Stacey Quandt

I was underwhelmed by the monuments tour. Also there was a bit of confusion prior to this when I received a message that the tour had been cancelled but by the day of the tour it was scheduled again. The Website is not designed for mobile phones. The water taxi from Alexandria to the wharf was a better experience.

Our guide was so knowledgeable and his appreciation of the gardens was obvious. The progression of the garden rooms goes from formal English to Italianate palazzo. The mastery of Farrand to trick the eye with vanishing points makes the gardens appear larger. Since I visited in March, the magnolias, hellebores, cherry blossoms, forsythia, snowdrops and daffodils were in bloom. I can only imagine the visual and auditory effects when the multiple fountains are in operation.