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Garden Tour: Hillwood’s Original Garden Designers

Location

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
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September 25, 2010 - 10:00am - 5:00pm
September 26, 2010 - 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens. With director of horticulture Brian Barr as your guide, explore the French Parterre, Japanese-style Garden, Rose Garden, and Friendship Walk as Barr talks about Umberto Innocenti and Richard Webel, Perry Wheeler, and Shogo Myaida—all prominent designers Hillwood founder Marjorie Merriweather Post hired in the 1950s to create her special “garden rooms.” Presented as part of What’s Out There Weekend organized by The Cultural Landscape Foundation.
 

Fee: 
Suggested Donation $5-$12

Contact Information

Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW
Washington, DC, 20008

Phone: 202-686-5807

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Testimonials

This tour delivers the goods.  Being raised just outside of washington d.c. (Bethesda), I've gone on innumerable DC sightseeing tours in my lifetime.   Every time a family friend or relative visited from out of town meant another trip down to the Mall, another sightseeing tour.  Monument tours, ghost tours, "Duck" tours, you name it I've done it.  But out of all the DC tours I've been on this was one of the best.  I went last weekend with my nieces and nephews on the Capitol Hill tour, which lasted a little over two hours.  The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable of the historic sites and presented the information in a fun and lively manner.  His enthusiam for the subject was infectious.  He had my nieces and nephews in rapt atttention from start to finish.  Highly recommend.

Frank H.