What a wonderful way to wrap up the year but celebrate the upcoming holidays with our members.  Thank you to member Mary Lunger for inviting us to her home and to the members who created the floral designs and holiday decorations that graced her lovely house.  Enjoy these pictures of the event. Our next meeting is Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 10 a.m. Our program is “Community Supported Agriculture All Around Us” with Cary Vaughn, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, followed by a delicious lunch.  Please join us!

Mary Scott and Renee Bayes

Sheila Moore, Alice Conrad and Myrna Fulton

Welcome!

Design by Ann Marie Fay

Julie Wadsworth, Felicia Schwenk, and Linda Martin

Jane Robinson and President Connie Richards

Dorinda Burroughs and Barnet Norris – Centerpiece by Dorinda Burroughs

Joan Asboth and Paul Gibert

Design by Sheila Moore

Design by Janice Haines

Susan Scotti, Ann Kelly, Jody Goulden and Mary Cottrell

Paul Gibert and George Ruppert

Ann Lunson, Ann Duffey and Georga Shaw

Design by Joan Asboth – Lion’s Head Fountain Container

Design by Anita Brown

Yes, we’ve had another busy month!!  Just click here –>>2016_12-december-gardenzette-web

For back issues of The Gardenzette, just click the ACTIVITIES button above on the banner.  Enjoy!

Thursday, December 8, 2016, we will celebrate the holiday season at our annual Holiday Tea.  This year, our theme is “Winter Wonderland” where our members deck the halls of a member’s home with beautiful floral designs created by our talented members who love floral design.  Our hospitality committee will delight us with choice savory and sweet foods and sparkly beverages and a good cup of tea.   Our Holiday Tea is our wonderful way of celebrating a year of fun and challenging garden club activities, and friendships, old and new.

This meeting is NOT on a regular meeting day; and this meeting is NOT open to the public. It is restricted to our members and guests only.  Don’t you wish you were a member?  We do, too!  For more information about our club, explore the website and either use the contact button or email us at [email protected]

Our upcoming meeting is Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207.  Our business meeting begins at 10 AM, followed by our speaker program,  “The Wonderful World of Ferns” with Dr. Carl Taylor, Ph.D., Botanist.  This will be a wonderful presentation. Lunch will follow with a request for a small donation toward lunch, if you are a guest.

Our programs are free and open to the public. But do RSVP so that we can expect you.  Considering membership with Rock Spring Garden Club?  Gardeners are a welcoming bunch and we look forward to meeting with you.  For more information, check out this website, or click contact to reach us for more information.

Here is our November 2016 newsletters, chock full of what’s happening in Rock Spring Garden Club this month.  Just click here —–>2016_11-nov-gardenzette-web

Interested in membership?  We are a very active and fun club. Come to a meeting and find out about our club’s activities.  Our general meetings and speakers are always free and open to the public and we welcome all gardeners who want to learn and experience more in their field of interest.  Just click the contact button above and we’ll get right back to you.

There’s lots going on gardening-wise in RSGC,  so check out the October edition of RSGC’s newsletter, The Gardenzette. Please click this link here—-> Enjoy! 2016-10-gardenzette-web-edited

Interested in becoming a member of Rock Spring Garden Club? We are having a membership tea on Thursday, October 27, 2016 from 4-6 PM. For more details, please send us an email at: [email protected] or simply click the ‘contact’ tab above.  Hope to see you then!

We were invited to a wonderful, interesting and informative Program hosting by National Capital Area Garden Club’s Judges Council  on preparing Horticulture for exhibition in flower shows.

Rock Spring Garden Club’s monthly meetings include horticulture exhibitions that simulate a standard flower show and are judged by an accredited flower show judge we invite. This monthly exhibition gives our members an opportunity to educate fellow members and guests  on plants and species they are cultivating in their own gardens and also, for some, to gain confidence and a solid understanding of how to exhibit in a show.

Here is a PDF of the Workshop presentation that you might find very helpful. You can download and print the PDF, too.

Just click here: —–> horticultureworkshop_92116

Please join RSGC for our next general meeting on Thursday, October 20, 2016, at 10:00 am, at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Rd., Arlington 22207.  Following our business meeting, horticulture and design of the month exhibits, and Ways and Means opportunities to garden shop, our guest speaker will be RSGC Member Alice Buch, who will present “Ikebana and Our Gardens.”

Alice has been practicing the Ohara School of Ikebana for over twenty years. She has visited Japan fifteen times to refine her skills in this style of floral design. Alice has exhibited numerous times at the National Arboretum.  She is a member of the Ohara School of Ikebana, demonstrating and conducting workshops in the Washington, D.C. area.  Lunch will follow. 

Our meetings are free and open to the public.  But please RSVP to [email protected] or simply click the ‘contact’ tab above.  See you then!

Our first general meeting will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2016, beginning at 10 a.m. at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA 22207. Our general meetings are always open to the public and gardening guests who are interesting in membership.  Please RSVP to [email protected]

Our business meeting begins at 10 a.m. sharp.  We will, however, begin placing Horticulture and Monthly Floral Designs at 9:30 a.m.  Our fabulous Ways & Means table will also be open for your browsing and shopping pleasure.

Following our business meeting, our guest speaker will be Mary Pat Rowan, Landscape Architect.  Mary Pat’s presentation will include a discussion of how to use native plants in our gardens, focusing on highlighting those flowering plants and bushes that thrive in our neighborhood.  Lunch will follow.

For more information on our upcoming year’s programs, please click ‘Programs” Button above.  See you on September 15!