Informal Gardens
Cherry Hill
Set on a slope at the bottom of the garden, Cherry Hill is a mixture of cherry species, including Prunus sargentii, Prunus subhirtella, and Prunus x yedoensis. Farrand hoped that isolating the cherries in this remote section of the gardens would allow these flowering trees to have an "area . . devoted to a display beautiful at one specific time of year and yet not a conspicuous part of the design in constant view."
Visible through the fence running along the north side of Cherry Hill are a stone bridge and path, elements of Farrand's design in Dumbarton Oaks Park, the less formal and more picturesque twenty-seven acres of the original estate given to the United States government in 1940.
Further Information
The South Front
- South Side of the House
- South Lawn
- The Garden Library and Ribbon Walk
- East Lawn
- R Street Walk
- The Terrior Column and Enclosure
Enclosed Gardens
- The Orangery
- The Green Garden
- The Star Garden
- The North Vista
- The Swimming Pool and Loggia
- The Pebble Garden
- The Beech Terrace
- The Urn Terrace
- The Rose Garden
- The Fountain Terrace
- The Arbor Terrace
- The Box Walk
- The Ellipse