Thank you to all our guests who attended and all RSGC members who worked so hard to make our Sixth Annual Holiday Floral Design Event a big success.  It was educational, fun and delicious!  Special thanks also to our sponsors, Andy’s Lawn and Landscape and Blazing Star Gardening.

And a huge round of applause to our talented guest designer – Jo Oliver of Highway to Hill! Her floral designs wow’d us! And big thanks to our own club designer, Renee Bayes!

Jo Oliver, floral designer, Highway to Hill

Club members l. to r. Ann Lunson, Mary Kudless, Janice Haines, Anne Collins, Event Co-Chair

Pumpkins for sale!

Club designer Renee Bayes, and Connie Richards, RSGC President 2015/16

With nine days to go, you’re running out of time to get your tickets to the Rock Spring Garden Club’s Holiday Floral Design Event – but tickets are for sale on-line through Eventbrite!  How easy is that!  Just click here:  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/rsgc-annual-holiday-floral-design-event-tickets-18892122848

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THANKS TO OUR 2015 HOLIDAY DESIGN EVENT SPONSORS:

ANDY’S LAWN AND LANDSCAPE

703-241-3752

[email protected]

AND

BLAZING STAR GARDENING

GARDENING AND CONTAINER DESIGN & MORE

MEME SHUMAKER, CMG

[email protected]

703-254.8326

David Healy and Renee Bayes

l. to r. RSGC Members Susan Scotti, Anne Collins, Renee Bayes, Ann Marie Fay and Felicia Schwenk

National Garden Clubs, Inc. a National Award of Merit to Rock Spring Garden Club in recognition of their work with preschool children with special needs, at Glebe Elementary School here in Arlington, VA.  Renee Bayes, Commitee Chair 2013/14, received the award from David Healy, former National Capital Area Garden Club President at the NCAGC Fall meeting on October 7, 2015.   Here’s what Ms. Bayes said about this wonderful award.

“Thanks to everyone who “liked” or sent congrats yesterday on my award. The Garden Therapy program has been sponsored by my garden club, Rock Spring Garden Club, in Arlington, VA for 50 plus years. Garden Therapy has been a Partner in Education with Arlington Public schools longer than any organization in Arlington County. Throughout all those years, our GT program has mentored many students with various special needs. In the last few years, our program has been located at Glebe Elementary and we have had the privilege to work with classrooms of 3, 4, 5 year old pre-schoolers with special needs. We hope that we, as a committee, have enriched their lives as much as their smiles and hugs have touched each of us. They call us “the garden ladies”. We have helped them deposit worms in their school garden, make pumpkin floral arrangements, feed the schoolyard birds with their pine cone feeders, design beautiful “thank you” floral arrangements for their school staff, choose good fruits and vegetables and listen to their heartbeats with Nurse Renee’s stethoscope and so many other monthly programs, too numerous to mention. I am honored to be the receipient of this award but the real honor is to spend time with these precious children.”

For more information on our Garden/Horticulture Therapy Program, Click “Activities” button above for a drop down box for Horticulture Therapy.  

There’s lots going on here at Rock Spring Garden Club. The Gardenzette is Rock Spring Garden Club’s monthly newsletter.  Just click our ‘Resources’ button above and click one one to read.  Enjoy!

Contact us at [email protected] for tickets and information. It’s going to be a great event!

THE STATE OF VIRGINIA’S OFFICIAL INSECT:

The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus Linnaeus) was designated as Virginia’s official state insect in 1991. Look what RSGC member, Susan Scotti, found visiting her garden quite often this summer:

photo by Susan Scotti

Please join us for our next general meeting of Rock Springs Garden Club on Thursday, October 15, 2015 at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Rd., Arlington, VA 22207.  The business portion of our meeting begins at 10 AM; our program, “Why Natives?” with local naturalist and native plant enthusiast, Laura Beaty, begins at 11 AM.  Laura will talk about the nyriad choices and benefits of native plants for your garden.  Our meeting is followed by a hot luncheon and socializing, served by our members.

Our meetings are fun, free and open to the public, but please RSVP to [email protected]   There is a small fee if you choose to stay for lunch. Interested in joining a garden club? Come check us out!

Our Design workshop program at our September meeting was busy and fun!

Horticulture specimens that simulate a flower show entry

A plentiful Ways&Means table