Introduction to Archaeological Investigations at Gunston Hall Plantation (2) Located immediately behind the Gunston Hall mansion, the one-acre garden contains the oldest-known boxwood plants in Virginia -- recently tree-ring dated to 240 years of age. Yet despite the antiquity of these boxwood plants, the current garden probably bears little resemblance to the one that George Mason planted more than two centuries ago. Both the Gunston Hall Board of Regents and the Garden Club of Virginia plan a refurbishment of the garden that will bring it back to something more in keeping with Mason's colonial original. The purpose of the current garden archaeological project is to supply information to facilitate that refurbishment. More on the Garden Archaeology Project >>

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