Literally….open the kitchen door at our Richmond inn and the lovely fragrance of the daphnes just outside capture your senses.
Daphnes, right out the kitchen door of our bed and breakfast, perfume the air.
Actually, just pull into our off-street parking and the fragrance says Spring has come to central Virginia. Besides the lovely daphne odoro’s, Daffodils, camellias, the star magnolias, the Lenten roses, and the Cornelian cherry tree are all decked out in their Spring finery heralding warmer weather and sunny skies.
Just the other day, Richard Nunnally, master gardener, author, columnist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and host of the local PBS show, ”Virginia Home Grown,” reminded us of his visit to our garden with Karen Kelly to discuss plantings in urban gardens and how to maximize the use of smaller outdoor spaces. Scenes from the gardens, plantings, and their context were filmed and aired during an episode of “Virginia Home Grown” in July 2007. Richard had given us a copy of the show, we had forgotten about it – but he told us that he still gets an inquiry every now and then from viewers who ask about our bed and breakfast in the historic Fan district. Richard and Karen discuss the daphnes in the video, but at the time they were way past blooming – and, now they have been outside the kitchen door for 13 years!
Here’s the video:
Richmond Inn Gardens from Virginia Home Grown
Spring is a lovely time to visit Richmond and the central Virginia area – if the video fails to capture your interest, perhaps a peek at our guest rooms will!
Tags: Garden, Lodging, Richard Nunnally, Richmond Bed and Breakfast, Virginia Home Grown
