 |
Upcoming Events
Upcoming events sponsored by NCAGC members,
Plant Societies and Affiliates are welcome.
Please contact webmaster@ncagardenclubs.org to post your event.
For information on upcoming Flower Shows, click HERE.
Events are listed in chronological order; please scroll down.
All Hallows Guild
DOCENTS NEEDED!!
FOR WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL'S GARDEN TOUR PROGRAM
An important part of the stewardship of the Bishop's Garden
at the Washington National Cathedral
is the Garden Tour Program.
Docents for this important tour program are needed urgently.
If you are interested in becoming a garden docent, please call 202-537-2304.
For more information on the garden and this program, please click HERE.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
Spring Garden Tours
April 8 - June 22 (Tuesday - Saturday)
10:30 am and 12:30 pm
Select Sundays at 2:30 pm: April 27; May 11 & 25; June 8 & 22
Docent-led tours explore the history of the gardens
and identify the scores of plants.
Price included in Estate Donation ($12; $10 for visitors 65 and older; $7 for full-time college students; $5 for visitors 6 to 18. Estate donation waived for visitors under age 6.)
For information and reservations: (202) 686-5807 or www.HillwoodMuseum.org
May 2008
Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312 www.greenspring.org Call 703-642-5173 to register for the following programs. Saturday, May 17
Spring Garden Day 9am-3pm. More than 40 vendors of rare and unusual plants descend on Green Spring Gardens to fill your spring gardening needs! Friends of Green Spring (FROGS) receive 10% off plants in the Garden Gate Plant Shop. Don’t miss this exciting annual tradition. Friday, May 30 Basic Gardening Series: Waterwise Gardening 1:30-2:30pm. Remember last year’s drought? Learn how to use water efficiently within your garden while enjoying a beautiful landscape. Find out how to increase your soil’s water holding capacity with the proper use of soil amendments and mulch. Master Gardeners will show you how to have a beautiful landscape utilizing drought tolerant and native plants. $11. Saturday, May 31 Spring Perennials in a Combination Planting 9:30-11am. This series explores the world of perennials and the beautiful woody plants that bring your garden design to life. Karen Rexrode, former owner of Windy Hill Nursery, shows you how to identify and choose plants, where to place them in the landscape, who they should share space with and how to maintain them in top form. The class combines indoor presentations with outdoor explorations of the gardens. $18.
 Gaywood Garden Club
PLANT SALE
Saturday, May 17, 2008
8:00 am - 12:00 noon
Divided and Home Grown Plants of all types for sale.
Site: the triangle at the intersection of Tierra Drive and Gayfields Drive, Silver Spring, MD
Directions: Take Layhill Rd to left on Gayfields Drive and follow to the triangle.
 Old Dominion Chrysanthemum Society
Annual Mum Plant Sale
Saturday, May 17, 2008
9 AM to 3 PM
Green Spring Gardens Park,
4603 Green Springs Road, Alexandria, VA (703-642-5173)
A wide variety of rooted, potted cuttings including a complete range of Mum colors and cultivars (exhibition, garden varieties, cutting, etc.) will be available at great prices. Call Jim Dunne (703-360-8776) for more information
Visit their website www.odcsmums.org
Saturday, May 17,
11 a.m.
Location: Meet at the Visitors Center
Celebrate the beauty of spring in Georgetown! This popular annual guided tour of two of Washington, D.C.’s most historic and beautiful gardens provides a wonderful opportunity to experience these landscapes with the people who know them best: Gail Griffin, Director of Gardens & Grounds at Dumbarton Oaks, and Mary K. Crow, Horticulturalist at Tudor Place. Learn how the gardens at Dumbarton Oaks and Tudor Place have evolved aesthetically since the nineteenth century and the challenges surrounding their preservation today.
Registration and advance payment required. $12; Tudor Place and Dumbarton Oaks Members $10 For more information about programs and events, or to register, call Talia Mosconi at 202.965.0400, ext. 110 or email tmosconi@tudorplace.org.
Old Dominion Chrysanthemum Society
Potting Party, Plant Exchange + Free Chrysanthemums
Sunday, May 18, 2008 2:30 pm
Falls Church Community Center
223 Little Falls Street, Falls Church VA Award winning judge and grower, Bonnie Mirmak, will present a one-hour Hands-on descriptive program with Q&A on "How to Prepare Soil for Potting". Attendees will take home their free potted mum. In addition, attendees are asked to bring one of their own potted and labeled seedlings or divided perennials to exchange with a fellow gardener. Open to the public. Free admission and refreshments.
Call Jim Dunne (703-560-8776) for more information.
4155 Linnean Avenue, NW, Washington, DC Family Fun Sunday: Summer Celebration Sunday, May 25 1 – 5 pm Price: Included in estate donation (see below) Visitors can start the summer strolling through Hillwood’s spectacular gardens, putting on the green as Marjorie Merriweather Post’s guests once did, and creating a decorative planter, inspired by the ornamental floral containers in Hillwood’s mansion and gardens. Tours of the mansion, shopping, and café dining are also part of this special Sunday.
Price included in Estate Donation ($12; $10 for visitors 65 and older; $7 for full-time college students; $5 for visitors 6 to 18. Estate donation waived for visitors under age 6). For information and reservations: (202) 686-5807 or www.HillwoodMuseum.org
Holly Hill Garden Club Bus Tour Sundbach Garden, Shank/Matthew Garden
and Surreybrooke Nursery Wednesday, May 28, 2008 The 2008 Holly Hill Garden Club tour takes you to to two private gardens near Shepherdstown, WV and the Surreybrooke Nursery in Middle town, Ml). The first garden visit will be the beautiful 3-acre private garden of landscape architect, Eric Sunback. Mr. Sunback 's 20-year-old garden includes a series of sculpted spaces, multi-stemmed trees and plants with special colors and shapes. After lunch at the historic Bavarian Inn, you will visit the garden of John Shank and Joe Matthew. Designed on English themes, this magnificent garden includes a Victorian Gazebo, a rose cutting garden, perennials and much more. Lastly, on the trip home, the tour will stop at Surreybrooke Nursery which is famously known for its inspiring display gardens and intriguing cottage shop. Fee $95.00 Includes round trip bus fare, continental breakfast, lunch at the Bavarian Inn, and afternoon refreshments on the return trip home, For more information and reservations contact Colette at (703) 533-3510
June 2008
Historic Gems of Georgetown
Museum & Garden Tours at
Dumbarton Oaks, Tudor Place and Dumbarton House
Sunday, June 1
Sumbarton House & Tudor Place 12 - 4 pm
Dumbarton Oaks 2 - 6 pm
Celebrate spring in Georgetown! This special program takes you inside three of Georgetown’s most historic houses and gardens at a very special price. Stroll through 16 acres of majestically designed gardens at Dumbarton Oaks. Discover 180 years of Georgetown history as you tour the 1816 mansion and gardens at Tudor Place. Explore early Georgetown history while touring
Dumbarton House, a ca. 1800 historic home Ticket Price Includes Admission to All 3 Museums
Advanced Registration: $12
Tickets will be available for sale on June 1
at Tudor Place and Dumbarton House for $15
For more information please call Tudor Place’s Education Department at 202.965.0400 x110 or email tmosconi@tudorplace.org.
Tudor Place Historic House and Garden
1644 31st Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007
 Arlington Rose Foundation
Annual Spring Rose Show
Saturday, June 7 - 1:00 - 6:00 pm
Sunday, June 8 - 12:00 - 4:00 pm
Free and open to the public.
Merrifield Garden Center (Fair Oaks Location)
12101 Lee Highway, Fairfax VA.
Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312
www.greenspring.org Call 703-642-5173 to register for the following programs.
Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 14
Part 2 of Landscape Design for Homeowners: Tours in the Garden 9am-noon. Need help sharpening your design skills? Critiquing existing designs will improve your skills. Accompany staff horticulturalist and design instructor Cindy Brown into the gardens of local homeowners to see their design solutions. Perhaps you’ll find a solution to your landscape challenge. A class member receives a free garden critique by class participants and the instructor. Completion of Landscape Design for Homeowners and/or familiar with the basic elements of design required. Limit 22. $160 New Series: Designing with Perennials Explore the principles of how to combine perennials and woody plants to bring out the best in your garden design. Karen Rexrode, former owner of Windy Hill Plant Farm, shows you how to identify and choose plants, where to place them in the landscape, who they should share space with and how to maintain them in top form. The series combines indoor presentations with outdoor explorations. Each session covers unique design subjects and plants. Register for one session or the series. $18/session or $ 48/3-part series Saturday, June 28 ,9:30-11am. Session One: Variety is the Spice of Life Saturday, July 19, 9:30-11am. Session Two: Working in Mass Saturday, August 9, 9:30-11am. Session Three: Unique Shapes Friday, June 6 Eco Savvy Rose Gardening 1:30-3pm. Love roses but don’t want to spend multiple hours maintaining their beauty? Design your rose garden by combining low maintenance roses with ecologically savvy plants, some of them native. Brenda Skarphol, curatorial horticulturalist, invites you into a new world of rose gardening. $15 Saturday, June 7 Container Workshop: Pots with Panache 9:30-11:30am. Searching for that special container to accent garden areas, expand garden space, or provide interest to an empty corner? Design a container garden with succulents that does that and more. Mary Frogale, staff horticulturalist, provides inspiration and information on container gardening and then helps you design a succulent container to take home. Plants, soil and containers provided. $55 Saturday, June 21 Framed Botanical Art: Pressed Ferns 9:30-11am. Pressing leaves and flowers is an ancient art form with many decorative uses. Horticulturalist Nancy Olney shows how to transform fern fronds into attractive art. Participants will mount pressed ferns on paper and then frame the delicate treasures to take home. $25 Friday, June 27 Designs from the Garden 1:30–3 pm. Arranging cut flowers and foliage from the garden, Bruce Nash, Northern Virginia Community College instructor and professional floral designer shows you the basics of floral design and creates floral masterpieces you can duplicate at home. Door prizes: floral designs. $18
July 2008
 Arlington Rose Foundation
Demonstration "Making Rose & Flower Arrangements for your Home"
by JoAnn Crystal.
Sunday, July 13, 2008
2:00 PM
Merrifield Garden Center (Fair Oaks Location)
12101 Lee Highway, Fairfax VA.
|
|
