are gardens with sweeping
views of the Blue Ridge."
Next is Verulam Farm,
another landed manor.
"The wrought-iron fence in
the front belonged to the
White House," Cherry says.
"This is truly an old-world
estate with croquet lawn,
pool house, Charles Gillette
gardens, huge pond, tree
orchard and breathtaking
Blue Ridge vistas." Visitors
can also walk to the restored
antique horse barn, where
horticulturists will ofer
advice and artisans fashion
old garden tools for sale.
The grounds of the third
property, the contemporary
Harris home, were built
by renowned landscape
architect Nelson Bird Woltz
and feature an enormous
side perennial garden, fenced
with two pencil boxwoods
that are intertwined to create
a diamond efect. "Everyone
marvels at it," Mercer says.
Final stop is Foxhaven
Farm, a 200-acre property
donated to the University
of Virginia by Henderson
and Jane Heyward, a master
gardener who introduced
unusual tree specimens
from abroad and was
passionate about hellebores.
Monticello, a benefciary
of Historic Garden Week
restoration funds, will also
celebrate the event with
special talks, walks and seeds
for sale in its gift shop.
For faithful visitors,
Historic Garden Week carries a
strong emotional component.
"An older gentleman recently
called me seeking a guidebook
so he could read it to a lady
friend who was dying," Miller
recalls. "He thought it would
remind her of beautiful
Virginia and her trips to
Historic Garden Week."
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Ted Goldsmith
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SPRING 2015