Discover Dumbarton Oaks Park, a pastoral oasis in the middle of our Nation's Capital. The Conservancy's mission is to restore, promote, and maintain Dumbarton Oaks Park in partnership with the National Park Service.
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A 27-acre pastoral oasis in the middle of Georgetown, Dumbarton Oaks Park is the woodland and meadow portion of Mildred and Robert Wood Bliss’ original 53-acre Dumbarton Oaks estate. One of the finest garden designs in American landscape history, it is the masterpiece of Beatrix Farrand, America’s first successful female landscape architect. In 1940, the Blisses donated the naturalistic portion of the garden to the American people as a public park, now overseen by the National Park Service as Dumbarton Oaks Park. Today the Park is at an environmental tipping point. Invasive plants have overrun the woods and meadows, stonework crumbles, and water runoff into the valley erodes the hillsides, undermines the grand old trees, silts up the stream and ponds, and undercuts the decorative waterfalls. Founded in 2010, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy, in partnership with the National Park Service, is tackling these significant and costly challenges to restore and preserve the Park for current and future generations.
Mission: The mission of the Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy is to restore, promote and maintain Dumbarton Oaks Park in partnership with the National Park Service.
THANK YOU ALL for your generosity on this #GivingTuesday! We are so thankful to have stewards like you to restore Dumbarton Oaks Park now and for generations to come.
So far you raised $11,100, with one hour to go! Your gift to restore this beautiful national treasure will be matched. Thank you for your kind efforts.
A walk through Dumbarton Oaks Park, a 27-acre wild garden, reminds us all that we need these iconic urban landscapes more than ever and must be the stewards that they deserve. Please support the Conservancy’s mission to restore, promote, and maintain Dumbarton Oaks Park now and for future generations. Link to GIVE in our Bio. Thank you! #GivingTuesday #SupportNonProfit #WashingtonDC #DumbartonOaksPark #GivingBack #CulturalLandscape
During months of the pandemic, many people across the country have rediscovered the joys inherent in our urban landscapes. #GiveLikeALocal and support the restoration of Dumbarton Oaks Park. It is the master work of Beatrix Farrand, the only woman to be among the founding members of the American Society of Landscape Architects. Link to GIVE in our Bio. Thank you! #GivingTuesday #RoseBayRhododendron #SupportNonProfit #WashingtonDC #DumbartonOaksPark #GivingBack
Dumbarton Oaks Park is a 27-acre wild garden designed by Beatrix Farrand. She was a pioneering figure in the field of landscape architecture who helped shape the American landscape. The Park was gifted to the people of the United States and then opened to the public in 1941. This landscape is at-risk and in serious environmental decline. Please support the Conservancy’s mission to restore, promote, and maintain Dumbarton Oaks Park now and for future generations. Link to GIVE in our Bio.
Honored to be recognized by @catalogueforphilanthropy as one of the best nonprofit charitable organizations in the region. To learn more about the work we are doing during this time, visit the link in our Bio. Thank you! #GivingTuesday #SupportNonProfit #WashingtonDC #DumbartonOaksPark #GivingBack
Take a moment on #GivingTuesday to support the restoration of YOUR Park. Designed by Beatrix Farrand and given to the People of the United States in 1940, it is an iconic public space that needs your help to thrive. Donate today using the link: https://www.givelocaltogether.org/team/Dumbarton. Thank you. #GiveLikeALocal #SupportNonProfit #WashingtonDC #DumbartonOaksPark #GivingBack #culturallandscape
It is surely special places like Dumbarton Oaks Park that help us all protect a quality of life.
Embark on a Halloween Adventure You’ll Never Forget! DOPC teams up with @branchoutparks for our 4th Annual Halloween Haunted Hike. Celebrate Halloween with a FREE outdoor escape room adventure in Dumbarton Oaks Park. A gift from us to you! During this self-guided, family-oriented, outdoor escape room adventure, you will discover clues, crack codes, and solve puzzles as you retrace the footsteps of a mysterious treasure-hunter. Click the link in our bio to register on Eventbrite.
@nytimes Thank you for the article by @tanya_mohn about “The Little-Known Women Behind Some Well-Known Landscapes”. Beatrix Farrand’s Dumbarton Oaks is featured with Dumbarton Oaks Park, the 27-acre nature-focused public space, highlighted as the threatened and at-risk wild garden portion of her masterwork @tclfdotorg.
The article will appear in print in The New York Times Sunday Paper, October 25th, with the headline: Shaping Landscapes. Click the link in our bio to read online.
Fall color takes hold in Dumbarton Oaks Park. #FallFoliage #DumbartonOaksPark #WashingtonDC #WildGarden #UrbanLandscape #RecreateResponsibly
Thank you to the dedicated team at @accenture for spearheading our first virtual volunteer event. Thank you for your partnership since 2015 in making Dumbarton Oaks Park a healthy and beautiful place for all to recharge and relax. #VirtualVolunteer #DayOfService #DumbartonOaksPark #AccentureMoments
JUST LAUNCHED - Landslide 2020: Women Take the Lead – new report & profusely illustrated online exhibition about American landscapes shaped by women over the past century. https://bit.ly/2EQH19J Includes DUMBARTON OAKS PARK. Thank you @tclfdotorg for bringing attention to this threatened cultural landscape.
Rock Creek Park
In this Spanish transltation of our previous video, Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy and the National Park Service present a history of Dumbarton Oaks Park which is part of Rock Creek Park.
Happy National Public Lands Day! Please enjoy our videos in English and Spanish on the history and beauty of Dumbarton Oaks Park.
Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy and the National Park Service present a history of Dumbarton Oaks Park which is part of Rock Creek Park.
A Spanish version of the video will follow momentarily....
Come enjoy the first day of Fall in Dumbarton Oaks Park and explore the changing colors as the seasons turn. Peak fall foliage Oct 19 - Nov 2nd. #AutumnEquinox #UrbanPark #CulturalLandscape #BeatrixFarrand
In partnership with The Jelleff Boys and Girls Club, our Explorers Club welcomed summer campers into Dumbarton Oaks Park to learn about meadow habitats and the insects & critters that call it their home. #LeaveNoChildInside #EnvironmentalEducation #Explore #FindYourPark #DOPark #CitizenScience
#DumbartonOaksPark @ Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy
Today we celebrate International Youth Day with a reminder that it's never too early to explore the great outdoors!
Over the past two years, in our Leave No Child Inside “Blossoms and Bloomers” program, we have hosted spring and fall events to inspire our future land stewards and land conservationists. In collaboration with local playgroups and preschools 175 children from infancy to three years, and their caretakers, have explored the park while learning about the wild shapes, colors, trees, sounds, and textures.
DM us if you are interested in future program opportunities.
#InternationalYouthDay #LeaveNoChildInside #RecreateResponsibly #WearAMask #LandStewards #FindYourPark #DCPark #FutureAdvocates
#lastchildinthewoods #environmentaleducation @ Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy
Get outside and enjoy a stroll in the park! Historic photo taken at the entrance gates, 1945.
#WearAMask #FindYourPark #DCPark #DOPark #SocialDistance #PhysicalDistancing #SlowTheSpread
Since 2014, The Conservancy has partnered with @laycdc and @mcconservationcorps to facilitate year round landscape preservation learning experiences for youth in Dumbarton Oaks Park. The restoration of key areas throughout the park have only been made possible in part thanks to the many youth who volunteer.
Check out our IG Stories throughout the week as we highlight the work accomplished by @mcconservationcorps as we celebrate Latino Conservation Week!
#FindYourPark #DOPark #LatinoConservationWeek #LCW2020 #ConservationCorps #LatinAmericanYouthCenter #Landmarks #preservation
Summer reading for you. Dumbarton Oaks Park: A Walk on the Wild Side, co-authored by Lindsey Milstein and Liza Gilbert, is featured in the California Oaks Foundation 2020 Spring/Summer Newsletter. https://bit.ly/2Ow6EO1
#Restoration #GreenSpace #CaliforniaOaks #OaksCoalition #DOPark #CulturalLandscape #BeatrixFarrand #Oaks
The Potomac Appalachian Trail Club helps the Conservancy rebuild the Clifton Hill Walk, a national historic trail in Dumbarton Oaks Park.
#NationalTrailsDay
#SelmatoMontgomeryNationalHistoricTrail
#RecreationandRespite
#BeatrixFarrand
Missed #GivingTuesday? You can still give a gift to the Conservancy on our #GivingTuesday page
#ThankYouWednesday
Teamwork+helping to restore the Park = A labor of love (plus we have fun)
But restoration work requires dollars too - Your Giving Tuesday gift will support volunteer events in the Park Donate https://buff.ly/2qOOGhz Thank you!
It's FUN to volunteer in Dumbarton Oaks Park (and look at all the downed wood volunteers moved that was covering the meadows.) You can help us move towards our goal on #GivingTuesday with a gift right now! THANK YOU https://buff.ly/2qOOGhz
On Giving Tuesday please consider a gift to help support the great work of volunteers, such as this wonderful sorority group, in restoring the Park. https://www.givelikealocal.org/team/Dumbarton
We've raised almost 10% of our Giving Tuesday goal thanks to early gifts. THANK YOU! https://www.givelikealocal.org/team/Dumbarton
Volunteers and community support are essential for the Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy's work. Your gift will help control stormwater and invasive plants that threaten beloved Dumbarton Oaks Park. Please help us reach our goal with a gift to Dumbarton Oak
Will you consider a gift to the Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy on Giving Tuesday? Your donation will help restore the Park. Thank you! You can make an early donation here: https://www.givelikealocal.org/team/Dumbarton
You've heard of Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday - But what about Giving Tuesday? Please consider joining the global giving movement by supporting causes you care about this Giving Tuesday on on December 3rd!
In honor of National Public Lands Day, join us to
Explore and Restore an American Treasure:
Dumbarton Oaks Park
Fun, Community VOLUNTEER EVENT
9am - 1pm Saturday, September 28
Please email [email protected] if you plan to join us.
Join us at our Annual Park Celebration and Partner Fair, Saturday, April 14th from 9AM - 2PM. Experience the beauty of Dumbarton Oaks Park during peak bloom. Learn more at http://www.Dopark.org
Register today for our two-day event Re-imagine an urban woodland garden: A lens on Dumbarton Oaks Park, with guest speaker Claudia West, nationally-known expert in ecological planting design. For more information visit http://cps.gwu.edu/GWSLApril2018
Join Us for National Public Lands Day Volunteer Event in Dumbarton Oaks Park http://ow.ly/1tmN30foN9G
Our event for tomorrow, Sunday, July 25th has been cancelled. Please visit Dopark.org for our upcoming Volunteer event dates.
Thank you for your interest in the further restoration and maintenance of Dumbarton Oaks Park!
We love seeing #DOPC's meadow #restoration work featured by seed4restoration this month: http://ow.ly/5PDf30aNBZx
Spring is here and there's plenty of work to do in the Park. Volunteer this Sunday, March 26 from 9am-1pm. RSVP to [email protected].
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