Stroll an Historic Garden
See an Historic Ship

The Dunn Gardens were designed by the Olmsted Brothers in 1915, as a “Country Place” era summer retreat for the Arthur Dunn family. They comprise 7.5 acres of naturalistic groupings of trees set amidst broad lawns and flowering borders of shrubs and groundcovers with an extensive collection of both native and rare plants. The gardens’ nationally renowned curators Charles Price and Glenn Withey work with the board conservation committee to guide the care and maintenance of the gardens and retain their historic components, yet keep them a vibrant changing living place.

The Steamer Virginia V is a national historic landmark built in 1922, and it the last operational wooden hull, steam-powered vessel of the famed Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet, an incredible armada of privately owned ships that numbered in the hundreds in the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Once a common way to travel for anyone near a body of water, these small steamers were a major part of American history. The Virginia V was registered as a national Historic Landmark Vessel in 1992 and continues as a living, working museum.

No Reservations Needed
 
Sunday. June 7, 2009
12Noon – 4pm
 
Step Back in Time:
Suggested Donation: $2/person, $5 per Family 
 
Contact The Steamer Virginia V Foundation or Dunn Gardens for more information:
 
info@virginiav.org
206-624-9119
info@dunngardens.org
206-362-0933