GARDENS WEST OF WISCONSIN AVENUE
The fabulous garden of a contemporary art collector. A sophisticated garden with style and a sense of humor: an enormous cup pours water into the pool, imaginative sculptures abound, delightful touches throughout!
A clever, two-level small garden packed with treats. A comma-shaped pool has a marvelous Japanese maple like an umbrella over it, a secluded lower level has a waist deep dipping pool with seating--perfect for Washington summers!
A brick-paved square--placed on its point--frames an exuberant fountain, two large urns are planted with mondo grass. Plantings include the pink climbing rose Cecile Bruner, vitex, red crape myrtles, a fig, and a golden chain tree.
An inviting garden filled with lovely details: a beautiful pool, lace leaf maples, a hedge of weeping beeches, Chinese red garden sheds, antique pots, a greenhouse, bamboo, and the soothing nearby murmurings of little caged birds.
Levels and angles. Juxtaposition of rectangles outlined with narrow flagstone borders, Buddhas from Bali, mondo grass edging for planting beds, a water feature with fountains, a fire pit, gas lights. Modern, handsome and crisp.
A sequence of four garden rooms wrap around three sides of the house: borders for active gardening, a lawn area, a place for outdoor meetings off the house office, and a seating area around the pool. Serene and inviting.
GARDENS EAST OF WISCONSIN AVENUE
This small lushly planted garden is partially enclosed by a quaint old carriage house (complete with a cellist!) The free form pond features water lilies and lotus. Ferns and hellebores abound, plus Harry Lauder’s walking stick. By Rogers & Co.
The Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy offers its own special tour at midday of the “wild garden” that was once part of the Dumbarton Oaks Estate – all designed by Beatrix Farrand. Pastoral delights and insights into garden restoration abound. Worth putting on your sturdy shoes.
The fabulous garden of a contemporary art collector. A sophisticated garden with style and a sense of humor: an enormous cup pours water into the pool, imaginative sculptures abound, delightful touches throughout!
A clever, two-level small garden packed with treats. A comma-shaped pool has a marvelous Japanese maple like an umbrella over it, a secluded lower level has a waist deep dipping pool with seating--perfect for Washington summers!
A brick-paved square--placed on its point--frames an exuberant fountain, two large urns are planted with mondo grass. Plantings include the pink climbing rose Cecile Bruner, vitex, red crape myrtles, a fig, and a golden chain tree.
An inviting garden filled with lovely details: a beautiful pool, lace leaf maples, a hedge of weeping beeches, Chinese red garden sheds, antique pots, a greenhouse, bamboo, and the soothing nearby murmurings of little caged birds.
Levels and angles. Juxtaposition of rectangles outlined with narrow flagstone borders, Buddhas from Bali, mondo grass edging for planting beds, a water feature with fountains, a fire pit, gas lights. Modern, handsome and crisp.
A sequence of four garden rooms wrap around three sides of the house: borders for active gardening, a lawn area, a place for outdoor meetings off the house office, and a seating area around the pool. Serene and inviting.
GARDENS EAST OF WISCONSIN AVENUE
This small lushly planted garden is partially enclosed by a quaint old carriage house (complete with a cellist!) The free form pond features water lilies and lotus. Ferns and hellebores abound, plus Harry Lauder’s walking stick. By Rogers & Co.
The Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy offers its own special tour at midday of the “wild garden” that was once part of the Dumbarton Oaks Estate – all designed by Beatrix Farrand. Pastoral delights and insights into garden restoration abound. Worth putting on your sturdy shoes.
