Montebello - A Grand Old Lady Joins The 21st Century
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Editor - Jane Tate Sickon • Layout & Design - Bethany Soliven • Contributing Writers - Adrianne Lunn, Cheryl Falkenburry, Theresa Curry, Meredith Shea Barnes • Advertising Coordinator: Betsy Boldt 434.978.7238 |
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: It’s finally spring. As I write to you this month, yards are filled with daffodils, the Redbud trees have acquired a pink aura around their branches and Forsythia bushes are beginning to glow golden, a sign that to me means that the days of coats are all but gone.April is the month in which Historic Garden Week in Virginia invites visitors from near and far to visit exquisite homes and beautiful gardens. By the time Garden Week actually gets here (April 19-27 throughout the Old Dominion), the tulips will be in bloom, peonies will begin nodding under the weight of their large, full blooms and the birds will be busy polishing off their nests and brooding their eggs. And the good life begins again. This month we are dedicating many of our stories to the homes and gardens in the Greenwood District of Albemarle County, where this year’s tour takes place. From the inside of homes like Casa Maria and Ramsay, to the gardens of Blue Ridge Farm, it has been a real treat to work on this issue. These are the homes of Charlottesville aristocracy. All of the homes on the tour are listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register as well as the National Register of Historic Places. Many of them were originally part of the 1769 Crown Grant from King George III. Many are the estate homes, built in the18th, 19th and early 20th century, designed by the leading architects of their day. Their gardens, as well, were designed by landscape architects whose work still stands up today as the best of the best. We urge you to take a preview tour of some of what will be on this year’s tour. There is no guarantee that you will ever be able to visit these fantastic estates ever again and to miss out of them would be a shame. We also highlight another of this month’s annual events, The Dogwood Festival, and offer some tips on selecting and growing a dogwood tree, bearer of the Old Dominion’s state flower. These trees, with their white, pink or red blooms in spring, their flaming red leaves in the fall and red berries that birds love so much, has so much to offer us with it’s beauty. We thank Gary Hess, horticulturist and grower for Ivy Nursery, for his help and advice when it comes to the dogwood. So as the end of the month approaches and those of us who garden begin to set out our tender seedlings into the garden, we hope the rest of you take the time to enjoy nature’s rebirth. Get outside and walk through one of Charlottesville or Waynesboro’s beautiful parks and thank the employees of their parks and recreation departments for their diligent care of the grounds and the beautiful plants that they nurture for your enjoyment. Happy spring, everyone. Sincerely, |
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