Although Presidents Park is closed, the busts are accessible to visitors in their location on Hankins’ property a few select times a year. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Historic Garden Week proceeds enhance Virginia The Garden Club of Virginia invites home and garden enthusiasts to see 128 exquisite private properties throughout the state during Historic Garden Week, April 23-30. From charming city and town homes with patio gardens...
NewsomsMarch-April 2020 A Buzz About Beekeeping How to add your garden visitors as permanent residents Thousands of honeybees zip and dive around Betsey Spencer’s hatless and jacketless body. “They’re starting to get a little rambunctious,” the 67-year-old beekeeping...
As Victor Fury gently brushes the dust off 125,000 square feet of century-old tractors, road trucks and farm equipment, he keeps coming back to one of his favorites.
October 2021 The day is already hot when my parents, my friend, her son, my dogs and I board the Chesapeake Breeze in Reedville, Va., on a late August morning. The air is still and warm, the sun is strong despite the early hour and my skin is already sticky with...
September 2021The Future of History Lies in the Past Shenandoah’s Belle Grove Plantation is researching the lives of its enslaved inhabitants Belle Grove, a grand plantation in Virginia’s northern Shenandoah Valley, stands as a living monument to the myriad agrarian...