Historic Garden Week in Virginia 47...gardens and private homes showcased in 29 tours during...
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For eight days every spring visitors are welcomed to Virginia’s most picturesque
gardens and private homes showcased in 29 tours during “America’s Largest Open
House.” For more than 87 years, Historic Garden Week has been sponsored by the Garden Club of Virginia.
STATEWIDE HOUSE & GARDEN TOURS | APRIL 18-25, 2020
BY THE NUMBERS
MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR NEXT YEAR’S TOUR! APRIL 17-24, 2021
29 8consecutivedays in April.
statewide tours over
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will spend more than
volunteers
planning &preparing.
created by club members — and that’s only one of the
26,000visitors from around the world from property to property. 50
restoration and preservation of
Virginia’s public gardens
Historic Garden Week in Virginia
$7,000
Their success inspired the statewide fundraiser.
Early Garden Club of Virginia members hosted a flower show raising
days
restorationprojects
Funding from Historic Garden Week benefits the
A lot has changed in the past
150 private homes &gardens featuredOver
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will be used by homeowners to prepare their gardens for this
3,500
statewide event.
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operates as a non-profit organizationmade up of
to save trees plantedby Thomas Jeffersonat Monticello.
floral arrangements
365
hundreds of flower varieties our guests
will enjoy.
incudingnearlysuch as Mount Vernon, the Pavilion Gardens at the
University of Virginia and the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library.
100 years but the work of the Garden Club of Virginia, which celebrates its Centennial in May of 2020, has not.