The 2022 Mount Vernon Symposium

Join leading gardeners, historians, horticulturists, archaeologists and preservationists as they reconsider the importance of gardening, landscapes and design in early America. Learn how Washington and his contemporaries shaped the natural world to achieve beauty through gardening, profited through agriculture and conveyed civic values through landscape design—and how these historic methods remain relevant in today’s world. Revisit long-lost gardens, explore contemporary creations inspired by the past and come face-to-face with the most authentic 18th century plantation landscape in the United States. Tickets are $375 for the general public and $350 for members and donors and includes all lectures, meals and tours.