Garden Week at the University of Virginia

This Site

The Garden Club of Virginia and University of Virginia celebrate Garden Week at the University of Virginia on April 21, 2009.

Welcome to the University of Virginia as we celebrate Garden Week's 76th season.

April 21, 2009

Carr's Hill

Carr's Hill is the home of the University of Virginia President and Mrs. John T. Casteen III. The University is celebrating the Centennial of Carr's Hill this year (2009). It was designed as a president's residence by the New York architecture firm of McKim, Mead and White and has been home to seven presidents and their families. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tours of the gardens will be given by John Sauer, Carr's Hill gardener for Presidents Hereford, O'Neil and Casteen. The interior is open to the public only one day a year during garden week. This year the public will also be able to see the collection of Catesby reproduction prints owned by Carr's Hill. Please note that this is a private home and only certain areas are open on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. More.

Pavilion Gardens

Historic Garden Week celebrates the restoration of many of the gardens in the University of Virginia's Academical Village by the Garden Club of Virginia. Surrounding the pavilions and enclosed by the serpentine walls designed by Thomas Jefferson, the gardens have been continuously restored and upgraded with plant material known in Jefferson's era. Read the History of the Gardens.

Tours of the gardens will be conducted at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and will start at the steps of the Rotunda.

Pavilion Homes - East Lawn
Pavilion IV - Professor Larry J. Sabato
Pavilion VI - Senior Vice President and Mrs. Robert D. Sweeney
Pavilion X - Dean and Mrs. Carl P. Zeithamel

Lawn Rooms - East Lawn
2 East Lawn - Mr. Xiao Wang
22 East Lawn - Miss Melissa Reese

Edgar Allan Poe Room

Poe registered at the University of Virginia on February 14, 1826, the second session of the University. He lived in Room 13, West Range. He became an active member of the Jefferson Literary Society, and passed his courses with good grades at the end of the session in December. The University’s Raven Society maintains Poe’s room on the West Range as recognition of his time here.

Harrison Institute Panel Discussion, April 21, 2009

The University's Backyards: The Pavilion Gardens beyond Jefferson: Please join University Landscape Architect Mary Hughes, Ben Ford of Rivanna Archaeology and landscape historian Professor Ethan Carr talk about the history of the University's landscapes. A panel discussion will highlight recent discoveries in and around the Academical Village, April 21, 2009 at 2 p.m.

University of Virginia Art Museum: Flowers Interpret Art

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. No admission charge. Visitors are invited to the Flowers Interpret Art show, featuring flower arrangements inspired by works of art. Light refreshments will be served.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The museum will present a Flowers Interpret Art buffet dinner. Reservations are required. For more information, call 434-924-7458 or go to the Art Museum Web site. The Museum is located one block north of the Rotunda at 155 Rugby Road.

PBS Documentary at Harrison Institute, April 21, 2009

10 a.m.: PBS documentary "The Garden as Classroom, Thomas Jefferson's Academical Village in Charlottesville, Virginia," a coproduction by Reuben M. Rainey, William Stone Weedon Professor Emeritus, School of Architecture, and Rebecca T. Frischkorn. Mary and David Harrison Institute Auditorium.

Morea

Located on Sprigg Lane, off Emmet St. just north of Alumni Hall, the Morea Garden features a special selection of shrubs and trees surrounding a historic Federal period home. The house is named after the mulberries cultivated for experiments with silkworms. Morea was built by John Patten Emmet, one of the first professors chosen by Mr. Jefferson for the University. There are large old trees and a beautifully landscaped botanical collection, started by The Albemarle Garden Club in 1964. The spacious brick house was given to the University as a residence for distinguished visitors. Morea was the runner-up for the Garden Club of Virginia’s Common Wealth Award in 2005 and 2006. The tour will be limited to the gardens.

Text Version | Print Version

Maintained by:
Last Modified: Monday, 20-Apr-2009 15:57:18 EDT
© Copyright 2009 by the Rector and Visitors of the University of Virginia