place, according to garden club President Sallie LaCava.

“We’re constantly working with (the Town of) Bath to find ways to beautify it,” LaCava said.

Efforts include donating money, plants and time to create gardens that the public encounters such as around signage and the historic marker at the intersection of North Main and Carteret streets, creating a memorial garden of camellias in honor of past garden club members at the circa 1744 Palmer-Marsh House, as well as maintaining several gardens at the town’s historic homes. In past projects, the garden club has also been instrumental in installing benches around town and street lighting in keeping with Bath’s historic nature. Every Christmas season, the garden club also spends much time and energy decorating Bath’s historic sites in colonial-era style, as well as the Christmas tree around which town festivities center.

LaCava said it’s surprisingly easy to find people willing to be a part of the homes tour, and therefore, the garden club’s mission.

“We just find an interesting home and say, ‘Would you like to put your home on the homes tour?,’ and believe me, they say yes,” LaCava laughed.

LaCava said hostesses will greet visitors at each of the 10 homes on the tour.

“Each house has some unique history about it, and they will be sharing that with people,” LaCava said.

Houses featured on this year’s tour include a Peninsula Drive home that was purchased by new owners a few years ago and has been completely renovated, as well as Brynn Erin Farm — named for the owners’ two daughters — on Archbell Road.

“It’s a fairly new house — I’d say two or three years old — and it’s kind of got a colonial look to it, and it’s very interesting inside,” LaCava said.

Designed by William E. Poole, it sits on Glebe Creek, and is described by the owner as “surrounded by woods and fields and is truly a dream location for nature lovers.”

The Heron Lane home of Van and Ed Kozelka is a newer waterfront property, this one on Back Creek.

“It has an open floor plan, wonderful water views, and it features a mural by local artist Delores Morgan,” LaCava said.

Another featured home is a new take on a historic look.

“David Johnson’s house on Main Street is a new house that’s intended to look old,” LaCava said. “He built the new house in harmony with the historic houses all around it.”

While the tour has traditionally focuses on the homes, tours of some of their gardens will also be included.

“Half the homes, or maybe more than half, also have gardens, so it’s a home and a garden for some of these,” LaCava said.

In the coming weeks, several of the homes on the tour will be featured in the homes section of Friday’s Daily News. Those interested in attending the homes tour can call LaCava at 252-964-3441 to reserve a spot. Groups of 10 or more qualify for a discount — each ticket is reduced to $15 per person.