The Dunbarton Oaks Park is a public park, located in the 3100 block of R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood. Access is via
Lovers' Lane from R Street, east of 32nd Street. It is located near Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks is the conventional name for the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, situated on a historic property in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The institution is administered by the Trustees for Harvard University. Its founders, Robert Woods Bliss and his wife...

, Montrose Park

Montrose Park

The Montrose Park is a public park, located in the 3000 block of R Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Georgetown neighborhood.It is located between Dumbarton Oaks Park, and Oak Hill Cemetery....

, and Oak Hill Cemetery.
It is part of the Georgetown Historic District

Georgetown, Washington, D.C.

Georgetown is a neighborhood located in northwest Washington, D.C., situated along the Potomac River. Founded in 1751, the port of Georgetown predated the establishment of the federal district and the City of Washington by 40 years...

.

History

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss purchased Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks

Dumbarton Oaks is the conventional name for the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, situated on a historic property in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The institution is administered by the Trustees for Harvard University. Its founders, Robert Woods Bliss and his wife...

 House in 1920, and established the garden. The park is a naturalistic streamside garden area of 27 acres, beyond the 10 acre formal garden, designed by Beatrix Farrand

Beatrix Farrand

Beatrix Jones Farrand was a landscape gardener and landscape architect in the United States. Her career included commissions to design the gardens for private residences, estates and country homes, public parks, botanic gardens, college campuses, and the White House.Farrand was one of the founding...

. In 1998 and 1999, Student Conservation Association

Student Conservation Association

The Student Conservation Association is a non-profit group in the United States whose mission is to build the next generation of conservation leaders and inspire lifelong stewardship of our environment and communities by engaging young people in hands-on service to the land through service...

groups restored the south stream path.
Dumbarton Oaks Park Con­servancy has been formed to provide restoration.

External links

• http://tclf.org/landscapes/dumbarton-oaks-park
• http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2011/10/05/pages/3547/index.xml
• Conservancy formed to rescue Dumbarton Oaks Park