It's a showcase of fine homes and gardens across the Commonwealth.
Click a region on the map to see tours in that area.
Central Virginia
Glen Allen - April 20 - Historic Garden Week in Virginia - Ashland/Elmont, VA - Tour features four country properties, a church luncheon, and two flower demonstrations.
Nellysford - April 21, 22 - Rockfish Valley Nature Foundation Celebrates Garden Week Nelson Home Tours - Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center will be open during 80th Annual Historic Garden Week in Virginia Nelson County House and Garden Tours.
Charlottesville - April 23 - Historic Garden Week Lectures - Two lectures celebrate the 80th Anniversary of the Restoration Committee of the Garden Club of Virginia and its role at Monticello: Restoring Monticello's Historic Landscape and The Restoration of the Flower Gardens at Monticello.
Lynchburg - April 23 - Garden Day at Point of Honor - Celebrate the Garden Club of Virginia's Historic Garden Week by stopping by Point of Honor, one of the Garden Club's Historic Restoration projects. Join us for a tour of the Cabell home elegantly furnished with Federal Period antiques and special flower arrangements. Living history and open-hearth cooking demonstrations will be ongoing throughout the day.
Lynchburg - April 23 - Trolley stop on Garden Day in Lynchburg - Old City Cemetery will be a trolley stop along with other historic downtown locations on Lynchburg's Garden Day on April 23rd.
Richmond - April 23-25 - Historic Garden Week Tour in Richmond - Celebrate spring in Virginia by touring 27 homes and gardens.
Montpelier Station- April 20 - Montpelier Garden Week - 2013 - Celebrate Historic Garden Week with a tour of Montpelier's Annie duPont Formal Garden, which features formal walkways, sweeping beds, an herb garden, and magnificent marble lions and urns.
Shenandoah Valley
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum & Botanical Garden.
Staunton - April 20 - Garden Week Tour - The historic Victorian garden adjacent to the birthplace of President Woodrow Wilson will again be featured on the Historic Garden Week House and Garden Tour.
Harrisonburg - April 20-27 - Historic Garden Week at Edith J. Carrier Arboretum - Garden week tours will be led by Jan Sievers Mahon, Arboretum Director, and will focus on the arboretum's bulb collection, wild flowers, and flowering shrubs and trees. Tours will start at the Frances Plecker Education Center.
Harrisonburg - April 24 - Historic Garden Week in Harrisonburg - Nestled in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, this intimate house and garden tour features three impressive newer homes in a subdivision just east of Harrisonburg offering incredible views of the Massanutten Mountain range. The fourth home featured, Rabbit Run, started life as a log cabin.
Lexington - April 27 - Lexington Historic Garden Week Tour - Just on the edge of downtown, let these five properties transport you around the world, visiting Italy, England, Asia, France, and 18th century America, with ample time for dining and shopping in charming historic Lexington.
Roanoke- April 27 - Historic Garden Week in Roanoke - Historic Garden Week in Roanoke will feature five stately homes with majestic mountain views, terraced gardens, stone patios and grounds with unique features in surprising nooks and crannies.
Northern Virginia
The Smokehouse at Old Acre, Waterford
Alexandria - April 20 - Carlyle House Garden Day Herb and Craft Show - An exciting mix of herbs and vegetable plants from Mount Vernon and Layng & Company will be available for purchase. Bring your family to see live animals in the afternoon! (call for details), listen to performances by area musicians throughout the day, and shop for items made by local artisans and crafters.
Leesburg - April 20-21 - Leesburg Flower & Garden Festival - Witness the Historic District of Leesburg as it is transformed into a garden of delights! Walk through award-winning landscape displays and shop for fresh flowers, gifts, trees, fountains, garden furniture, and much more! Enjoy lively music and bring the kids to visit our hands-on art and education area featuring puppet shows, story telling, and unique art projects.
Waterford - April 22 - Waterford - Where the Past is Always Present - The frenetic pace of life drops to an ambling gait as you stroll the streets of Waterford. Have a leisurely walk into the past through a village settled in 1733. History will speak to you through the language of the architecture of the lovingly and accurately restored 18th century homes.
Vienna - April 23 - Fairfax County Garden Tour - Within close proximity to Washington D.C., the adjoining Fairfax County communities of Oakton and Vienna have emerged from small rural towns into thriving family-oriented neighborhoods with homes and gardens reflecting a wide range of architectural and personal style.
Hume - April 24-25 - 80th Historic Garden Week Tour in Warrenton - Celebrate Spring in Virginia by touring five homes and gardens featuring the elegance of life in the 19th century.
Coastal Virginia
Surry- April 20-28 - 80th Annual Historic Garden Week - Bacon’s Castle’s spectacular garden will be open to visitors at the peak of Virginia's springtime color, as well as the beautiful home sparkling with fabulous arrangements created by Garden Club of Virginia members.
Williamsburg - April 23 - Historic Garden Week in Virginia - Williamsburg Garden Club - This year's tour will feature homes in Colonial Williamsburg and West Landing in Kingsmill.
Charles City - April 24 - Afternoon Tea & Tour at Berkeley Plantation - Enjoy an afternoon tea and guided house tour with costumed guides. The 1726 manor house will be beautifully decorated with fresh floral arrangements. Five terraces of restored boxwood gardens offer breathtaking vistas of the James River. Reservations required.
Norfolk - April 25 - Norfolk Home & Garden Tour -"The Heart of Ghent" - walking tour includes four private homes and gardens, a Japanese garden, and wedding displays from the 1930's and present day at First Lutheran Church, all in historic Ghent.
Virginia Beach April 24 - Historic Garden Week Tour in Virginia Beach - Celebrate spring by touring five private homes, two oceanfront, and gardens in the coastal living area of the North End. Additionally, 5 historic properties will be on tour.
Southern Virginia
Danville - April 25 - Danville Garden Tour - Beautiful homes and gardens are showcased in this annual event.
Coastal Virginia - Eastern Shore
Cape Charles - April 27 - Historic Garden Week Eastern Shore of Virginia House & Garden Tour - With the Eastern Shore in full bloom it's a rare chance to explore exquisite private estates, historic homes and gardens, including Eyre Hall with its 1800s gardens.
Chesapeake Bay
Mattaponi - April 26 - Historic Garden Week Tour Garden Club of the Middle Peninsula - This is your chance to see a c. 1780 Greek Revival on 104 acres of farmland, a c. 1750 brick Colonial on 200 acres and several more amazing, historic properties.