Calendar

GPRA Board Meeting
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
LGRA
Hawthorne and Walton

GPRA General Meeting with Third District
Thursday, March 22, 2018
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Richmond Police Academy
1202 West Graham Road

Topic: Children’s safety - in and out of school.

Led by: Third District Councilman Chris Hilbert and the new Richmond Public School Superintendent Jason Kamras.

(no meal)

Historic Garden Week in Virginia
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
10:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Ginter Park

Southern Living Magazine calls Historic Garden Week in Virginia “America’s Largest Open House” and this year, six homes on Seminary Avenue will be a part of this wonderful event. On April 25, homes in the 3200, 3500, and 3600 blocks of Seminary Avenue will open their doors to visitors from across the country.

The following homes will be open:

3201 Seminary Avenue
Charming peach colored board and batten home built in 1910 facing Rennie Avenue
Owner: Kristin Walinski

3202 Seminary Avenue (Garden Only)
Large pool, outdoor kitchen, and fire pit surrounded by roses, lambs ear, and lovely perennials
Owners: Myrna and Joseph Morrissey


3210 Seminary Avenue
Stately 1908 neo-classical red brick home with a large front porch
Owners: Jennifer and Andy Clark

3500 Seminary Avenue
1909 Queen Anne mansion designed by noted Richmond architect D. Wiley Anderson
Owner: Rodney Poole

3506 Seminary Avenue
Charming yellow 1910 cottage, once the home of the caretaker/gardener for Union Theological Seminary
Owner: Maggie Stewart

3616 Seminary Avenue
Three-story Georgian revival mansion built in 1912 with large wrap-around porch
Owners: Cindy and Aaron Sullivan

3016 Seminary Avenue
Ginter Park Woman’s Club

Co-hosted by the Council of Historic Richmond Foundation and the Garden Club of Virginia, the tour will take place Wednesday, April 25 from 10 AM to 4:30 PM. The tour headquarters that day will be in Ginter Park Presbyterian Church at 3601 Seminary.

Advance tickets are $45 and are available online at www.vagardenweek.org or at the following locations: Ellwood Thompson, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Libbie Market, The Shops at 5807 among others.

Tickets are available the day of the tour for $50 at tour headquarters and at the Ginter Park Woman’s Club. Assorted salads served by food truck Kitchenette will be available at $15 each from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Ginter Park Woman’s Club, on a first come, first served basis.