Fall foliage covers Burke's Garden Road in Burke's Garden, VA on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Copyright 2013 Jason Barnette Burke's Garden is a small area in Southwest Virginia developed on a mountain that collapsed when limestone caverns eroded, creating a volcano-like rim around the town. First discovered by James Burke in 1748, the story goes that Burke spent a night in the area, left some potato peels from dinner on the ground, and returned a year later to find potato plants thriving in the fertile soil.
Fall foliage covers Burke's Garden Road in Burke's Garden, VA on Wednesday, October 23, 2013. Copyright 2013 Jason Barnette
Burke's Garden is a small area in Southwest Virginia developed on a mountain that collapsed when limestone caverns eroded, creating a volcano-like rim around the town. First discovered by James Burke in 1748, the story goes that Burke spent a night in the area, left some potato peels from dinner on the ground, and returned a year later to find potato plants thriving in the fertile soil.