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 61st Home Tour
This year three homes will be featured on December 3rd, and three homes will be featured on December 10th. Both days of the Tour will feature the Colonial Williamsburg Designer House.
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
The Coke-Garrett House
(Open Dec 3)
The Coke-Garrett House today is the Williamsburg home of Cliff Fleet, president, and CEO of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Timson House
(Open Dec 3)
William Timson, a prosperous York County planter, built one of the oldest dwellings in Williamsburg.
The Nelson-Galt House
(Open Dec 3 and 10)
Heather Chadduck Hillegas, interior designer, will decorate the Nelson-Galt House; she will decorate the city’s oldest residential building which dates back to 1695.
Robert Nicolson House
(Open Dec 10)
The Robert Nicolson House is one of the eighty-nine original buildings in Colonial Williamsburg.
George Davenport House
(Open Dec 10)
The property was first owned by George Wythe I749 and purchased by attorney George Davenport in 1760 who built the residence with a gambrel roof at one end separating the living quarters and was kept in the family until 1779.