Science within Nature = Art – The National Capital Area Garden Club’s State Flower Show was a tremendous success and congratulations to President David Healy and his team. What a turnout!  Five members of Rock Spring Garden entered the flower show in a variety of categories: Design, Horticulture and Photography.  For most of these entrants, it was their first competitive flower show.  Together, they received 13 Ribbons.  Congratulations to these members!  Remember, you’ve got to be in it to win it! 

We hope you all had a wonderful and productive gardening summer!  Our first meeting is Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10 AM, at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207.  We will kick off with a business meeting, followed by a wonderful and educational program.  We are honored to have Babs McClendon, Floral Designer and Instructor give us a good Flower Show 101 lesson.  Not only will she design for instruction, Babs will share a tremendous amount of her knowledge and floral design tips.  So bring your pen and notebook!  Hands-on workshop will follow.  We’ve also got lots going on at our Ways & Means table – including tools of the trade for your design requirements.  And tickets will be on sale for our Holiday Floral Design Event!   Welcome back!

RSGC’s commitment to Rock Spring Park continues throughout the summer.

Rock Spring Garden Club has enjoyed another year of garden, horticulture, landscape and floral design programs and education. We’ve enjoyed wonderful and interesting speaker programs each month.  We’ve continued our work at Rock Spring Park. We held our public educational program, The Holiday Floral Design Event. We’ve taken  field trips, attended NCAGC’s Mornings of Design.  We’ve attended NGC/NCAGC Schools and so much more.  We have finished off our club year by the big  announcement of our 2014 Garden of the Year winners.   Our club sponsored four scholarships to Arlington Public School’s Outdoor Lab camp. (More on that coming soon!)  And we had a lot of fun!

Mark your calendars for Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10 AM when we kick off a new year! Unless otherwise noted, our meetings are held at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Rd. Arlington, VA 22207.  Want more information about us?  Just click ‘contact’ above and we’ll get right back to you!  Have a great gardening summer!  Your friends at Rock Spring Garden Club

Spring Hill Lavender Farm Field Trip

Part of Spring Hill’s Lavender collection

Great Photographs – Thank you, Arlington Now!  click the link here: http://www.arlnow.com/2014/06/18/photos-rock-spring-garden-clubs-gardens-of-the-year/?utm_source=ARLnow.com+Afternoon+Update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=b28c10a84a-ARLnow.com+Afternoon+Update&utm_term=0_d7fd851ea7-b28c10a84a-391085382

Congratulations and a big THANK YOU! to all sixteen home gardeners who participated in our 2014 Garden of the Year – just click the link see this wonderful article in the Arlington Sun Gazette this week.

http://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/top-arlington-garden-of-year-lauded-for-creativity/article_e944e7de-f2f1-11e3-92ba-001a4bcf887a.html

DOWNLOAD YOUR APPLICATION HERE: GOTY_2014_ENTRY_FORM

You may email your form to [email protected]

“Landscape Design for the Home Garden” –  Renowned Washington, D.C. Landscape Designer, Florence Everts, will be our Guest Speaker at our regular monthly meeting on Thursday, April 17, 2014.  The business portion of our meeting begins at 10 AM, with our speaker program beginning at 11:00AM.  Following our presentation, a hot luncheon will be served.  Our meetings are free and open to the public, and we ask that you RSVP to [email protected]  – we ask for a nominal donation from our guests staying for lunch.  We look forward to seeing you!

It’s Garden of the Year time – Rock Spring Garden Club’s beautification program that recognizes homeowner gardens in Arlington County.  If you would like to enter your garden, a neighbor’s garden or a garden you’ve long admired in your travels around our lovely neighborhoods, please do.   Don’t delay!  Applications are due no later than April 30, 2014.  Any questions, just email us at [email protected] .  This year, you may email your entry form OR print, complete and mail. Instructions are at the bottom of the first page of our entry form.

GOTY_2014_ENTRY_FORM – <<<<< click here for download and email entry (word)