Our Mission
For the past 60 years proceeds from the Annual Christmas Homes Tour have been used on projects in the surrounding community. The Club’s mission is to provide education and beautification for the pleasure and enjoyment of residents and visitors alike.
Some Pictures of Arrangements From the 61st Christmas Tour
Last year in celebration of the return of the Christmas Homes Tour, and to coincide with many of Colonial Williamsburg Grand Illumination activities, the tour showcased on two Saturdays (December 3rd and December 10th).
Description of Homes on 62nd Home Tour
This year four homes will be featured on December 2nd.
Green Spring Garden Club was organized in April 1956 by ten women in the Williamsburg, Virginia area. In 1997 this non-profit organization became incorporated as Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. The objectives of the garden club are:
- Advancement of gardening
- Support of horticultural education
- Development of home grounds
- Encouragement of participation in community beautification
- Protection of forests, wild flowers and birds
- Study of horticulture and flower arrangement
- Support of the study of environmental sciences by way of scholarship grants
Tour Info
Custis Tenement
In 1714, John Custis purchased land occupying a prime location on Palace Green facing Bruton Parish Church. By 1717, a one-story frame tenement was built that he and his descendants leased for decades.
The Red Lion
The Red Lion is a reconstruction of a house that was built in the early 1700’s by innkeeper Francis Sharp. It was known as the Red Lion in 1737, when John Parker obtained a license to operate an ordinary.
William Waters House
In 1701, Henry Gill built a house on this site and opened it as an ordinary. The next owner, Robert Davidson operated an apothecary here. John Holt occupied the property and he ran a store on the premises.
Benjamin Waller House
Benjamin Waller (1716-1786), was born in King William County, Virginia. His family came to the colony in the seventeenth century. He attended William & Mary College and studied law using Sir John Randolph’s law library.