Washington Winter Show 2022

48 realize her vision, beginning in 1955 with Innocenti and Webel, who laid out the new entry drive and the French parterre, and from 1956–59 with Perry Wheeler, a well known Washington, D.C. practitioner, for the Lunar Lawn, putting green, rose garden, Friendship Walk and the small dog cemetery. Shogo Mayaida, a Japanese-American landscape designer, created his most important and largest Japanese Style Garden at Hillwood, a miniature mountain with a lively stream coursing over rocks and under wooden bridges and stepping stones that make this a favorite spot for Girl Scout bridging ceremonies each year. Post carefully envisioned every aspect of the gardens, working closely with her landscape architects and approving detailed drawings of every space. She was keenly aware of the rhythm of moving through the spaces of the various garden rooms, some quite formal and others very informal, to enchant visitors with surprises around every corner. Beauty is paramount in Hillwood’s gardens. They are full of color in every season. In summer, rows of flowers abound in the cutting