Here is a painting done by Gray Dodson on site during the Skylark event. Gray is a Nelson artist. This June 13 Skylark Farm hosted the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Gray S. Dodson, a Norfolk, Virginia native, spent the majority of her life in Virginia Beach before moving to Nelson County … Read more
You can commence your journey through this Nelson County Experience by visiting our Saturday Farmers Market in Nellysford from May to October between 8 AM and 12 Noon. For more than ten years, the market has been the meeting place of our community members to interact with local produce and plant growers, artisans and bakers. … Read more
The majority of early Nelson buildings were small one-room structures; memoirs and documents from this area substantiate this theory. The Shenandoah Valley provided different influences. Trading ties with areas west of the Blue Ridge brought Nelson County residents in contact with the Scotch-Irish and German artisans who demonstrated a willingness to experiment with form and … Read more
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Wintergreen stands in Southern Rockfish Valley, on the west side of the south fork of the Rockfish River. Hawes N. Coleman purchased the land on which he later built Wintergreen in April of 1789. Coleman acquired land in the Valley until he had accumulated more than 1000 acres by 1807. Wintergreen became the first house … Read more
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