Celebrate Virginia Garden Week

There is no other event quite like Virginia’s Historic Garden Week. Each spring for one week in April, visitors are welcomed into private landscapes, public gardens, and historic sites across Virginia at the peak of the state’s spring color, with more than 1,000 world-class floral arrangements created by Garden Club of Virginia members enhancing the tour properties.  The event dates to 1927, when a Garden Club of Virginia flower show raised funds to save trees planted by Thomas Jefferson on the lawn at Monticello — and proceeds have funded the restoration of historic Virginia gardens ever since.  Today it spans 28 tours organized by 48 member clubs from the Shenandoah Valley to the Tidewater, making it a genuinely statewide celebration.

For Arlington and Northern Virginia residents, the closest and most accessible tour is typically the tour organized by the Garden Club of Fairfax. The location varies but can include homes and gardens in Arlington, Falls Church or Fairfax County.  Historic Garden Week 2026 runs April 18–25  — advance tickets are $30 and available at  the Virginia Garden Week site for details., where you can find the full tour schedule and plan which properties to visit.