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Montrose Park’s Memorial Sphere Vandalized
August 12, 2019
•The sphere was installed in 1956 by the Georgetown Garden Club as a memorial to Sarah Louisa Rittenhouse, who lobbied Congress from 1904 to 1911 to buy the Montrose estate for a public park.
Lush Garden Rooms Beguile on Garden Tour
May 13, 2019
•Those on the May 11 tour, organized by the Georgetown Garden Club, took in not only trees, plantings and flowers but pools, fountains, statuary and garden furniture.
The Georgetown Garden Tour at 91: Wiser and Spicier
May 9, 2019
•This year’s seven gardens, ranging from the majestic to smaller, cleverly designed spaces, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 11, rain or shine.
Tudor Place Lawn Torn Up for Cistern Project
March 18, 2019
•The new south lawn at the historic Georgetown estate should be in place by the 27th annual Spring Garden Party on May 22.
Plastic Straws Could Be Out the Door
July 2, 2018
•A 2017 documentary titled “Straws” is drawing as much attention to plastic straws as Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth” did to climate change. However, no group of skeptics about the dangers of plastic straws has appeared (as yet).