Participants will Enjoy a day touring the beautiful Maymont Italian Gardens filled with amazing flowers, shrubs, trees, exquisite stonework, fountains and Statues

When: June 15th   Meet with Tour Guide in front of Mansion @ 9:45 a.m.

Where: Maymont Park

1700 Hampton Street,  Richmond

( Pre-Registered Was Required - Attendees will be provided both driving and parking directions )

RSVP:  All RSVPs ARE due to ANNEMARIE IACOBUZIO @ Anneiacobuzio@gmail.com BY May 30th

Address: 1700 Hampton St, Richmond, VA 23220

Noland and Baskervill of Richmond designed the Dooleys’ Italian Garden, using elements of the classical style developed in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries as their model. In fact, their designs for the Cascade as well as the Fountain Court above the east entrance to the garden appear to have been patterned after similar features at the Villa Torlonia near Rome. Completed in 1910, the Italian Garden’s exquisite stonework is Petersburg granite, and remains unmatched by any other public garden.

The Maymont garden incorporates a number of features characteristic of the Italian style: fountains, geometrically-shaped beds, sculpture, the contrast of sun and shade within the long pergola that stretches along the northern edge of the garden. In keeping with the classical ideal, the Maymont garden was laid out in several levels and situated on a south-facing slope overlooking a body of water. An expansive vista of the James River was visible from the Italian Garden in 1910.