spring

A view through the gate of the kitchen garden at the Benjamin Powell House.

A flowering dogwood tree and several hedges frame the Benjamin Powell Kitchen.

A Lantana flower peeps out between the pickets of the fence at the Benjamin Powell House, fall, 2010.

Nicotiana or "Flowering Tobacco" blooms in the Benjamin Powell Kitchen Garden in the spring.

Aerial view of the Governor's Palace and surrounding gardens taken by a drone.

Aerial view of the Governor's Palace and surrounding gardens taken by a drone.

Aerial view of the Courthouse and Market Square taken by drone. The Peyton Randolph House (red building) is at right along with the Ludwell Tenement (gold). To the left is the St. George Tucker House with the Governor's Palace beyond.

Aerial view of the Peyton Randolph House, outbuildings and surrounding environs taken by drone. The tunnel for the Colonial Parkway can be seen at lower left.

Aerial view of the Magazine taken by drone.

The bridge at the Governor's Palace canal in the spring.

Radish blooms in the spring at the Colonial Garden.

Leicester longwool sheep and their new spring lambs in the pasture behind the Taliaferro-Cole House.

Spring tulips bloom in the Historic Area.

An interpreter strides away from the Capitol on an early spring day.

An Historic Trades gardener at work in the Colonial Garden.

Flanked by four boxwood topiaries, a native dahoon holly is the featured plant in the Bryan House garden.

Interpreters chat with one another on the steps of the Greenhow Tenement while another interpreter peers into her bag outside the Shoemaker's Shop.

The James Geddy House and shop.

Spring at the James Geddy House.

Tulips bloom in the spring garden at the James Geddy House.

An interpreter at work in the Historic Area in the spring.

A spring Leicester Longwool peeks through a pasture fence in the Historic Area.

Spring Leicester Longwool lambs frolic in a pasture in the Historic Area.

The Greenhow Tenement and the Roscow Cole House in the spring. The Roscow Cole is one of 88 original buildings in the Historic Area.

Wisteria grows along a fence at the St. George Tucker House.