Monthly Archives: April 2014

Fauna in the Embassy Gardens

April 15, 2014 · by · in Bluffy the Embassy Cat, British Ambassador's Residence Washington, British Embassy Gardens, British Embassy Pets, British Embassy Washington, Lady Lindsay · Leave a comment

The Embassy’s Animals In addition to the elaborate flora planted in the gardens of the British Ambassador’s Residence, there were failed attempts to import some fancy fauna: peacocks. With their colorful plumage and stately gate, peacocks are standard fare at many European estates, wandering the grounds at will. But at the Residence, a succession of […]

The Time of Changes and Commemorations in the Embassy Gardens

April 2, 2014 · by · in Ambassador & Lady Caccia, Ambassador Patrick Dean, British Ambassador's Residence Washington, British Embassy Gardens, British Embassy Washington, Bryce Park Cathedral Heights, David Ormsby-Gore, Harry Wardman, Lord Harlech, Massachusetts Avenue, Perry Wheeler, Sir Edwin Lutyens · 1 Comment

What became the tumultuous decade of the 1960s at the Washington Embassy began with landscape gardener Perry Wheeler and Lady Caccia working to revitalize the gardens while enclosing them for additional privacy and protection. At the start of 1960, plantings (magnolias, hollies, viburnum, aucuba, cherry laurel, blue spruce) were put in to provide a dense […]