Jenny's Garden is in full fragrant bloom already!  Our established plantings of fragrant white 'Thalia' daffodils were joined last year by the 1800 heirloom miniature Narcissus 'Canaliculatus' and, in honor of Jenny Fitch, the cyclamineus type 'Jenny.'  Come to smell the flowers! Full Post >

Jon Condoret our longtime architect passed away in 2010 but his legacy endures in this beautiful article in Chapel Hill Magazine. Jon designed almost every house at Fearrington and also the ‘new’ structures in the Village Center like the Inn Building and McIntyre’s. French by birth, Jon brought a fresh sensibility to his craft including an embrace of Carolina sunlight. Current architect Brian Cather had the opportunity to work briefly with Jon and when we met Brian we marveled that he... Full Post >

One of the most admired and remarked-upon features of the late winter gardens at Fearrington is the astounding collection of hellebores or Lenten roses (helleborus x hybridus) to be found in the dry rock garden near the sign to Fearrington House Restaurant. Starting from a collection of just 12 plants - vegetatively propagated from the famous strain grown by Ashwood Nurseries in England - our plants have multiplied over the past dozen years to become a veritable carpet of bloom. Usually... Full Post >