When guests visit Windy River Farm during the Historic Garden Week home tour, they will be treated to a contemporary home featuring beautiful views of the Nansemond River and unique stable lit by a collection of chandeliers.

Betty Delk, the chairman of the Garden Week tours, said Windy River is a rustic contemporary house that has great views of the river.

“It’s a very eclectic home,” Delk said.

Owners Harold and Teddie Warner bought the property on Kings Highway around 1980, and Harold, an architect, designed both the home and the stables, which are equally unique, Delk said.

There are 12 stalls in the barn where the Warners house their own and boarded horses, like many other barns. But the truly distinct feature of the Windy River stable is the antique chandeliers running the length of the barn.

“Not every stable has chandeliers,” Delk said.

It was Teddie Warner’s idea to install the chandeliers. When they go to shows, Teddie said they usually place a chandelier in the middle of their tack stalls for decoration.

Then, the tradition carried over to the Windy River barn. The barn needed some extra light, Teddie said, and she thought chandeliers would add some sparkle.

“It gives added light, a little bit of ambiance,” Teddie said.

Over the years, Teddie has collected the chandeliers one by one and refinished them to be put in the stables. Some have been given to her as gifts. Each one is unique, Teddie said.

For the tour, the mini-arena in the stables will feature several displays dealing with the horses and competitions, such as one with horse equipment and another with trophies and ribbons won by Windy River horses.

Before the Warners made their home at Windy River, the property was a working peanut farm and had no landscaping to speak of.

Now, the yard is full of an array of flowers and numerous kinds of trees, making a beautiful frame around the home.

“Everything you see, I put here,” Teddie said. “I planted every twig.”

Teddie said they don’t have a “formal” garden, and the theme of her garden is to have something new going on all year.

Teddie said she has an eclectic personality, and she lets it show at Windy River.

“I like different things happening all the time,” she said.

The Warners are excited to be a part of the tour, Teddie said, and as a result, they have put a lot of work into perfecting Windy River before April 17 when the tour will take place.

Harold and Teddie started last June, fixing fences, painting, pressure washing and planting, Teddie said, to have everything ready for the tour.

Teddie said even with the weather setting them back, she hopes all of the flowers will bloom in time for the tour.

“This place is breathtaking when the azaleas are in bloom,” she said.

In addition to those who enjoy horses and gardens, art lovers will get a special treat at Windy River, Delk said, because the artist’s studio that Harold Warner uses when he paints will be open to guests during the tour.

The Garden Week tours will take place April 17 from noon to 6 p.m. Tickets are on sale at The Suffolk Visitor Center, Smithfield-Isle of Wight Convention and Visitors Bureau, and A. Dodson’s on Bridge Road.

Adult tickets are $30, and children, ages 6 to 12, are admitted for $15. All children 5 years old and younger are free.