
Garden Tour Dunbarton Oaks and Hillwood 2022
On May 12, 2022, Club members enjoyed a day of inspiration exploring Dunbarton Oaks, designed by Beatrix Farrand and Hillwood, the home and garden of Marjorie Merriweather Post. Dumbarton Oaks is a historic estate in the Geogetown neighborhood of Washington, DC and is considered one of the great gardens of America, known by landscape designers and historians around the world. It was the residence and garden of wealthy U.S. diplomat Robert Woods Bliss (1875–1962) and his wife Mildred Barnes Bliss (1879–1969). Opened in 1977, Hillwood Estate, Museum and Gardens is an immersive space where the captivating life of Marjorie Merriweather Post and the exquisitely maintained Mansion and Gardens combine to create an experience unlike any other. When art collector, businesswoman, social figure and philanthropist Marjorie Post left to the public her northwest Washington, DC estate, she endowed the country with the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia, an exquisite eighteenth-century French decorative art collection, twenty-five acres of serene landscaped gardens and natural woodlands and a pristine Georgian-style mansion displaying Post's exquisite way of life.







