summer

Rattlesnake Watermelons in the Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

L to R: Long Orange Carrots, Purple Carrots, and Scarlett Horn Carrots harvested from the Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

Purple Carrots from the Colonial Garden, one sliced to show the orange core. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

A halved Zatta melon from the Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

Heirloom Amazon tomatoes begin to ripen on the vine in the Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

A Fava Bean harvest from the Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

Radish blooms in The Colonial Garden. This image appears in the book, "Vegetable Gardening the Colonial Williamsburg Way."

Two white horses and the Robert Carter Traveling Coach wait to take guests on their next summer time ride around the Historic Area.

A swallowtail butterfly is perched on flowers in the Lightfoot Tenement gardens.

A panoramic street view of the King's Arms Tavern.

Crepis rubra (Crepis) in the Lewis Garden. This image appears in the Colonial Williamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Adonis aestivalis (Andonis, Pheasant's Eye) in the Lewis House Garden. This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Adonis aestivalis (Andonis, Pheasant's Eye) in the Lewis House Garden. This image appeared in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Two young girls run to join their mother at a garden gate. The mother carries a basket of yarn made by the Weaver's Shop.

A group of boys play trap ball behind the Benjamin Powell House as two girls watch from a fence line.

Red Devon Milking Shorthorn cows and calves graze in a pasture.

An American Milking Devon cow and her calf in the pasture beside the Governor's Palace.

Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist, Fennel Flower) in the Lewis House Garden. This image appeared in the Colonial Williamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

A young magnolia tree blooms in the Colonial Garden.

Nigella damascena (Love-in-a-mist, Fennel Flower) in the Lewis House Garden. This image appears in the Colonial WIlliamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

Larkspur (Consolida orientalis) in the Lewis House Garden. Image appears in the Colonial Williamsburg book, "Flowers and Herbs of Early America".

A Cleveland Bay peeks out between two trees in a Historic Area summer pasture.

A Cleveland Bay grazes in an Historic Area summer pasture.

An interpreter carries baskets of chickens down a grassy slope in the Historic Area.

Red Devon Milking shorthorn cattle and calf rest in a pasture. Please note modern metal fencing in the background.