Before converting the house of Lionel Richie and the National Symphony Orchestra, the land we now know under the call of Wolf Trap a farm into activities belonging to an official call Catherine Filene Shouse. In 1966, he gave the US government a hundred acres, which appointed the Park as a National Park. Today, he is the only faithful of the National Park for current arts, with more than 60 acres of a satisfied nature that is loose to explore. Here is a review of what Wolf Trap has to offer, in addition to the murderous concerts.

It can a stop at Wolf Trap Gardens with a parks storage, or do not hesitate to walk through yourself. The demonstration domain of indigenous meadows has more than 21,100 other flowers and herbs, while the vegetable patch grows zucchini, eggplants and other products used in wolf traps restaurants or delivered to local food banks. The Biodiversity and Space gardens forty -five species of butterflies and 95 bees. And speaking of Beesarray . .

In 2011, after visiting the White House and discovered his beekeeping program, Wolf Trap executive leader Chris Faessen encouraged to bring something in the park. One million bees later, the Wolf Trap sustainable beekeeping program produced more than two hundred pounds of honey from 14 hives. Find honey in the park’s department stores of the park or check in a flat fig tree and a blue cheese in the barns, one of the restoration characteristics of the park that presents rustic dishes and the farm on the table (also known, healthier than its bird and popular fries).

Of course, going to concerts is an intelligent idea and, in fact, a recent exam shows that those who attended musical occasions have reported superior well -being than those who did not. Whatever your explanation why visit, escape from the daily bustle and go to Wolf Trap, 1551 trap rd. , Vienne.

Kim Olsen ([protected email]) is independent in Alexandria.