Today, I visited homes in Clifton and Fairfax Station as part of Virginia’s Historic Garden Week. I took quite a few photos outside; we were not allowed to take photos inside the homes but there were many beautiful floral arrangements. Below are photos from a home in Fairfax Station and the owners are plantsmen so there is very good use of plants as well as a kitchen garden, chicken coop and horses. The inside of the home is very well decorated in the Federal style.
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- apple blossoms
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- catmint for pollinators
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- chicken coop in kitchen garden
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- columns to create sense of enclosed room
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- epimedium
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- epimedium
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- espaliered apple trees
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- fig branches for support in kitchen garden
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- inner circle of kitchen garden
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- outer circle of kitchen garden
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- primula
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- hens and chicks in container on table
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- variegated Japanese maple
The photos below are from a home in Clifton and the owners use furniture and structures outside to add interest as well as beauty. This is a Georgian revival home with a country type garden.
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- formal landscaped small garden
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- water pump in front of house
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- fountain turned planter
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- planters on brick wall
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- bench with wooden fencing
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- white chairs with yellow snapdragons
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- wooden fencing creates enclosed room feeling
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