Jun. 29th 2011
For those of you who need some rest and relaxation, it’s almost time for another festival that’s included in our Wine Therapy Package! The Shenandoah Valley is ripe with greenery, and this is the perfect time of year to celebrate the natural world. This event includes a seminar tent with horticulture experts, wine-tasting, beer-tasting, artisans, tips for landscapers and gardeners, children’s activities, and the absolutely beautiful Viette gardens. There are so many wonderful activities at this event that it’s impossible to list everything here. Therefore, you will simply have to experience it for yourself. (I mean, seriously, how could this festival NOT be appealing???)
So…let’s talk a little bit about that beautiful little flower called the daylily. You may not know a lot about them, so here are a few brief facts, courtesy of the University of Minnesota:
- Each of these flowers only lasts one day
- Each plant blooms for 30-40 days
- Daylilies flower best with around six hours of direct sunlight
- There are more than 35,000 named daylilies
- Daylilies are of the genus Hemerocallis, and are not actually true lilies
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Andre Viette is well-known for his daylily hybrids, and neither descriptions nor photographs do justice to these lovely pieces of nature. The only way for you to truly appreciate their beauty is to see them in person, and the only way for you to see them in person is to come to the festival during your stay at our bed and breakfast.
Jun. 23rd 2011
Virginia is the best state in the U.S.
Okay, so you may not actually agree with that (after all, it’s a “commonwealth,” if you wanna get technical), but Virginia is certainly full of fascinating things from its rich history to its beautiful mountains to its beaches and its amusement parks. You can’t argue that it’s a wonderful place to visit, if not to live, and we here at our lovely Shenandoah Valley bed and breakfast are situated in a particularly pleasant position.
One of the best aspects of this area of Virginia is its flora and fauna, and we are making it possible for you to go on a mini-exploration. We are offering nature tours led by the brilliant Steve Gibson, a certified master naturalist with a vast array of knowledge about the outside world. If you’re a nature enthusiast, you enjoy hiking, or you simply want to brush up on that long-forgotten earth science, then this is this the perfect outing for you.
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“Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.” – Alfred Billings Street
Jun. 15th 2011
This coming Saturday is the Third Annual Shenandoah Valley Wine and Jazz Festival (if you couldn’t tell that from the title of this blog entry, we may have a problem with your nonobservance)! Besides the obvious music and alcohol, this event will be especially fascinating, because it is held at the fantastic Frontier Culture Museum in Staunton, VA. For those who have never been there, the Frontier Culture Museum recreates the homes and lifestyles of individuals from 15th century and 16th century England, Germany, Ireland, and West Africa. Observers have the privilege of taking a walking tour through these villages and experiencing the daily life of these hardworking individuals. If you live around this area, chances are that your children have been on at least one field trip to the museum, so perhaps you should ask them about it.
Consider this festival to be a grown-up field trip, and don’t forget that it’s a part of our Wine Therapy Weekends!!!! That’s a very important bit of information that should not be forgotten!!!!!! (I’m not sure how many exclamation points it would take to place enough emphasis on this fact!)
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© 2011 Frontier Culture Museum
© 2011 Frontier Culture Museum
