Intended to provide novel interpretations and fresh experiences of the historic gardens at Dumbarton Oaks, which were designed chiefly by Beatrix Farrand in the early 20th century, this program has featured installations by sculptors Charles Simonds (2009) and Patrick Dougherty (2010); designers Andy Cao and Xavier Perrot (2012), sound artist Hugh Livingston, who completed two projects (2014 and 2015), painter and sculptor Martha Jackson Jarvis (2018) and—after a hiatus caused by the Covid epidemic—sculptor Hugh Hayden (2022). Many of the interventions were created specifically for the program and generated in response to the design, materials, and topography of the gardens, although some works were brought to the site. Most of the installations were outdoors, although two artists elected to show work both inside and outside: Charles Simonds, who put his clay sculptures in conversation with the Pre-Columbian, Byzantine, and rare book collections, and Martha Jackson Jarvis, who showed concrete, stone, and mosaic sculptures entwined with vines in the gardens and paintings inspired by botanical images in the museum.