So much wonderful news to get your food juices going. If you can take time from holiday shopping, wrapping, and cooking, there are no shortage of events. Here’s one to get you started:
This Saturday, December 5 (11A-4P) the Loudoun Heritage Farm Museum unveils its newest interactive exhibit (”In the Kitchen: Life on the Family Farm”) showing [...]
Filed under: Events, Farms and Farmers, Gardening, Gourmet Food, History and Historic Places, Local Products, Loudoun County, Madison County, News, Rappahannock County, Wineries on December 2nd, 2009 | No Comments »
On November 6, 2009, The Garden Club of Virginia will hold its 51st Annual Conservation Forum at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business in Charlottesville. Open to the public (with a $16 registration fee, students are free), the forum addresses the critical issues facing Virginia’s community and environment today: sustainability, land use, urban [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Events, Fauquier County, Gardening, Greene County, History and Historic Places, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, Loudoun County, Louisa County, Madison County, Nelson County, News, Orange County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County on October 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Thomas Jefferson would continue to be surprised by the progress from his early viticulture attempts! His grape enterprise has become a footnote to history as Virginia wines continue to receive national and international attention in so many award-winning categories.
At this year’s Jeffersonian Wine Grape Growers Society annual Monticello Cup Wine Competition, our region was recognized [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Events, Madison County, Nelson County, News, Orange County, Wineries on July 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
We’ve been anticipating this spring event for months! As detailed in the latest issue of The Piedmont Virginian (on newsstands now!), the Garden Club of Virginia has worked hard for over 75 years to restore historic sites and gardens across the state– including the gardens at Montpelier Estate and Morven Park. These historic landscapes flourish [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Events, Fauquier County, Gardening, Greene County, History and Historic Places, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, Loudoun County, Louisa County, Madison County, Nelson County, News, Orange County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County on April 17th, 2009 | No Comments »
Virginia’s Piedmont achieved major conservation milestones in 2008, and we applaud the PEC for its important work. Below you’ll find some important snippets from the PEC’s latest newsletter- The Conservation Edition. Sign up for the PEC’s excellent, free newsletters– choose your preferences– and you can stay informed on the topics that matter to you:
300,000+ Acres [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Fauquier County, Greene County, Land Conservation and Environmental Stewardship, Loudoun County, Louisa County, Madison County, Nelson County, Orange County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County on March 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
We were thrilled to see Travel + Leisure’s April article about weekend getaways. The cat’s out of the bag about our alluring region:
East of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Piedmont region of Virginia still has the same rolling hills and fields that captivated Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe—only now it lures the likes of locals [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Culpeper County, Loudoun County, Madison County, News, Rappahannock County on March 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Don’t miss Hospice of the Rapidan’s seventh annual Butterfly Celebration which will be held on Mother’s Day (Sunday, May 10th) at 1:30 pm in the gardens at the Locust Grove campus of Germanna Community College. A life-affirming expression of hope and peace, the event’s highlight is the release and flight of over two hundred [...]
Filed under: Culpeper County, Events, Fauquier County, Madison County, Orange County, Rappahannock County on March 5th, 2009 | No Comments »
~ Half a decade in the making, the Sweely family invites guests to share in their dream ~
Jess and Sharon Sweely, owners of Sweely Estate Winery, are pleased to announce that their winery is now fully open for business. The hospitality center at Sweely Estate Winery houses a tasting room, retail boutique, and three event [...]
Filed under: Events, Madison County, News, Wineries on March 4th, 2009 | No Comments »
Four County Players has announced its upcoming spring musical production: Lionel Bart’s Oliver!, based on the classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. The Four County Players will have ten performances in March. Follow Oliver from a workhouse through the tougher streets of London, and finally to the safe arms of long lost family. Along the [...]
Filed under: Albemarle County, Events, Greene County, Madison County, News, Orange County on March 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »
Here’s a holiday gift idea guaranteed to please those chocoholics and wine lovers in your life. Straight from the horse’s mouth, Scott Elliff of Ducard Vineyards:
We have reserved a small quantity of wine for Holiday Gift Packs again this year – 2 bottles of Virginia Native Norton and a 16 piece box of Gearhart’s Chocolates. We’re [...]
Filed under: Local Products, Madison County, Wineries on December 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
