For Immediate Release: March 15, 2007
GARI MELCHERS HOME AND STUDIO TO HOST DAFFODIL LUNCHEON, APRIL 4
Fredericksburg, Va. – Gari Melchers Home and Studio will host a Daffodil Luncheon on Wednesday, April 4, at 11 a.m. The event will feature a buffet luncheon, a tour of Belmont’s gardens and a presentation by Peggy Cornett, director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants. The luncheon and lecture are open to the public with an admission fee of $35 per person.
Participants will first tour Belmont’s gardens, home to many old daffodil varieties, some of which are survivors from the Melchers’ period. At noon, lunch will be served in the Studio Pavilion, followed by Cornett’s presentation on “Jefferson’s Belles of the Day – The Bulbs that Bloom at Monticello.” A post-event tour of the house and studio at Belmont also is included.
The Daffodil Luncheon is being held in conjunction with the 73rd annual Daffodil Show, hosted by the Garden Club of Virginia and the Rappahannock Valley Garden Club. For reservations or more information, contact Special Events Coordinator Betsy Labar at (540) 654-1848 or blabar@umw.edu.
Gari Melchers Home and Studio is a 27-acre estate and former residence of the artist Gari Melchers and his wife Corinne. The property, which is part of the University of Mary Washington, is both a Virginia Historic Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. Located at 224 Washington St. in Falmouth, Va., a quarter mile west of the intersection of U.S. 1 and U.S. 17, it is open daily, except for major holidays, with an admission charge. For more information, call the museum at (540) 654-1015 or visit www.GariMelchers.org.
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News Release prepared by: Kristynn Sullivan