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The Summer Tour is Full!
Thank you to everyone for making this event a success!
The Virginia Society of Landscape Designers
Annual Summer Garden Tour
Monday - Wednesday
July 14, 15, & 16, 2008
'Green' Landscape Design in Central Virginia
$125.00 Members, Associate/Student Members & Spouses / $175.00 Non-members
10 Continuing Education Credits (CEU's)
This year the tour focuses on gardens that set the standard for sustainable design and environmental responsibility. Join VSLD members for an exclusive look at "green" gardens and landscapes in Charlottesville, Historic Green Springs and Keswick that incorporate native plants, green roof systems, irrigation using rainwater cisterns, environmentally sensitive design, and organic maintenance methods.
The tour concludes Wednesday morning with a tour of "The Dell" at UVA.
  
The tour includes transportation, a picnic lunch on Tuesday, and relaxing with garden hosts and designers at a cocktail party on Tuesday evening at the Charlottesville Community Design Center on the Downtown Mall. The tour will begin Tuesday morning and will end mid-day on Wednesday. Please come early and/or stay late to explore the historic home & gardens, shopping, and hiking the area has to offer.
Special rates available on Monday and Tuesday nights at the OMNI located on the downtown mall in
Charlottesville within walking distance of the best dining in town.
VSLD special rate $139.00 per night plus tax.
Book before June 5, 2008 by calling 1-800-THE-OMNI.
Mention Virginia Society of Landscape Designers when you reserve.
T O U R H I G H L I G H T S
Monday, 14 July: 3:00 pm check-in Omni Hotel Charlottesville; Dinner on your own
Tuesday, 15 July: 8:15 am Head for the hills via passenger vans
Green Landscape Design from City to Farm
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 RiverBluff - conservation community above the Rivanna River
Historic Green Springs - Louisa County
Two gardens and a Picnic - Fern Hill and Ionia Farm
Featuring native plants, organic methods, rain garden, in and
around the Green Springs National Historic District
Picnic featuring locally grown foods (vegetarian included)
Shopping Break at The Gentle Gardener, Gordonsville
Scenic Byway 231/22 through Keswick
Visit Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Roundabout Farm
Organic/biodynamic farming vegetables/flowers for subscribers
Sustainable Design in the Keswick Estate: Sterba Residence
Streambank plantings featuring native plants for heavy, poor soils;
roof rainwater-fed irrigation system
6:30 pm - Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres at CitySpace
Charlottesville Community Design Center Downtown Mall
Share locally-grown food and drink, expertly prepared by
Beggars Banquet, with our generous hosts and designers of
the gardens. Walk from Hotel.
Wednesday, 16 July: 8:15 am - Depart hotel via Carpool
Public Landscapes with a Sustainable Focus
Daylighted Streams, Biofilters/Rain Gardens, and more at public
landscapes including The Dell at University of Virginia
OPTION 1: 12 noon Tour Green Roof at Albemarle County
Office Building
Limited Spaces available - sign up as you register
OPTION 2: Tour UVA Lawn, Pavilion Gardens and Grounds
on your own
Use FREE Public Transit via Trolley from UVA Chapel back
to Downtown Mall
Pictures from Top to Bottom:
Ionia Farm, RiverBluff, Charlottesville Community Design Center,
The Dell |
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