Maymont is a gilded age estate in Richmond, on the bluffs of the James River. The Italian Gardens are lovely though some features have no weathered the eras too well. In my research I learned 1. there were peacocks roaming the property when the Dooleys owned it, and 2. there are 300+ species of rosa and though I would love to accurately depict the actual species found at Maymont, that’s a bit beyond me.