Fewer & Better: The Staple

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Top Drawer: A Garden for All Seasons

Top Drawer: A Garden for All Seasons

Learning a little from Beatrix Farrand

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Jan 27, 2025
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The rundown: Dumbarton Oaks was designed for Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss by Beatrix Farrand, one of the preeminent landscape architects of her day (and the only female founding member of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Her gardens at Dumbarton Oaks are her largest extant work. I worked here for several years, and was able t…

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