OvS Garden Featured on Garden Conservancy Open Days Self-Guided Tours

An OvS garden in Washington, DC’s Georgetown neighborhood will be included in The Garden Conservancy’s Open Days program.

The garden of the 19^th Century town home is barely 17 feet wide – what OvS Founding Principal Jim van Sweden would call a “Railroad Car Garden,” give it’s long, rectangular shape defined by fences. A path of Stoneyhurst flagstone leads to a sculptured millstone-shaped pink granite fountain and eventually a shaded sitting area at the far end of the garden. The garden was designed in collaboration with the owner and reflects both the designer’s and client’s interest in Japanese-style gardens.

Open Days, a signature event of The Garden Conservancy, allows exclusive access to nearly 3,000 private gardens to participants across the country.