Hotels
Holiday Inn ($119.00 plus tax)
601 Main Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
434-528-2500
Craddock Terry Hotel ($149.00 plus tax)
1312 Commerce Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
434-338-7668
Virginian Hotel ($149.00 plus tax)
712 Church Street
Lynchburg, VA 24504
Reservations by email only
Dyoung@thevirginianhotel.com
When making your reservations, please identify yourself as “Garden Club of Virginia” to get special room rates. Rate deadline is May 5, 2018.
Contact
Garden Club of Virginia804-643-4137
communications@gcvirginia.org
Garden Club of Virginia
Horticulture Field Day 2018
oin fellow Garden Club of Virgnia members as we tour
five spectacular gardens in the City of Seven Hills.
Wednesday, June 6, 9-11 a.m.
This is a one-day event with two optional tours on Tuesday, June 5 noon-4 p.m.
Horticulture Field Day is open to members of the Garden Club of Virginia and one guest.
Fee: $45 per person, which includes a box lunch on June 6. Fee is non-refundable.
Online Registration is Closed. Please call Ann at 804-643-4137 with questions.
Checking in at Old City Cemetery
401 Taylor Street, Lynchburg, VA 24501
Check in on Tuesday is noon to 4 p.m. If you have signed up for the optional program at Poplar Forest, you do not need check in at Old City Cemetery before going to Poplar Forest. We recommend you check in before heading to the Van Allens' as we have parking information and the gardens visit orders for Wednesday.
Check in on Wednesday is 8:45-11 a.m.
Optional Tuesday Afternoon, June 5, Garden Tours:
Poplar Forest landscape with Jack Gary, Director of Archaeology and Landscapes, 1-2 p.m.
Tour the house beforehand at discounted rate.
Pebbleton, garden of Kay and Kent Van Allen, 3-5 p.m.
Wednesday, June 6, Garden Tours:
9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.
Attendees will be given a specific order in which to visit the gardens as well as details and maps at check-in at the Old City Cemetery.
Gardens of
Melanie and Lynch Christian
Jill and John Fees
Catherine and Mike Madden
Lou and Ivor Thomas
Click here for garden images and descriptions
Box Lunch and Tours at Old City Cemetery
Wednesday, June 6 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Lunches served at the Comfort House at OCC.
Choice of two guided cemetery walking tours from 12:15-12:45 p.m.
Old City Cemetery is the oldest municipal cemetery still in use today in Virginia, and one of the oldest such burial grounds in the United States. Since the 1990s it has been operated as a history park and arboretum, in addition to being an active cemetery. Learn More.