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By Hilary Lewis
Special to the Rappahannock Naws
Bolling green hills, sparkling ponds. n"d M.->ntning gardens cover the landscape of Rappahannock County. Conserving this natural beauty is a top priority for most residents, as the area is one of the most highly protected in Virginia.
One recent addition to this cause is 422 acres recognized as the first apple orchard in the county Dating bock to the 1760s, the property now known as the Farm at Sunnyside, went into a conservation easement with the Virginia Outdoors Foundation on August 28.
Owned and operated by Nick and Gardiner Lapham of Sunnyside Holdings, LLC, the farm is a certified organic farm and will continue to be protected from development for good.
“There are a lot of people in Rappahannock County who spent time on this farm growing up. It was a pretty well-known farm in the county,” said Nick Lapham.
Originally owned by the Woods family, the farm was sold to David Cole in 1996. Cole added much of
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