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Gardens at Morrowdale Farm
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Spring Open House,
April 7
9:00 to Noon
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• Conveniently Located
for Crozet Area Residents
drew on the region’s geology, agricultural
traditions and plants–both
native and imported–in designing
the garden…. Locally quarried fieldstone
walls retain the heat of the
springtime sun and establish curving
terraces for a peach orchard, a
gesture at Albemarle County’s history
as one of the state’s largest producer
of peaches in the 19th century.
Nearby, on a smooth flagstone
terrace, a group of half-buried boulders
has the same geological composition
and similarly mounded shapes
as the Blue Ridge Mountains that
loom over the farmland.”
Rain collection is practiced at
Tupelo Farms and the flagstone terrace
surrounds a pond with flowing
water. The gardens and grounds are
open to the public for the first time.
Morrowdale Farm, at 3365
Millington Road, is a working
Thoroughbred, beef cattle and hay
farm of 300 acres. Originally part of
the 1748 English grant to St.
Martin’s Parish, the farm is currently
owned by Mr. and Mrs. C. Wilson
McNeely, III.
A rose-covered arbor leads the
way to the mid-19th century main
house. The house is native clapboard
and tin-roofed. American and
English antiques fill the cozy but
elegant rooms and sporting art and
sculpture are noteworthy.
Outside, white picket fences
enclose charming gardens reminiscent
of Williamsburg with boxwood-lined
beds filled with fresh
greens, vegetables and perennial gardens.
Dependencies include barns,
a children’s playhouse, an old school
house and an old icehouse. A
chicken coop that once belonged to
the owner’s grandmother was relocated
to Morrowdale. A pool and
pool house are privately sited off the
boxwood allee. House and gardens
are open and the gardens are wheelchair-accessible.
The final home on the tour is
Waterperry Farm, owned by
Katherine Kane and Olin West and
located at 4284 Ballards Mill Road.
This 1810-style farmhouse was
rebuilt following a fire in 1868 and
the extensively landscaped grounds
are owner-designed.
Garden rooms welcome the weary
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Call 823-4805 ext. 248 to
RSVP for the Open House
or to schedule a visit
1000 Samuel Miller Loop
Charlottesville, VA
Rose-covered arbor, Morrowdale Farm.