Historic Garden Week in Virginia, April 16-23

above, Westover Plantation

The Garden Club of Virginia is sponsoring Historic Garden Week in Virginia this week. I lived in Virginia for 10 years and can tell you there is nothing quite like Virginia in the Spring! From their website:

Celebrating 78 Years of Preserving Virginia’s Heritage

Welcome to Historic Garden Week in Virginia’s 78th anniversary season. This spring, visitors will step through the gates of more than 250 of Virginia’s most beautiful gardens, homes and historic landmarks during “America’s Largest Open House,” April 16-23, 2011. Three dozen Historic Garden Week tours present a rich mosaic of some of the country’s finest properties at the peak of Virginia’s springtime color. Sponsored by The Garden Club of Virginia, local events are scheduled from the Atlantic Ocean to the Allegheny Mountains and will span the centuries from the early 17th through the early 21st.

Click here for more information.


Morven Gardens


Winchester-Clarke area house

In honor of Historic Garden Week in Virginia

I share these photos of Kenmore, in Fredericksburg. A good friend recently visited there and was kind enough to take these photos.

Kenmore was built by George Washington's sister Betty Washington Lewis her husband Fielding Lewis in 1775-76, on a 1300 acre plantation.



For more information on Historic Garden Week in Virginia - click here.