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Field Session

WED-FS-04: Welcome Home, George Washington

Wednesday, October 9, 2024
7:45am – 2:00pm ET
Location: Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1
SOLD OUT Lunch Included
3.25 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, NY/HSW, FL
Ticket Price: $150 per person

    Field Session Leader(s)

  • Brett A. Nein, ASLA (he/him/his)

    Director, Landscape Architecture
    Jacobs
    District of Columbia, District of Columbia

    Session Guide

  • Greg Ault, ASLA

    Principal Planner
    Jacobs
    Columbia, Maryland

    • Field Session Presenter(s)

  • DN

    Dean Norton

    Director of Horticulture
    George Washington’s Mount Vernon
    Mt. Vernon, Virginia

  • Scott Hill

    South District Visitor Services Supervisor - George Washington Memorial Parkway
    National Park Service (NPS)
    McLean, Virginia

  • CS

    Caroline Spurry

    Architectural Research Manager
    Mount Vernon

  • Don Francisco

    History Interpreter & Resident Fifer
    Mount Vernon
    Alexandria, Virginia

Introducing a 16-year-old George Washington with a love of nature, trees, and the land, we’ll explore his desire to improve agricultural practices, bringing permanency to farming. Based on his land management and conservation practices, this session explores Mount Vernon’s horticultural and architectural preservation methods, which have been ongoing since 1848.

Includes: transportation, catered lunch. Moderate walking.

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn about George Washington’s horticultural, land management, and conservation practices based on his desires to improve agricultural practices and bring permanency to faming and gardening.
  • Learn about the evolution of Washington’s practices and their application to the horticultural preservation and restoration that have been ongoing since 1848 and are even underway at Mount Vernon today.
  • Learn how both architectural and landscape preservation integrate with education on the life and times of Washington and those who lived at Mount Vernon.
  • Learn of the first computerized historical viewsheds protection strategy for the Mount Vernon estate and how it has been integrated with previous and recent protection efforts.