Walk on the Hill - featuring Green Expo and Ayr Hill Garden Club Flower Show

Perhaps the loveliest signal that spring has indeed arrived in Vienna is the annual Walk on the Hill celebration. This year’s 42^nd stroll through gardens throughout the Windover Heights Historic District on Sunday, April 24, will include the Ayr Hill Garden Club’s biennial flower show as well as, for the first time, the Green Expo, featuring Solarize Vienna and an in-home energy audit.
 
The yards and gardens of approximately 50 homes in the Town’s northwest historic district will be open to visitors from 2-5 p.m. April 24. 

All activities are free and open to the public – more details about activities are provided below. Parking is available at Green Hedges School, 415 Windover Avenue. Many roads in the historic district will be closed to vehicular traffic beginning at 2 p.m.
 
          
 Walk on the Hill
Featuring Green Expo & Ayr Hill Garden Club Flower Show
2-5 pm ? Sunday, April 24
 
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
 
Walk on the Hill

• self-guided walking/garden tours
• plein air artists from the Vienna Arts Society
• live music: Green Hedges School Jazz Ensemble at 2 pm and Vienna Community Band at 3 p.m., 288 Windover Avenue
• Architectural Tour with Susan Pierce of Commonwealth Home Design, 4 p.m., meet at 277 Windover Avenue
• Olde Tyme Machine performances and music-related discussions throughout the afternoon at the Marcey Log Cabin, 223 Walnut Lane
• hospitality at 277 Windover Avenue

• alternative fuel vehicles
• see a “solarized” home and learn more about Solarize Vienna 2016, 326 West Street
• home energy check-up demo, 205 West Street
• e-recycling and composting exhibitors , 415 Windover Avenue
• James Madison High School trout program and sustainable science fair projects
• National Wildlife Federation community program and Ranger Rick
• beekeeper
• children’s passport program
• greenhouse propagation discussion, 247 Nutley Street

• features floral designs as well as horticultural and educational exhibits
• will take place April 24 rain or shine (rain date for other activities is May 1)