Six houses and seven gardens in the Cedar Grove neighborhood of Newport News are open for tours on Wednesday, April 26, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. during this year’s Historic Garden Week. Ticket price includes the tour in addition to admission to the Peninsula Fine Arts Center, The Mariners’ Museum, and seminars on beekeeping, butterfly gardening,
coastal gardening, cut-flower gardening, and flower arranging.
Because no parking is available at the homes the day of the tour, there is a shuttle bus pick-up and drop-off location at Peninsula Fine Arts Center, 101 Museum Drive. The Peninsula Fine Arts Center is also the location of “
The Marketplace,” which features vendors selling artwork, garden accessories, home décor, jewelry, and gift items from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on the day of the tour.
The arts center is offering a $20 buffet lunch of sandwiches and side salads from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m., which comes with a hand-painted box created by local artists. Lunch without the box is $15. For pre-paid lunch reservations, contact Joan Dobson at
jdobson@pfac-va.org or 757-596-8175 by April 17.
Tickets for the event purchased before 5 p.m. on April 25 are $30 per person and go up to $40 April 25-26. For detailed information about the tours and for advance ticket locations, visit
www.vagardenweek.org or follow “
Historic Garden Week – Hampton/Newport News” on Facebook. Proceeds from the Newport News tour and other tours around the state help with Garden Club of Virginia restoration and preservation projects and will fund a new initiative with Virginia’s state parks.