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Page 1: Historic Garden Week in Virginia 47...gardens and private homes showcased in 29 tours during “America’s Largest Open House.” For more than 87 years, Historic Garden Week has

Visit VaGardenWeek.org for a complete listing of tours, maps and details regardingitineraries, special activities and our current restoration sites or to purchase tickets.

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

tons ofmulch15

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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507 nearly

tulips & over5,730

will be used by homeowners to prepare their gardens for this

3,500

statewide event.

2,200

1929dates to

47member clubs acrossthe state.

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.