| 1. Boxerwood Gardens
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| Boxerwood is both a Nature Center and a Woodland Garden. The site contains six distinct habitats and 15 acres of mature, naturalistically planted trees and shrubs, featuring collections of both rare and native material. |
| http://www.boxerwood.com/ |
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| 3. Green Spring Gardens Park
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| a 27-acre park in Alexandria. Visitors are invited to stroll through the demonstration gardens, including those designed for shade, water conservation, small townhouse spaces, atrracting wildlife and more. A full English tea is served in the 18th century Manor House and educational programs for children and adults are offered in the Horticultural Center. |
| http://www.greenspring.org/ |
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| 4. Gunston Hall Plantation
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| George Mason was instrumental in the framing of the United States government, but he shied away from public office and preferred, instead, to manage his plantation estate, Gunston Hall. Today, you can visit this 550 acre National Historic Landmark in Fairfax County, Virginia and tour Mason's home. Constructed in the 1750s |
| http://www.gunstonhall.com/ |
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| 5. Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
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| The more than 30 acres of gardens includes the largest and most diverse perennial garden on the East Coast, an elegant Victorian-style garden, an exotic garden, a wetland environment, a Children's garden, a study garden with an extensive collection of daffodils and daylillies, and a Conifer garden featuring dwarf conifers. |
| http://www.lewisginter.org |
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6. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
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| The 95-acre Meadowlark Botanical Gardens focuses on the preservation of plant diversity in a magical setting that includes 3 lakes and many specialized gardens. |
| http://www.nvrpa.org/parks/meadowlark/index.php |
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| 7. Monticello Plantation -
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| "Thomas Jefferson's plantation where they still grow the same vegetable, fruit and flowers from the 18th century." |
| http://www.monticello.org/ |
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8. Norfolk Botanical Garden
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| A 75-acre garden that features a number of themed gardens. |
| http://www.norfolkbotanicalgarden.org |
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| 9. River Farm - Estate owned by George Washington
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| Take a tour of River Farm - George Washington's estate - for a glimpse into the history of this garden. |
| http://www.mountvernon.org/ |
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| 10. Virginia Tech Horticulture Gardens
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| The Hahn Horticulture Garden is located on Washington St., Virginia Tech Campus, Blacksburg, Virginia. The five-acre garden is open from dawn 'till dusk, free of charge. |
| http://www.hort.vt.edu/VTHG/ |
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