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The shore of Lake Hughes. Chesapeake Arboretum (48 acres) is a non-profit arboretum located at 624 Oak Grove Road, Chesapeake, Virginia.It is open daily without charge. The arboretum was established in 1996, and currently consists of a mature hardwood forest with good trail system, farmhouse, and theme and demonstration gardens.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Virginia is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Virginia [1] [2 ...
Historic Garden Week is a yearly, state-wide event across Virginia where tours of public gardens and landscapes are organized by member clubs of the Garden Club of Virginia, with the main purpose being to raise funds for their preservation, including projects at important landmarks like Monticello, Mount Vernon, and Montpelier.
When the scheme began 609 private gardens were opened and £8,191 was raised. A small number of the original "1927" gardens still participate in the Scheme, while many more have joined. Over 3,700 gardens were due to open in 2020 but the impact of COVID-19 meant that most openings were cancelled. However, new online virtual garden tours were ...
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden is a 50 acres (200,000 m 2), botanical garden in Henrico County, just outside of Richmond, Virginia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It features over a dozen themed gardens, a conservatory, a library, and a café.
100 acre Victorian estate, park features a nature center dedicated to native Virginia wildlife, a historic house museum, arboretum, formal gardens, carriage collection and petting zoo Mill Mountain Discovery Center: Roanoke: Roanoke: Southwest Virginia: website, operated by the City in the 611-acre Mill Mountain Park Motts Run Nature Center ...
[4] [9] In 2006, her organization reached an agreement with the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority to have the garden built in Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. [4] The project cost around $1 million: $600,000 for the bell and the pavilion; $100,000 for the surrounding garden; and $300,000 for long-term maintenance.
The largest public garden in western Virginia, it is open daily without charge. The garden was established in 1984 by Dr. Robert Lyons, Dr. Richard Johnson and Robert McDuffie. It was renamed in 2004 to honor Mrs. Hahn and her husband, T. Marshall Hahn, former president of Virginia Tech (1962-1974). All features have been built and planted by ...