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Spuds Moyogi
The folks down at Gunston Hall (George Mason's plantation on Mason Neck near D.C.) decided to "rejuvenate" the boxwood garden at the site. They are "returning" it to its "original" 18th century appearance.
https://gunstonhall.org/house-grounds/the-grounds/current-day-information/
In doing so, they've removed ALL of those ancient "dwarf" boxwood that were original to the house because they were in decline and too big for the landscape plans.
The move to redesign the garden has been debated for a decade. It was only yesterday that I heard from a friend who works at nearby Mt. Vernon they went ahead and dug all of those old boxwood out.
I don't know what's become of all those old plants, but I'm trying to find out. What a damn shame. I had asked repeatedly at Gunston about their fate over the last six or seven years, didn't get much response, other than the "WTF?" looks from staff.
Anyway, here's what was dug out:
https://gunstonhall.org/house-grounds/the-grounds/current-day-information/
In doing so, they've removed ALL of those ancient "dwarf" boxwood that were original to the house because they were in decline and too big for the landscape plans.
The move to redesign the garden has been debated for a decade. It was only yesterday that I heard from a friend who works at nearby Mt. Vernon they went ahead and dug all of those old boxwood out.
I don't know what's become of all those old plants, but I'm trying to find out. What a damn shame. I had asked repeatedly at Gunston about their fate over the last six or seven years, didn't get much response, other than the "WTF?" looks from staff.
Anyway, here's what was dug out: