July 1st, 2020
This week in celebration of National Ice Cream Month — Programs Manager Mary Lesher made ice cream. Try it out yourself and if you’re interested, continue to read about the historical context of the beloved treat, ice cream! Ingredients: 7/8 […] Read more ›
June 29th, 2020
Written by: Kathy Clare, Garden Volunteer Vitex agnus castus The Chaste Tree is a native of China and India but has become naturalized throughout the South. Peter Henderson, an early American nurseryman, stated that the Vitex has been cultivated here […] Read more ›
June 22nd, 2020
Written by: Kathy Clare, Garden Volunteer Styrax japonicus Japanese Snowbell is native to China and Japan. It is a graceful, compact, deciduous flowering tree that grows to 20-30 feet tall with horizontal branching and a rounded crown. After the leaves […] Read more ›
June 15th, 2020
Written by: Kathy Clare, Garden Volunteer Cryptomeria japonica ‘Yoshino’ The Japanese Cedar is native to forested areas in Japan and China and is a species in the Redwood family. The foliage resembles the Giant Sequoias’. It is grown as an […] Read more ›
June 12th, 2020
Written by: Colin Gliniecki, Visitor Engagement Specialist and Development Assistant While Dumbarton House bases much of its interpretation around its understanding of the Nourse family, there is a another entity who holds outsized influence on the house’s history. The property’s […] Read more ›
June 8th, 2020
Written by: Kathy Clare, Garden Volunteer Gomphrena Globosa Globe amaranth, scientifically known as gomphrena globosa, is native to South and Central America and is a member of the Amaranthaceous family. It is a heat tolerant plant and grows best in […] Read more ›
June 5th, 2020
Questions and Answers previously compiled by staff, volunteers, and interns Was there a barn out back? A horse and buggy (carriage)? A stable? Although we don’t know where the outbuildings were located, Joseph Nourse’s writings do tell us the type […] Read more ›
June 3rd, 2020
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, people around the world have turned to baking for solace, entertainment, and fun. My name is Mary Lesher and I run public programs for Dumbarton House. I decided to join in the fun […] Read more ›
June 1st, 2020
Written by: James Stewart, Docent at Dumbarton House On August 24, 1814, during the British invasion, Dolly Madison directed Jean Pierre Sioussat, the French born doorkeeper, and Paul Jennings, an enslaved servant, to save a Gilbert Stuart’s Portrait of George […] Read more ›
June 1st, 2020
Written by: Kathy Clare, Garden Volunteer Nandina domestica Nandina domestica is commonly called heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo. It is native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan and was brought to the West by William Kerr, who sent […] Read more ›
