03/28/2021
DID YOU KNOW?
England is probably where George Washington fell for lawns. But because using an army of scythe-wielding laborers was to costly, he relied on deer keep his lawn at Mount Vernon “mowed.”Thomas Jefferson, minister to the French Court from 1784 to 1789 and a tourist in England during their period, also brought back many ideas about plants and landscaping, including the idea of building his classical estate, Monticello, on a vast lawn.
