VA-B37 Blandy Experimental Farm

Marker text: BLANDY EXPERIMENTAL FARM

In 1926, Graham F. Blandy bequeathed a 712-acre portion of his estate, The Tuleyries, to the University of Virginia to educate "boys farming in the various branches." Beginning late in the 1920s, the two-story, century-old brick slave quarters was enlarged and converted into an arboretum. Containing one of the most diverse collections of trees and woody shrubs in the eastern United States, Blandy Experimental Farm was designated the State Arboretum of Virginia in 1986. The University of Virginia still uses Blandy Farm for experimental research and education.

Department of Historic Resources, 1999