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[+] Enlarge photoVirginia is a beautiful state, and right now its springtime beauty is on display in a big way: There are a few days left in Virginia’s 75th Historic Garden Week, which ends on April 27. The Garden Club of Virginia sponsors the event and says that it is "the oldest and largest statewide home and garden tour in the county."
It's definitely large, with more than 250 gardens, homes, and historic sites taking part. A handful of hotels and B&Bs have special offers connected to Historic Garden Week, which you can view here. Highlights include the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond and Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello, just outside of Charlottesville in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
And if you can't make it by this weekend, keep in mind that both of those places, and many others on the tour, are open year-round.
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Even when it's not Historic Garden Week, I'd recommend visiting Stratford Hall in Stratford, VA, about 2 hours south of Washington. I think it's one of the most beautiful houses in Virginia, and its gardens have espaliered fruit trees, heritage roses, a formal English garden lined with boxwood hedges, and an expansive view from the house down rolling fields to the Potomac River, where it used to ship tobacco when Robert E. Lee was born there. They have a Mother's Day buffet coming up, with Virginia ham, crab bisque, and awesome biscuits.
http://www.stratfordhall.org/
Posted By Marilyn Terrell on April 28, 2008, 10:16 AM