Open Daily! Jan - Mid March . 10:30 - last tour 3:30 pm Mid March - December, 9:30 - last tour 4:30 pm Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day Allow approximately 1 to 1 1/2 hours for guided house tour and self-guided garden tour
Events for 2014
Jan - April 2014
May - Aug 2014
Sept - Dec 2014
  • January 1, 2014 Centuries of Christmas at Berkeley Plantation
    The elegant 1726 mansion will be beautifully decorated with fresh greenery from Berkeley’s gardens. Costumed guides will add a special touch to your holiday season with stories of Christmas at Berkeley through four centuries of history. The last day of this event!
  • February 15-17, 2014 Tippecanoe & Tyler, Too Presidents’ Day Weekend
    William Henry Harrison’s life is celebrated during Presidents’ Day weekend at Berkeley Plantation.
  • March 1-31, 2014 Berkeley Home School Month
    During the month of March, Berkeley will offer a special rate to home schooled students and their families. Enjoy a guided house tour and learn 18th century life on a plantation, explore the museum of paintings and artifacts and walk the five terraces of restored gardens leading to the James River. Picnic area available.
  • April 26-May 3, 2014 Historic Garden Week at Berkeley Plantation
    Floral arrangements will be displayed throughout the elegant 1726 manor house. Enjoy walks in the restored boxwood and flower gardens, breathtaking vistas of the James River, and guided house tours with costumed guides. 9:30-4:30 888-466-6018
  • April 30, 2014 Afternoon Tea & Tour at Berkeley Plantation
    Enjoy an afternoon tea and guided house tour with costumed guides. The 1726 manor house will be beautifully decorated with fresh floral arrangements. Five terraces of restored boxwood gardens offer breathtaking vistas of the James River. Reservations required! 888-466-6018

     

  • July 4, 2014 Berkeley Plantation Annual Wreath Laying Ceremony
    Annual commemoration honoring Benjamin Harrison V, one of seven Virginia signers of the Declaration of Independence and 18th century owner of Berkeley Plantation. 11:00 am Hosted by the Daughters of the American Revolution 888-466-6018
  • August 5, 2014 
General George McClellan’s 1862 Civil War Headquarters at Harrison’s Landing
    This special Civil War Tour takes you through the life and times of the union soldier at Berkeley Plantation, General McClellan’s headquarters and supply base during July and August 1862. 9:00 am – 11:00 am Refreshments served. Reservations required!
  • October 10 & 17, 2014
 Berkeley Plantation Autumn Sunset Tour

    Enjoy a walking tour to the Harrison graveyard with stories of Berkeley’s hauntings, hors d’oeuvres served at sunset and candlelight tour of the 1726 mansion.

     

    5:30 p.m.

     

    Reservations required.

     

  • November 2, 2014 
Virginia Thanksgiving Festival at Berkeley Plantation
    Celebrate the First English Speaking Thanksgiving in the New World Join us for a day dedicated to history, food and fun with tours of the 1726 manor house, encampment, tribal dancers, arts, crafts & jewelry vendors, choral music, traditional Thanksgiving dinner and a re-enactment of the Landing of Capt Woodlief & his men. Nowhere can you find a more exciting, more educational or more enjoyable way to add to holiday traditions than a beautiful fall day at Berkeley Plantation. House Tours 9-4:30 Festival 12-4
  • December 6, 2014 – January 1, 2015 
Centuries of Christmas at Berkeley Plantation
    The elegant 1726 mansion will be beautifully decorated with fresh greenery from Berkeley’s gardens. Costumed guides will add a special touch to your holiday season with stories of Christmas at Berkeley through four centuries of history
  • December 6, 2014 Berkeley Plantation Christmas Wreath Workshop and Tour
    Begin your afternoon touring the 1726 manor house, beautifully decorated with fresh arrangements and wreaths cut from Berkeley’s boxwood, cedar and holly trees. Following the tour gather for a wreath-making workshop creating your own Berkeley wreath. Refreshments served. 1:00 pm Reservations required!
  • December 13, 2014
 Colonial Christmas At Berkeley Plantation
    Come to Historic Berkeley Plantation and learn how the Harrison family celebrated Christmas during the 18th century with colonial music, Christmas stories and decorations of fresh greenery and natural arrangements. Refreshments served. 1:00 pm Reservations required!
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