Gardens

Did you know the lower or kitchen garden has been cultivated for the production of vegetables since 1760?

Visit with the animals who live at Mount Vernon, including breeds raised on the estate during Washington’s time.

Washington instructed the creation of sweeping lawns, groves of trees, walled gardens, serpentine paths, and vistas that we enjoy today.

Washington probably spent more time gardening in the Botanical Garden than anywhere else at Mount Vernon.

For more than 50 years the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association has worked to preserve George Washington’s view across the Potomac. 

Following aristocratic British practice, George Washington fenced off 18 acres on the slope, between the Mansion and the Potomac River, to serve as “a paddock for deer” or deer park.

Dean Norton, the Director of Horticulture, discusses all of the work that goes into maintaining the historic and modern gardens and landscape at Mount Vernon.

Can you identify these flowing plants?