Garden History
New Conservancy to Celebrate 70th Anniversary of the Opening of Dumbarton Oaks Park Dumbarton Oaks Park, a 27-acre gem in the heart of Georgetown, will receive new support and hope for restoration on Tuesday, April 12, 2011, with the announcement of the formation of the Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy. The park was given to the […]
National Cherry Blossom Festival ANNOUNCING THE 2011 NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL SATURDAY, MARCH 26 – SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011 The National Cherry Blossom Festival is Washington D.C.’s and the nation’s greatest springtime celebration offering 16 days of diverse programming that largely is free and open to the public. Entertaining and engaging more than one million residents […]
Drink in the breathtaking beauty of Scotland’s gardens through the lens of photographer Allan Pollok-Morris. His five-year study features the work of more than 30 renowned landscape designers and land artists, including Andy Goldsworthy, Charles Jencks, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Arabella Lennox-Boyd and Penelope Hobhouse. Pollok-Morris’ photographs are stunning, but clearly the gardens themselves and Scotland […]
U.S. Botanic Garden Production Facility Open House Only once each year do we invite the public to see our growing facility, the largest greenhouse complex supporting a public garden in the United States. The site, completed in 1994, includes 85,000 square feet under glass divided into 34 greenhouse bays and 16 environmental zones. In addition […]
THE 2011 NATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL SATURDAY, MARCH 26 – SUNDAY, APRIL 10, 2011 The National Cherry Blossom Festival is Washington DC’s and the nation’s greatest celebration offering 16 days of diverse programming that largely is free and open to the public. Entertaining and engaging more than one million residents and visitors annually, the 2011 Festival […]
We are starting a peace garden. A garden that gives us peace. Are there certain elements necessary for our garden, some design concepts to embrace it? Should there be a grove, a pergola with vines? Should we invite butterflies and birds to give us their peace? If we bring peace with us can we leave […]