I recently posted George Washington's Mount Vernon which I showed the inside of the house.
Now I would like to take you on a walk around the outside.
Gardens
I went at the end of April and it was a wonderful spring day and the gardens were beautiful.
The gardeners even got creative and spelled out George Washington with the vegetables!
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The lower (kitchen) garden
The most interesting thing was the use of the apple and other fruit trees as an organic fence in the garden.
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The fruit garden and nursery
Out buildings
I took pictures of a few of the buildings including the stable, kitchen and smokehouse.
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Potomac River
It is a beautiful mansion overlooking the Potomac River.
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The grounds
Here is a map of the property. It is 500 acres (200 ha).
So many paths!
After taking a tour of the house I walked around for a couple of hours and saw the dock, the grave sites and the animals.
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Burial area
Both the Washington's and slaves had burial areas in close proximity.
George and Martha's tomb
Slave memorial and graves
The dock
It is a working dock with boats leaving on regular basis.
They also have benches by the beach if you want to relax next to the water.
The animals
I had to stop and get a picture of the black faced sheep. They were my mom's favorite!
It was a gorgeous spring day to see this historic home and plantation.
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Sources:
Mount Vernon
2022 Walks
A walk through Chihuly in the Desert Exhibition at Desert Botanical Garden
Wednesday Walk: National Arboretum azalea collections
Wednesday Walk: Bishop's Garden
Share Our World: The George Washington University
Wednesday Walk: National Mall
Wednesday Walk: Central Park
Wednesday Walk: NYC-Penn Station to South Ferry
Wednesday Walk: Mesa Temple Gardens
Wednesday Walk: Desert Botanical Garden
I really like your photos, always stunning. 🥰
Beautiful flowers, and I enjoyed reading your post and the way You formatted it.
Thanks so much @us3incanada
Loved each and every photo in this post such a beautiful area, so cool the gardeners spelt out Washingtons name, and those grounds look so well maintained
thats a cool pier/Dock so much style
Thanks for joining Wednesday Walk :), I truly enjoy exploring the world virtually each Wednesday seeing walks from all around the globe and feeling I am there and experiencing it all myself, such as I did in your post just now :)
Thank Jay, so glad you enjoyed the pictures of Mount Vernon. I agree they must have quite a great grounds crew taking care of the place.
MOst welcome :)
have a great day
Beautiful shots. I have vistited Mt Vernon but years ago. The view of the Potomac is awesome. The first shot of the house is spectacular. I really like the fruit trees trained like the fence 🙂
thanks so much @steven-patrick. IT was so great to have time to really walk around the grounds. Before I went to the house and briefly saw the grounds.
Amazing place and your pictures just wonderful!
I would never had so tidy gardens but that doesn't stop me from admiring them :)
You could have made a lovely #gardenjournal post out of it too!
Thanks Stefanos! That is a good idea, there were lots of gardens in this post.
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You're welcome!
What a lovely #WednesdayWalk! I do like that organic fence that they did there. Everything in the property are an interest in their own way.
Hi @leeart Thanks.
You're welcome! Have a good one :)
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