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FANTASTIC FALL FOLIAGE
★ Indian summer days and crisp nights, combined with
stunning foliage, make the autumn, or fall, season a perfect
time to visit the Capital Region. Begin your leaf-peeping
journey along the eastern ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains at
Maryland’s Catoctin Mountain Park. There, you’ll fi nd a wealth
of scenery, wildlife, wildfl owers, hiking trails and camping
options. Looking for something dif_f erent? Spend the night in a
Ladew Topiary
Gardens, Maryland
historic cabin at Camp Misty Mount (nps.gov/cato/).
★ The Blue Ridge Parkway, ‘America’s favourite drive’,
the horses were survivors of a shipwreck off the Virginia coast, but it
runs for 469 miles through Virginia and North Carolina.
is more likely they are descendants of horses brought to barrier islands
The parkway follows the Appalachian Mountain chain
like Assateague in the late-17th century. T_h ey are split into two herds,
and provides some of the most
one on the Virginia side and one on the Maryland side of Assateague.
spectacular scenery in the world. A
Every April, Virginia celebrates Historic Garden Week
hundred species of trees, a variety
(vagardenweek.org) when more than 250 private and public homes
of fl owering shrubs and wildfl owers
and gardens open to the public.
as well 54 dif_f erent mammals and
Colonial Williamsburg’s cool green spaces, tidy fl ower gardens,
59 species of birds live along the
trimmed boxwood hedges and big shade trees complete its 18th-
parkway. Look out for a host of
century townscape. Among its grandest gardens are those surrounding
Autumn in Maryland
special events to mark the Blue
the Governor’s Palace. At Christmas, plant materials are used to
Ridge Parkway’s 75th anniversary in 2010 (virginia.org).
make some of the most beautiful and anticipated decorations in the
country.
★ If you are a cyclist, check out the Shenandoah Fall
No garden enthusiast should miss Monticello, the stunning hilltop
Foliage Bike Festival (shenandoahbike.org), cycling over
estate and historic house that was home to the third US president,
rolling hills and along picturesque country lanes, with views
T_h omas Jeff erson. A keen horticulturist, Jeff erson cultivated more
of the Alleghenies in glorious fall colour.
than 150 varieties of 31 species of fruit and in the 1,000ft-garden
terrace he grew more than 330 vegetable varieties.
ON THE ROAD TO THE US FOR THE
2010 WORLD EQUESTRIAN GAMES?
Come visit Virginia’s horse country. See what millions of visitors
For more information see
experience each year - more than 400 years of equine and cultural history and The Virginia Horse Industry Board
a varied landscape that will leave you breathless. Virginia Is for Horse Lovers!
Website
www.vhib.org
Photos by Jody Ciliberto
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