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130 Norfolk 131 East Coast, a butterfly garden and house, a Places of Interest: Japanese garden and a Colonial garden. Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Pl. Azaleas will be blooming in April and Walter Chrysler, Jr., donated his art collec- entry to the garden is included with Norfolk’s tion to Norfolk in 1971. Today it is home HGW ticket. to 62 galleries. MOMA’s Toulouse-Lautrec Wednesday, April 25, 2018 exhibit will be on display during HGW. Free Virginia Zoological Park Northern10 a.m. to 4 p.m. admission and parking. 3500 Granby Street Hunter House, 240 W. Freemason St. Rich- ardsonian Romanesque-style house built by Encompassing 53 acres of established histor- banker and merchant, James Wilson Hunter. ic southern magnolias, live oaks and other Neck Late Victorian era furnishings are original specimens, the park is located just four miles to the c.1894 house. Open until 3:30 p.m. on from this year’s tour area and is the site of tour day. No charge with tour ticket. many formal and abstract gardens. Dat- ing back to 1901, zoo horticulture has had Moses Myers House, 331 Bank St. a special place at this location, supporting Federal-style house c.1792 built for and showcasing animal habitats with na- prominent Jewish-American family. First Photo courtesy of The Garden Club the Northern Neck tive, ornamental and exotic plants. A few generation furnishings include Gilbert Stuart Hower Photo courtesy of Cheryl Naulty and Ted of the present theme gardens include fruit portraits of Moses and Eliza Myers. Garden orchards, shade gardens, rain gardens, an renovated by Garden Club of Virginia using African vegetable garden and handicap-ac- proceeds from Historic Garden Week tours. cessible gardens. The horticultural center Bounded by the Potomac River to its north and the Rappahannock River to its south, Willoughby-Baylor House, 601 E. Freemason includes a formal garden of roses, annuals St. Georgian and Federal brick townhouse this northernmost peninsula, or “neck” into the Chesapeake Bay, is home to three state and perennials. Admission, complimentary c.1794 built by Captain William Willoughby parks and three U.S Presidents, as well as Confederate General Robert E. Lee. One of garden tours and refreshments are included features revolving museum exhibits, the with Norfolk’s HGW ticket. four counties showcased in rotation, Richmond County is featured this spring. Location of Norfolk History Museum, and a colonial the Rappahannock River National Wildlife Refuge, the area includes many historic homes, garden with native plants and garden sculp- tures. No charge. four private properties of which are open for touring including Mount Airy Plantation. Menokin’s ruins, home of Francis Lightfoot Lee, is open for the first time especially for Historic Garden Week. Experience its progressive transformation as a restoration project. Statewide Passes Hosted by Tour Headquarters: Menokin, 4037 Menokin Rd., Warsaw. www.menokin.org For the latest information on The Garden Club of the Northern Neck HGW Tours and Schedules go to www. vagardenweek Co-Chairmen $15 each by The Daily. Pre-order by .org Week-Long Statewide April 16 with Sandy Clements, sclem- Pass for One = $300 Sue Farmar (804) 366-5437 [email protected] or (804) 761-8774. [email protected] Boxed lunches served in a garden setting at Menokin. Good at 29 House Betsy Terhune (804) 761-2720 [email protected] Complimentary homemade cookies and and Garden Tours lemonade served at the newly renovated Over Eight Days Group Bus Information smokehouse at Mt. Airy, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kwanzan Cherry Sandy Garretson Facilities: Available at Menokin, Mount More than 250 Total Tour [email protected] Airy and Grove Mount. Stops Across the State! Tickets: $35 pp. Available on tour day Stratford Hall Plantation, Rt. 214 off at Tour Headquarters, Menokin, 4037 Rt. 3. Admission waived with a HGW Menokin Rd. Warsaw, VA 22572 ticket on the Northern Neck tour day. Visit many of Virginia’s grandest private and public homes and grounds www.stratfordhall.org. Advance Tickets: $25 pp. www.vagarden- showcasing the Old Dominion’s horticultural tradition. Tour proceeds week.org. By mail with a stamped, self ad- Parking available at all locations. Shuttles available at Menokin, War- from “America’s Largest Open House” fund the restoration and dressed legal envelope until April 16, checks payable to The Garden Club of the North- saw and Rappahannock Community College, preservation of Virginia’s historic gardens, landscapes, and state parks. ern Neck (GCNN): Cindy Lloyd, 5011 52 Campus Dr., Warsaw. Shuttles will run Richmond Rd, Warsaw, VA 22572. Avail- from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. able locally at Feather Your Nest, Colonial Directions to Tour Headquarters: Menokin, For more information visit www.vagardenweek.org Collectibles, The Dandelion in Irvington, 4037 Menokin Rd, Warsaw, VA 22572. and The Art of Coffee in Montross. From Richmond: Take Rt. 360 E to Tappa- 132 Northern Neck Northern Neck 133 hannock. Stay on 360, cross the Rappahan- nock River (Downing Bridge). At the first light in Warsaw turn left on Rt. 3, then a “If you take left on Menokin Rd. (Rt. 690. Go straight a flower in 4 miles and turn left at the historical mark- er at the entrance. All properties located in your hand and Warsaw. really look at it, it’s your world Ticket price includes admission to the 4 following private homes and gardens, for a moment.” as well as Menokin: - Georgia O’Keeffe Menokin 4037 Menokin Road Built as the home of Declaration of Independence signer, Francis Light- foot Lee, and his wife Rebecca Tayloe, Me- nokin c.1769 is now the evocative remains Experience the unexpected. of an 18th century mansion surrounded by a vast, cultural landscape. The only house of the seven Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence that is not fully protected and saved, this crumbling ruin aspires to a future like no other Revolutionary site. A foundation was established in 1995 to pro- menokin.org tect and breathe new life into the property. Sabine Hall It immediately began to work to not only reverse the deterioration of the house, but to in English bond. The original dairy still which provided for the independence of the chart a course for its future. Over two de- stands and is next to the site of the orig- Philippines. The house is located on four cades of research, planning and conservingGardenWeekAd_2018.indd 1 10/6/17 1:20 PM inal kitchen. Grove Mount remains basi- acres in town, with the yard bordered by have paved the way for an innovative re-im- Rivah Country’s Premier Event! cally unchanged since it was built which is original wrought-iron fencing. The gaze- aging of this historic structure. A unique supported by a probate inventory taken in bo in the side yard covers a 30-foot-deep treatment plan was developed by architec- May 19, 2018 1808. In the 1950s a kitchen was annexed icehouse. Family members have through tural design firm Machado Silvetti of Bos- Join us for the 14th annual Preakness and in 1988 the orangery was built. With time referred to the gazebo as the “summer ton, creating a new paradigm in conserva- Party to benefit the RCC Educational few exceptions, the interior woodwork is house,” a favorite gathering place during tion and heritage management. The house Foundation, hosted at “Ben Lomond” original. The staircase is very similar to the hot, humid summers. Portraits dating to will not be reconstructed as it once was; (c.1730) in Essex County, Virginia. that at Menokin, built 18 years earlier. the colonial days tell the story of the Jones rather, new display techniques will be used The formal parlor has twin alcoves and family and its prominence in our nation’s to reveal the historic fabric of the building. cupboards, while the dining room contains history. In 1970 the grandson of Congress- The exterior will be partially encased in twin closets flanking a fully-paneled chim- man Jones, Col. William A Jones III, was structural glass. Indoors, glass will be used ney breast. The home offers spectacular posthumously awarded the Congressional in some areas to provide a catwalk and a Preakness views southward to the Rappahannock Medal of Honor for heroic actions in a res- transparent floor, through which visitors can PARTY River Valley and River. Terraces, gardens, cue mission over North Vietnam. In the par- see from the third floor to the basement. 2018 a lily pond and mature plantings create a lor are many artifacts and furnishings ac- Designated a National Historic Landmark beautiful setting. Grove Mount is a Vir- quired by the Congressman and Mrs. Jones in 1971, the Foundation is currently work- ginia Historic Landmark and is on the Na- during their travels to the Far East. Orig- ing on Phase 1 of the Glasshouse Project. tional Register of Historic Places. Mr. and inal woodwork and family antiques con- Menokin Foundation, owner. Mrs. M. Kirwan King II, owners. tribute to the overall elegance of the home. The Jones Family Trust, owners. Grove Mount The Jones House Sabine Hall 755 Grove Mount Road 5705 Richmond Road 1694 Sabine Hall Road A fine example of a Georgian plantation This striking three-story Victorian home home, Grove Mount was built c. 1787 by was built by Congressman William Atkin- A fine example of a Colonial Georgian Robert Mitchell and his wife, Priscilla Car- son Jones and his wife, Claude Douglas House, Sabine Hall was built c. 1738 by ter, who was the oldest daughter of Rob- Motley, in 1887. The original house was Landon Carter, the fourth son of Robert ert “Councilor” Carter of Nomini Hall.
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