Gina Gephard has a very specific memory about the first time she encountered the place we're talking about today.

So in 2019, I filmed an episode of House Crunchers.

And one of the houses on the show is across the street from the gardens.

And so I remember talking to the producers of the show asking,

what is across the street?

And they didn't really know.

So we did research, and we found out it was Kennelworth Park.

You were on house hunters?

That's our producer, Amanda, following up on the most important detail here.

I love that that's the follow-up.

But yeah, yeah, it's been a while now.

I filmed in 2019 and it aired in 2020, but it was a really fun experience, yes.

Gina was on House Hunters looking to buy in Washington, D.C., specifically in the Kenilworth neighborhood,

which is northeast of downtown along the Anacostia River.

The neighborhood had this park that got Gina's attention.

It had lots of trails.

It was near the river.

So pretty soon after moving in,

Gina would go running and biking there. It seemed like a normal park until she started exploring.

I didn't realize what I was looking at when I first saw or entered the gardens. And even many more times after, I still didn't realize where I was.

One day, Gina saw this gravel path. To the left and to your right, there were trees,

maybe there's some flowers growing on the ground, a lot of green grass. And then eventually,

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