by gwffoundation | May 5, 2016 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Sometimes nature can be stranger than fiction. At George Washington’s Ferry Farm, we are currently experiencing such a phenomenon: Apple Cedar Rust. Hideous in appearance, yet strangely fascinating, this fungus erupts on our cedar trees every few years when...
by gwffoundation | Apr 20, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
While the various restorations of Kenmore itself over the years are usually the star attraction for visitors to the site, there was another restoration, equally as important, that occurred on the property in its early years as a museum. Kenmore’s gardens are...
by gwffoundation | Apr 18, 2016 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Each year, Historic Kenmore is the site of the Arbor Day Celebration for the City of Fredericksburg. This video shares sights and sounds from this year’s celebration held on Thursday, April 14,...
by gwffoundation | Nov 9, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies
Scenes from a recent autumn stroll around George Washington’s Ferry Farm. This semester’s Fleming-Smith Scholar Courtney Kuzemchak, a student at the University of Mary Washington, captured these seasonal images. You can see photos of Ferry Farm in winter...
by gwffoundation | Aug 31, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Just outside a window of the Archaeology Lab near the demonstration garden at George Washington’s Ferry Farm stands a hummingbird feeder. We regularly receive feathered visitors to the feeder. Archaeologist Laura Galke recently captured some photos of a couple...
