Norfolk Botanical Garden, Norfolk, VA - Philatelic Photographs on Waymarking.com

During the 1930s, a young horticulturalist named Frederic Heutte and Norfolk City Manager Thomas Thompson got the idea of establishing an azalea garden in the Norfolk area similar to those that had become popular in Charleston, SC. 150 acres of woods were set aside for the azalea garden and, since it was the height of the Great Depression, a Works Progress Administration grant was secured for the project.

By the early 1940s, the garden featured 75 landscaped acres, five miles of walking trails and about 5000 azaleas. In the 1950s, the name was changed from the Azalea Garden to the Norfolk Municipal Garden and a short time later, to the Norfolk Botanical Garden, the name by which it is known today.

Although azaleas are still an attraction, the Norfolk Botanical Garden has branched out to include many specialty gardens. These include a sunken garden, a terraced garden, the seemingly obligatory Japanese garden, a native plants area and many, many others. Pictured on the stamp is the pergola found in the middle of the Bicentennial Rose Garden, which opened in 1976 in conjunction with the nation’s bicentennial. This rose garden, one of the largest on the east coast, covers three acres and boasts about 300 different varieties.

Stamp Issuing Country: United States Date of Issue: 13-May-2020 Denomination: (55c) Color: multicolored Stamp Type: Single Stamp Relevant Web Site: [Web Link]

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