Spring is here!

We often get calls asking: “When will the wisteria bloom?”

This year it was March 22!

Spring has sprung!
It’s peak season and the grounds have never been more beautiful.
Guests are enjoying the wisteria, azaleas, dogwoods, iris’, tulips, pansies and snap dragons and more - throughout the lush 26 acres.

If you don’t do anything else this spring, come enjoy the 26 acres of lush beauty at Monmouth!

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Letters from the past

Below is a note written by John Quitman describing produce and flowers in bloom. At Monmouth the azaleas are beginning to bloom and soon the grounds will be bursting with the colors of spring.

…On the table we had green peas, lettuce, radishes, artichokes, new potatoes, and spinach, grown in the open air, and roses, jessamines, jonquils, and pinks in profusion. What a delightful climate! The peach and plum are in full bloom, and the birds sing merrily in the honeysuckles around my bedchamber.


-John Anthony Quitman, 1822

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Resurrection Plant in the Trees of Monmouth

Recently a guest and his wife spotted an unusual plant here in the Monmouth Gardens. This plant is especially significant during our Easter season as it is called a Resurrection Plant (Selaginella lepidophylla).
Our guest who is a botanist pointed out the plant growing high on the branches of our ancient oak trees and explained that the plant without water looks brown and dying and then quickly revives (within hours) to a bright healthy green- after a rain or after the morning dew has covered the branches!
Visiting Monmouth is always a beautiful experience and discoveries by our guests are treasured information for us.

-Peggy Voss

Tulips Blooming at Monmouth

Today is Saturday, February 16th and here at Monmouth the spring TULIPS are blooming! We have had a beautiful three days celebrating Valentine's Day. A few rain drops have only enhanced our lovely days. Valentine Day is so popular for guests that we have extended our customized dinner for tonight also. Chef Lanny has created a menu including a softshell butter crab for starter, poached pear salad, bing cherry compote, and entree of lobster and grilled beef tenderloin!! Dessert is a fanciful Chocolate Swan Pedestal with Raspberry Sauce!

Your stay at Monmouth is always special and if you have a personal request, please let us know!

-Peggy Voss

Snowy Days at Monmouth

Guests at Monmouth woke Saturday morning to a most beautiful and unusual sight- snow was fluttering down and the Plantation was a fairyland with white covering the grounds and giving this Southern city a real treat!

The snow lasted just long enough for our guests from the southern parts of our country to relish the sight and for us to snap a few photographs. Our guests from the colder parts of the country were amused at the staff and guests enjoying the "white stuff" and our showing excitement like the children. Soon the sun was out and the purple and yellow pansies were continuing to flourish.

-Peggy Voss