Mount Vernon Garden

In 1785, when George Washington was enlarging the garden of Mount Vernon his home on the Potamac River, Virginia, the Fairfaxes of Writhlington, near Bath, sent him plants, seeds and a farmer.

The flower garden at the American Museum, is identical in size to its American counterpart.  It includes the white picket fence, box hedges, rose bushes and seed house – in which George Washington taught his stepchildren.

Mount Vernon Garden, with a replica of George Washington’s Schoolhouse