LATEST
September 2022
Mount Vernon Gazette - Save River Farm Committee Wins Award For Conservation
November 2021
Alexandria Living - American Horticultural Society Names New Executive Director
Washington Post - American Horticultural Society’s River Farm receives $1 million gift
October 2021
Mount Vernon Gazette - River Farm is Still Part of the Mount Vernon Family
Save River Farm Committee Chair/ NVCT Executive Director Alan Rowsome Save River Farm Update
Patch Alexandria - River Farm No Longer For Sale By American Horticultural Society
Alexandria Times - River Farm no longer for sale
Alexandria Living - River Farm Taken Off Market
Washington Post - River Farm is off the market, American Horticultural Society says
September 2021
Alexandria Gazette - Offer to buy River Farm inches up, but declined by seller
Alexandria Living - AHS Votes Against Purchase Offer from NOVA Parks for River Farm
Alexandria Patch - Latest River Farm Offer From NOVA Parks Rejected By AHS Board
Washington Business Journal - Former Trump official wants to assemble River Farm, other expensive riverfront properties for redevelopment
Mount Vernon Gazette - County goes for bat on River Farm in Mount Vernon
Washington Post - Fairfax County approves new measure to protect historic River Farm
Alexandria Living - Fairfax County Officials Put Additional Protections Around River Farm
Mount Vernon Gazette - Opinion: Save River Farm, NVCT Executive Director/Save River Farm Committee Member Alan Rowsome
Alexandria Living - Commercial Developer Reportedly Interested in River Farm and Nearby Properties
Email Update - NVCT Executive Director/Save River Farm Committee Member Alan Rowsome provides an update on River Farm
Mount Vernon Gazette - Opinion: Open the Gates by Anne Wilson Fafara, Save River Farm Committee
July 2021
Alexandria Times - Pathways to success for River Farm
Alexandria Times - NOVA Parks pledges $800K to maintain River Farm, if sale goes through
Washington Post - Fight over River Farm sale provides public look at nonprofit's private workings
June 2021
Washington Post - Opinion: The American Horticultural Society is selling River Farm. Its future looks brighter.
Mount Vernon Gazette - Don't Sell Us Down the River
May 2021
Alexandria Gazette - The River Farm Deal, Moving Closer to Reality?
Alexandria Times - Negotiations over River Farm advance, amid looming investigations and boardroom strife
Washington Post - American Horticultural Society to pursue talks with NOVA Parks on sale of River Farm
Washington Business Journal - The stage is set for a River Farm sale, but not to a private buyer
DCist - Virginia And D.C. Investigate The Sale Of River Farm For Potentially Breaking State Law
Patch.com - Save River Farm Momentum Builds With State, Local Support
Connection Newspapers - River Farm Preservation Efforts Gather Momentum
Alexandria Living Magazine - Officials Investigating River Farm Sale by AHS
Washington Post - Virginia attorney general says state aims to protect historic River Farm as donor wished
Washington Business Journal - Virginia could block controversial sale of historic River Farm, attorney general warns
Preservation Virginia - Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places 2021
Alexandria Times - Letter to the Editor: AHS Needs to Listen
April 2021
Mount Vernon Gazette - Dissenting Board Members Told to Be Quiet
Alexandria Living Magazine - NOVA Parks, Northern Virginia Conservation Trust Make Another Offer for River Farm
Washington Business Journal - Controversial effort to sell River Farm just got a lot more complicated
Washington Post - American Horticultural Society board rift could complicate proposed sale of historic River Farm
Washington Post - Opinion: The American Horticultural Society should keep River Farm open to the public
Connection Gazette - Board Approves Historic Zoning for River Farm
Washington Post - Fairfax County tightens regulations to preserve history of George Washington’s River Farm
Washington Post - George Washington’s historic River Farm is worth saving for reasons beyond the president, historians say
Alexandria Living - Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Approves River Farm Historic Overlay District
Past Event April 17, 2021 - Save River Farm Plein Art Show & Sale
Past Event April 13, 2021 - Public Hearing on Proposed Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Establish the Wellington at River Farm Historic Overlay District
Connection Newspapers - Heirs of River Farm
Zebra Papers - Do Your Part To Save River Farm
March 2021
Alexandria Living Magazine - River Farm One Step Closer to Historic Overlay District Status
Washington Post - Fairfax County’s planning commission backs new rules to preserve River Farm
Washington Post - Letter to the Editor, Opinion: Let's save River Farm
Alexandria Times - Letter to the Editor AHS must do the right thing
Mount Vernon Gazette - A Few More Efforts Made To Save River Farm
Connection Newspapers - Letter to the Editor: How Sad
Washington Post - Urgent efforts underway to preserve historic River Farm as public land
Alexandria Times - River Farm to remain closed this spring
Washington Business Journal - Efforts to preserve River Farm as a public park are gaining steam...
Alexandria Times - American Horticultural Society Declines River Farm Offer.
Connection Newspapers - Mount Vernon’s River Farm Offer Falls Short of Asking Price
BREAKING NEWS - A Statement From NVCT's Executive Director Alan Rowsome On River Farm
Patch: Greater Alexandria - Historic Overlay District considered for River Farm
February 2021
Alexandria Times - Community heartened as effort to preserve River Farm advances
Alexandria Times - Funding for River Farm advances
Connection Newspapers -Virginia Assembly pledges millions of dollars for River Farm
January 2021
Office of Senator Adam Ebbin Press Release -Senator Ebbin and Delegate Paul Krizek seek state funding to preserve River Farm
Alexandria Times - NVCT and NOVA Parks make offer to purchase River Farm
Alexandria Living Magazine - NVCT and NOVA Parks make offer for River Farm
BREAKING NEWS - NVCT's Executive Director Alan Rowsome releases statement on offer to buy River Farm
December 2020
Save River Farm Committee Member Keister Evans Letter - I was there at the beginning
Save River Farm Press Release - AHS threatens the sale of George Washington's River Farm to developers
Washington Business Journal - Proposed sale of River Farm, listed for $32.9 million, draws legal scrutiny
Alexandria Living Magazine - AHS Puts Deadline of Jan. 5 on Sale of River Farm
November 2020
Commonwealth of Virginia - Deputy Attorney General Donald D. Anderson letter concerning River Farm
Greater Alexandria - Virginia Governor Voices Support For Protecting River Farm
Alexandria Times - River Farm listed for $32.9 million
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors - Establishment of a River Farm Historic Overlay District
October 2020
WAMU 88.5 - Neighbors Fight To Save George Washington’s Historic River Farm, Hit Financially By Pandemic
The Washington Post - Selling River Farm would be a terrible mistake
September 2020
Alexandria Times - River Farm Goes Up for Sale
Alexandria Times - Your Views: We must save River Farm
Alexandria Living Magazine - American Horticultural Society to Sell River Farm Property
The Connection Newspapers - A Few Questions About the Sale of River Farm