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Welcome to 2008 Historic
Garden Week in
Gloucester & Mathews
Saturday, April 26
10 am-5
pm
sponsored by The Garden Club
of Gloucester
 Join us in
Gloucester and Mathews Counties on the last Saturday of the month, April 26,
for the riverfront tour sponsored by The Garden Club of Gloucester. We have
a magnificent lineup of properties along the rivers and creeks in our
coastal community, an area with rich ties to America's past.
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HEADQUARTERS AND
INFORMATION: Long Bridge Ordinary, located at the junction of
Business Rt. 17 and Rte. 14 and 3.
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PRINTABLE
INFORMATION ON 2008 TOUR: Four homes and one garden are featured
on the 2008 tour: Auburn Plantation, Channelside, Eastham, The
Farmhouse on Woodas Creek and Elmington.
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FULL TICKET: $25, single house admission $10. Children ages 6-12
half-price; ages 5 and under, free of charge. An adult must accompany
minors 17 and younger. Tickets, map and brochure of the four private
homes and one garden are available on day of tour at Headquarters and at
each site.
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ADVANCE TICKET: $20, available by accessing
Historic Garden Week in Virginia - www.vagardenweek.org
or at Twice Told Tales Bookstore, (two locations) Main St., Gloucester
(804 693-9209), and Main Street, Kilmarnock, (804 435-9201). In
addition, advance tickets can be ordered by mail from Mrs. William
DuPaul (Jaye), PO Box 42, Ware Neck, VA 23178, 804-693-6742,
waresjaye@aol.com
Send check for $20 per ticket plus $1.50 for postage and handling
payable to the Garden Club of Gloucester by SATURDAY, APRIL 12.
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BOX LUNCH at HISTORIC WILLIAMS WHARF:
Conveniently located at the end of Rt. 614 near Eastham on the
East River in Mathews County. The Mathews Land Conservancy will be
offering a lunch at Williams Wharf Landing that may be picked up to go,
or eaten on the beautiful waterfront premises. Lunch will be a choice
of ham or turkey with cheese on a Kaiser roll, chips, brownie, fruit and
a drink for $10. Williams Wharf will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. to pick up lunch and for "Sail, Steam & Sweat," an historic
photograph exhibit and retrospective of Williams Wharf. Reservations
are requested by April 23, 2008 and may be made by contacting the
Mathews Land Conservancy at 804-725-9685 or
mclc@3bubbas.com
Chairman:
Becky
Meeker
Telephone: (804) 693-4490
Email:
rbmeeker8@yahoo.com
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