by gwffoundation | Aug 24, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Historic Kenmore’s beautiful grounds and gardens require much work to remain beautiful. On a recent morning, staff mowed and weeded flower beds in the unending effort to make the flowers and grounds look their best. Historic Kenmore and George Washington’s...
by gwffoundation | Jul 20, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
George Washington’s Boyhood Home at Ferry Farm offers a wonderful blend of woods, fields, wetlands, and riverfront. Fox, groundhogs, snakes, lizards, turtles, and deer make Ferry Farm their home. In the meadows, bushy heads of grass seeds provide an important...
by gwffoundation | Jul 13, 2015 | George Washington's Ferry Farm, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Scenes from the Demonstration Garden at George Washington’s Ferry Farm on a peaceful summer morning. The garden contains a variety of colonial-era plants that would have been grown by the Washington family like tobacco, corn, and squash. There are also modern...
by gwffoundation | May 18, 2015 | Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Nature shaped the lives of English colonists and enslaved Africans living and working at Kenmore Plantation 200 years ago. Over centuries, humans changed Kenmore’s natural world from a plantation setting into an urban green space. Yet, nature remains just outside the...
by gwffoundation | May 11, 2015 | Lives & Legacies, Natural History
Humans are an inescapable part of nature. It shapes us and we shape it. Most of us can see this dynamic relationship when looking back 200 years. It is easier to appreciate the centrality of nature in the lives of 18th century planters, farmers, and enslaved people...
