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Maymont is a 100-acre (0.156 sq mi) Victorian estate and public park in Richmond, Virginia.It contains Maymont Mansion, now a historic house museum, an arboretum, an Italian and Japanese garden, a carriage collection, native wildlife exhibits, a nature center, and a petting zoo.
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in Virginia is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of Virginia [1] [2] [3] Name Image
Includes the Abendroth Japanese Garden with a tea house and koi Maymont Japanese Garden: Richmond: Virginia: Features a koi pond, large waterfall, torii gate, rock gardens Memphis Botanic Garden: Memphis: Tennessee: Includes the Japanese Garden of Tranquility (1965, 1989), designed by Dr. P. T. Tono, Tokyo; redesigned by Dr. Koichi Kawana
Major Dooley left their home, Maymont, to the City of Richmond, to be used as a park and museum after Mrs. Dooley's death. Today, Maymont is a major Richmond attraction on the James River, with a museum, formal gardens, native wildlife exhibits, nature center, carriage collection, and children's farm and petting zoo.
Chamberlayne Gardens: Chamberlayne Gardens: May 2, 2007 : 4301-4313 and 4315-4327 Chamberlayne Ave. and 4800-4818 Old Brook Rd. 42: The Chesapeake Warehouses: The Chesapeake Warehouses: April 11, 2014 : 1100 Dinwiddie Ave.
Ginter Park is a suburban neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia built on land owned and developed by Lewis Ginter.The neighborhood's first well known resident was newspaperman Joseph Bryan, who lived in Laburnum, first built in 1883 and later rebuilt. [3]
Byrd Park, also known as William Byrd Park, is a public park located in Richmond, Virginia, United States, north of the James River and adjacent to Maymont.The 287-acre (1.16 km 2) park includes a mile-long trail with exercise stops, monuments, an amphitheatre, and three small lakes: Shields (sometimes spelled Sheilds), Swan, and Boat Lake.
The Church Hill North Historic District is a historic district in Richmond, Virginia, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1] An expansion of the district was listed in 2000. This added 37 acres (15 ha) to the original 70 acres (28 ha)