Name of Garden:
The Gardens
History:
Virginia has a rich garden history. Gardening was a necessary activity providing food for the family and pleasurable settings for study and relaxation. While the smaller gardens of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries did not survive, the James River Plantations, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, and Monticello provide a wealth of information on gardening in the eighteenth century. The Garden Club of Virginia has sponsored the restoration of many of Virginia's historic gardens.
Description:
Rows of fruit trees and rectilinear beds once used for vegetables and herbs.
PAVILION GARDEN III
Two Biltmore ashes shade the meandering walk and oval beds. The plantings in this garden include neviusia, a great silverbell tree, and a goldenrain tree.
PAVILION GARDEN V
Two "Albemarle Pippin" apple trees thrive in the center of each square of the Hotel Garden. The upper garden, entered through the middle gate, is conceived as an elegant boxwood garden.
PAVILION GARDEN VII
Garden VII is one of the smaller gardens. Serpentine walks bordered by various roses and bulbs connect the secluded benches.
PAVILION GARDEN IX
An arbor of "Cox Orange" and "Pippin" apple trees cast a cool shadow as one enters through the lower gate to the hotel garden. Pomegranate shrubs border the walls, with a large fig in the corner.
PAVILION GARDEN II
Four heirloom varieties of plum grow, while crabapple trees blossom along the walls. Daylilies cascade down the lower bank.
PAVILION GARDEN IV
Tree peonies and roses blossom in the perennial flower beds. Southern magnolias shade the lawn.
PAVILION GARDEN VI
The lower garden is one of the best known because of the presence of the Merton Spire in the center. The Garden exhibits an orchard in the middle terrace and an open lawn edged in boxwoods at the top.
PAVILION GARDEN X
One of the largest gardens, Pavilion Garden X is one hundred and fifty feet wide.
Website:
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatours/gardens/gardensExplore.html
|
