VISITING GARDENS COMMITTEE
The committee plans trips to educate Members in garden history and design, horticulture, and the environment. Proceeds from these tours benefit Club sponsored activities. The committee also promotes GCA sponsored trips to Members and informs Members of the opportunity to visit the gardens of other GCA club members throughout the United States as well as the gardens of GCA international courtesy clubs.
Check out the On The Road brochure on the GCA’s Visit landing page
Interest Lists for domestic trips to Oahu and Asheville & the Southern Highlands have opened
Registration for the Palladian Villas in the Veneto, South Tyrol, and Venice has opened Contact your Visiting Gardens Zone rep for further information.
The James River Garden Club visiting Joan Isken’s garden in May 2024.
HILLWOOD AND DUNBARTON OAKS - MAY 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.
Visiting Gardens Committee
Grier Flinn, Chair
Leslie Porter,Vice Chair
Anna Biggs
Pam Biddle
Ginny Butters
Barbara Cairns
Mary Davis
Betty Denham
Brian Draper
Janice Dugan
Laura du Pont
Libbie Fiechter
Woodley Habgood
Cynthia Hewitt
Joan Isken
Susan Parker
Francie Pyle
Zoe Simonds
Lynn Swartz
Meg Waldron
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