- info@visitmiddleburgva.com
- P.O. BOX 1384, Middleburg, VA 20118
The Middleburg Business & Professional Association
The Middleburg Business & Professional Association
Join horticulturist and flower bulb grower Jason Delaney and the OSGF Library staff for a richly illustrated and immersive lecture on the storied history of a timeless garden favorite, the tulip. Drawing from five centuries’ worth of lavish content in the OSGF Library’s rare and antiquarian holdings, Jason will enlighten participants on the tulip’s wild origins, its artistic historical representation, its early commercial aspects as the first speculative commodity, and its place in Bunny Mellon’s gardens today.
Agenda:
3:15-3:30pm- Arrivals
3:30-4:15pm- Lecture
4:30-5pm- Explore Tulip Collections in the Library
5-5:30pm- Garden Tour & Wrap Up
Established in the 1960s, the Middleburg Business and Professional Association is a membership-based organization that works to promote, enhance and support the local businesses of Middleburg, Virginia, “The Nation’s Horse & Hunt Capital.