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Dumbarton
Oaks - A Pictorial Tour
(click on images) The Dumbarton Oaks Gardens were designed by the noted landscape gardener Beatrix Farrand, in cooperation with her clients Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, who purchased the property in 1920. The estate at that time consisted of an old-fashioned house standing in rather neglected grounds, with varied grades and steep slopes and numerous farm buildings. Three principles governed the overall plan. First, there is a progressive informality in the design, materials, and plantings as the gardens recede down the slopes to the north and east. |
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