GREEN SPRING GARDENS
Programs January - March 2021
Adult Programs
Saturday, February 6: Garden Tour: Winter Trunks and Bark 10-11:30am. (Adults) During winter, tree trunks and branches are revealed in all their glory. Explore the gardens with a master gardener docent who highlights a stunning variety of bark color, texture and form and showcases the best trees for ornamental value in the winter landscape. $15 per person . Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code RKS.MIQD) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Saturday, February 13: Starting from Scratch with Seeds 10:30am-12pm. (16-Adult) Grow flowers, vegetables and herbs from seed and expand your garden. Be inspired by Green Spring staff member, Susan Eggerton, as she discusses potting mixes, containers, seed treatments, lighting, fertilization, watering, seed sources and timing. Then take home a few seeds to start your own collection. This program will take place on-site with limited registration and social distancing. $22 per person. Wear a mask. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code J1V.K6GF) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Saturday, February 20: 17th Annual EcoSavvy Symposium – Virtual Program 9:30am-12:30pm. (16-Adult) Join us for the 17th annual EcoSavvy Symposium from the comfort of your own home or office. In this year’s symposium, titled “Integrating Storm Water Management in Landscape Design,” Dr. Laurie Fox, horticulture associate at Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Agricultural Research & Extension Center, and Christine Horner, water quality engineer for the Town of Vienna, will present innovative techniques to capture, store and redirect rainwater on your property. This program will be offered virtually with an emailed link. $26 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code ITG.QARB) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Saturday, February 27: Great Shrubs for Home Gardens 10-11:30am. (Adults) Horticulturalist Brenda Skarphol highlights beautiful flowering shrubs that grow well in Virginia home gardens. Get to know seasonal standouts for winter and spring. Learn the culture and care of these beauties and how to best showcase them in your garden. Dress for outdoors. $18 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code FD2.XS7M) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. This program is also available virtually (code 9NQ.75W8).
Saturday, February 27: Virtual Great Shrubs for Home Gardens 10-11:30am. (Adults) Take a real-time virtual walk with Horticulturalist Brenda Skarphol as she highlights beautiful flowering shrubs that grow well in Virginia home gardens. Get to know seasonal standouts for winter and spring. Learn the culture and care of these beauties and how to best showcase them in your garden. A link to connect via Zoom will be emailed before the program. $10 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code 9NQ.75W8) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. This program is also available in person (code FD2.XS7M).
Garden Talks
Saturday, January 23: Garden Talk: Easy Houseplants to Grow 10-11am. (Adults) Why wait for spring to get your hands back in the soil? You can enjoy beautiful flowering and foliage plants right now, inside your home. Extension Master Gardeners provide you with all the know-how you need to be successful. If you love gardening outdoors, you’re going to love it indoors, too! $10 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code F36.AVD2) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Saturday, February 6: Garden Talk: Attracting Butterflies 10-11am. (Adults) Want to have a stunning garden and attract a variety of butterflies? Learn from Extension Master Gardeners how to incorporate host and nectar plants, the two kinds of plants that are essential for every butterfly, and bring your garden to life with butterflies. $10 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code 2F1.P4HQ) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Friday, March 12: Garden Talk: Designing an EcoSavvy Garden 1:30-2:30pm. (Adults) Learn to work with nature's resources to develop a beautiful, low-maintenance urban garden. With a little bit of knowledge, careful planning, and some effort, see how native trees/shrubs provide structure and year-round interest, along with colorful annuals and perennials that add seasonal color splashes. Extension Master Gardeners show you how to create a healthy, sustainable, and eco-savvy garden. $12 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code B6X.3T3H) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Virtual Winter Lecture Series Join us online for this year’s winter lecture series from the comfort of your own home, office or even if you’re out of town! These virtual programs will be conducted via Microsoft Teams or Zoom. A link will be emailed to registered participants prior to the program. $10 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes using the program code, or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Sunday, January 17: Moon Gates — the Power of Circles 1:30-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Historian Debbie Waugh reveals the ancient origins of the moon gate in Chinese gardens and the value of this striking architectural feature today. View stunning moon gates - traditional and contemporary - that form enticing passageways between garden spaces. Consider incorporating one into your home landscape. Hear about Green Spring’s 50th anniversary Moon Gate Garden Project, designed to reflect elements of our historic Beatrix Farrand landscape and provide a symbolic connection between our past and our future. Register with code DGJ.O55A.
Sunday, January 24: Sizzling Succulents 1:30-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Colorful and creative succulents are the one of the easiest ways to brighten a patio or garden with little effort. Garden professional Brie Arthur shares growing and propagation advice about her favorite tender and hardy succulents. Learn creative combinations for year-round interest and new introductions for cold hardiness. Low maintenance, drought tolerant and eye catching, Sizzling Succulents will encourage you to indulge in this sustainable growing trend. Register with code 7QN.XCYD.
Sunday, January 31: Eight Essential Tips for a Deer-Resistant Garden 1:30-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Deer can turn a vibrant garden into a sea of chomped stems and damaged trees. Designer Karen Chapman offers eight key solutions that go beyond pungent chemicals and unattractive fencing. Register with code K5B.884N.
Sunday, February 21: Doug Tallamy and Nature’s Best Hope 1:30-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Global insect declines and three billion fewer birds in North America are a bleak reality check about how ineffective our current landscape designs have been at sustaining the plants and animals that sustain us. Such losses are not an option if we wish to continue our current standard of living on planet Earth. The good news is that none of this is inevitable. Doug Tallamy discusses simple steps that we can take to reverse declining biodiversity and explains why we, ourselves, are nature’s best hope. Register with code IOO.JJC8.
Fine Arts
Saturday, January 9: Floral Design Workshop: Winter Walk Vegetative Design
1-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Create a winter floral arrangement to take home that feels like a walk through nature. Certified floral designer Betty Ann Galway will lead you through creating your winter floral vegetative design. Please register for program and supply fee. Tables will be separated for social distancing and masks are required. $39 per person (plus $30 supply fee). Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code 5IJ.OW0D) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. This program is also available as a virtual demo (code G3S.9U03). The cost for the virtual demo is $22 per person, and registrants will receive an email with a supply list and a link to connect to the program via Zoom. They will also have the opportunity to ask questions live. 
Saturday, January 9: Virtual Floral Design Demo: Winter Walk Vegetative Design
1-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Create a winter floral arrangement to take home that feels like a walk through nature. Certified floral designer Betty Ann Galway will lead you through creating your winter floral vegetative design. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code G3S.9U03). The cost for the virtual demo is $22 per person, and registrants will receive an email with a supply list and a link to connect to the program via Zoom. They will also have the opportunity to ask questions live. This program is also available in person ($39 per person, plus $30 supply fee; code 5IJ.OW0D).
Saturday, January 30: Watercolor Workshop: Pen and Ink
9:30am-3:30pm. (16-Adult) By the end of this class you will become confident drawing with ink! Artists Marni Maree will teach you various ways to draw with ink and create values using hatching, cross hatching, stippling, scribbling, patterns, and more. Bring in a drawing or watercolor painting that you do not like and see how to improve it by adding ink. Tables will be separated for social distancing and masks are required. Bring a lunch. $94 per person. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code 08A.10A5) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Saturday, February 13: Floral Design Workshop: Heart's Desire
1-2:30pm. (16-Adult) In the month of February, we celebrate love in all its splendid forms. Certified Floral Designer Betty Ann Galway walks you through a floral project that you are sure to love. Keep this arrangement for yourself or give to someone that you care about. Please register for program and supply fee. Tables will be separated for social distancing and masks are required. $39 per person (plus $30 supply fee). Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code FE7.0W4Q) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. This program may also be available as a virtual demo. Check the Parktakes web site for info.
Saturday, March 13: Floral Design Workshop: Swing into Spring
1-2:30pm. (16-Adult) Learn how to create a modern Hogarth curve floral design – a gentle curving design that leads your eye through the floral composition. Certified floral designer Betty Ann Galway will show you how to make these graceful shapes for your spring take home project. Please register for program and supply fee. Tables will be separated for social distancing and masks are required. $39 per person (plus $30 supply fee). Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code 98H.S6QT) or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173. This program may also be available as a virtual demo. Check the Parktakes web site for info.
By-Request Programs
Link to fliers: https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/sites/parks/files/assets/documents/nature-history/greenspring/gsg-request.pdf
Choose Your Nature Walk
(All ages) Book a walk with one of our children’s education teachers and choose from a variety of topics for a themed park tour. Each tour includes a hands-on element and can be customized to include the science topics your students are learning in school. Choose from the following topics: Pond Fauna & Flora, Native Virginia Plants & Trees, Green Spring Watersheds & Geology, Virginia Ecosystems Walk, History of Green Spring Farm, or General Garden Tour. $40 per group of up to 9 people, including at least one adult. Register online for one of these dates online www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes (code X1D.VE35 for Jan. 16; X1D.KOG0 for Feb. 13; X1D.FN9N for Feb. 20; X1D.7ZSG for Mar.13), or contact us to schedule your own: email Elizabeth Waugh at elizabeth.waugh@fairfaxcounty.gov or call Green Spring Gardens at (703) 642-5173.
Private Garden Tours
Arrange a private Green Spring Gardens group tour. Green Spring Extension Master Gardener docents lead garden tours year-round. These knowledgeable, highly trained guides interpret the gardens, the plant collections, the site’s mission and its historic legacy. Home gardeners can learn about top landscape plant choices and plant combinations. General and themed garden tours are available. $12 per person for groups of 20 or more; $10 per person for 19 or fewer. Minimum group size is eight. Groups of more than 10 people will be divided into smaller groups to allow for social distancing. For information or to schedule a garden tour call Historic Green Spring at (703) 941-7987.
Visit with the Historian
Step into the 1784 Historic House with Green Spring’s historian, who shares the fascinating origins of the site, the intriguing people who lived here, and how Green Spring Gardens evolved into the community treasure it is today. Your 45-minute private visit will include time to view informational videos and a historic photo exhibit. $20 for 1-2 adults, $10 for each additional person, up to 7. For information or to schedule a visit call Historic Green Spring at (703) 941-7987.
Virtual Afternoon Tea Programs
Registrants will be sent a link by e-mail to join the Zoom lecture. Optional afternoon teas to go are provided in individual tea boxes available 
for pickup on the day of the program. Tea boxes include finger sandwiches, assorted cakes/pastries, scone, cream, jam, and tea bag. Programs are by reservation only. Register online at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/parktakes or call Green Spring Gardens at 703-642-5173.
Virtual Afternoon Tea: The History of Humor
Sunday, January 10, 2-3pm : (Adult) Take an amusing tour through the ages to explore the history of humor and laughter. From the knee-slappers of Ancient Rome to political satire past and present, discover the cultural significance of humor and what comedy tells us about life and attitudes of the past. |$12/lecture; $24/tea box. Code AK1.RU88.
Virtual Afternoon Tea: Rebellious Royals
Sunday, January 24, 2-3pm : (Adult) From Henry VIII to Harry and Meghan, royal rebels have flouted traditions of duty and precedence throughout history. Hear about some untraditional royals who have broken the rules, sending shock waves through the palace and challenging the monarchy to accept modernity and change. $12/lecture; $24/tea box. Code HOO.VEUM.
Virtual Afternoon Tea: Love Lessons from Jane Austen
Sunday, February 7, 2-3pm : (Adult) Celebrate Cupid’s upcoming holiday with lessons in love, Regency-style. Strict prohibitions and rules of etiquette surrounded courtship in Jane Austen’s day but her novels – and her own love life – can still teach us a thing or two about romantic attachments today. $12/lecture; $24/tea box. Code 3MC.CGLO.
Virtual Afternoon Tea: Tea and Feminism
Sunday, February 21, 2-3pm : (Adult) Tea played a surprisingly important role in women’s liberation, from Colonial times to the 20th century. Learn how tea rooms advanced female self-expression and business ownership, and hear about tea parties that boiled over into the suffrage movement. Discover that tea is a feminist issue! $12/lecture; $24/tea box. Code ZJB.JNH8.
Virtual Afternoon Tea: A Good Night’s Sleep
Sunday, March 14, 2-3pm : (Adult) In the middle ages, people divided their night’s sleep into two parts. Discover why as we explore the fascinating history of human sleep, sleeping arrangements, and sleep habits throughout history. Explore the evolution of bedroom furniture and hear about the very curious sleep habits of some famous historical figures. $12/lecture; $24/tea box. Code 3R2.BF1B.
Green Spring Gardens
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