Happy Spring!  We know you’re outside getting your gardens ready for the season.  Take time out, though, to enjoy Rock Spring Garden Club’s monthly activities by reading The Gardenzette.  Just click here —–> Gardenzette March 2024 Web pdf

For more information about Rock Spring Garden Club, email us at [email protected]

P.S. Our next general meeting is Thursday, April 18, 2024  10:00 a.m.

Here’s the link to our latest edition of The Gardenzette! We’ve been busy!

Just click here  —>Gardenzette February 2024 for web

We are getting to the other side of Winter!  We are still bundled up, perusing our seed catalogues and planning out our gardens.  Still, we look forward to getting out to our upcoming membership meeting  at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Road, Arlington, VA, Thursday, February 15, 2024.  Our social time begins at 9:45 with coffee and refreshments. Our business meeting follows. and our program commences at 11:00 a.m. Bonus: We have two new members joining us this month!

Our program  this month is all about growing and using unusual herbs. Joining us is Peg Riccio, garden writer, blogger, Camelot Garden Club member, and a very active member of the Herb Society of America.  Our meeting is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to [email protected] if you’d like to join us.

Mark your calendars! Rock Spring Garden Club is hosting a NGC Small Standard Flower Show at Little Falls Presbyterian Church on Thursday, May 16!  It’s Free and Open to the Public at 1:00 pm – 3:00 p.m.  More details next month (pssst The Fab Four are involved…)

floral design by club member, Renee Bayes

We wish you all a very healthy and prosperous New Year!  And we’ve been busy – given our relatively warm weather lately, some folks are still planting daffodil bulbs for spring.  We have a fun meeting planned on Thursday, January 18, 2024 beginning with our business meeting at 10:00 a.m., and program at 11:00 a.m.  Our guest speaker this month is NGC Accredited Flower Show Judge Kaki Power, and the topic is The Chelsea Flower Show.  Kaki will give us an overview of one of her trips to London’s favorite flower show. PLUS! Monthly horticulture and artistic floral designs. And do shop our Ways & Means table! Our programs are free and open, but please RSVP to [email protected]. Masks are suggested.

And there’s lots going on – Use this link for this month’s The Gardenzette – Gardenzette for web January 2024

We are happy to have you enjoy our December issue of The Gardenzette. Click here –>Gardenzette December 2023 for web pdf

We have many things to be thankful for as we end 2023.  Two weeks ago, despite the weather, Rock Spring Garden Club members held our Floral Design sale just in time to deck homes for Thanksgiving.  We cannot thank enough all the club members who helped us in multiple capacities, and our customers who came out in the rain and bought a design or two.  The funds raised go directly to our community outreach programs that include youth garden therapy programs, junior gardeners, 4-H summer camp scholarships and senior outreach.

Our December meeting is a members-only Holiday tea.  And you could join us next year if you consider becoming a member of Rock Spring Garden Club.  We are an active community organization that aligns with National Garden Clubs Inc. and our club is an active part of National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. District III AND Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. Piedmont District.  Membership affords us access to four NGC Schools with certification, symposiums, garden conferences, tours, field trips, flower shows, and continuous educational opportunities that focus on horticulture, landscape, environmental concerns and floral design.  If you have a sincere interest in any of these topics, Rock Spring Garden Club might be the organization for you.  Feel free to explore our website and contact us via email [email protected]

On behalf of all our members, we wish you happy holidays and best wishes for 2024!

Enjoy the latest issue of Rock Spring Garden Club’s The Gardenzette by clicking here—>Gardenzette November 2023 for web

Next month we will have a holiday tea for members only. We do welcome prospective members and you are welcome to join us for our January 2024 meeting.

RSGC Members enjoyed a beautiful day at Grateful Gardeners farm in Boyds/Poolesville MD this month. (Want to go on fun garden club trips? Join our club!) Here’s some pictures, courtesy of RSGC member Kate Abrahams. Enjoy!  For more information www.gratefulgardeners.com

Our club’s dahlia expert, Connie

One of Grateful Gardeners owners, Tom Precht

Our October 2023 meeting is a FIELD TRIP up to Poolesville MD to visit the Grateful Gardeners Flower Farm.  Grateful Gardeners came to visit our club last fall and we are following up with a field trip to see their operation.  For more information, please check out our October edition of The Gardenzette – just click here —–>Gardenzette October 2023 web pdf

While we don’t have a regular business meeting in October, prospective NEW MEMBERS are always welcome!  If you have a sincere interest in gardening, horticulture, floral design and community service, Rock Spring Garden Club might be a great organization for you to join. For more information and to talk to our membership chairperson, please use the contact button above or email us at [email protected]

Rock Spring Garden Club welcomed National Garden Club Master Judge and Floral Designer Betty Ann Galway to our September meeting with a review of NGC Designs we are incorporating into our Spring NGC Standard Flower Show.  Betty also reviewed mechanics and gave examples of how judges would critique show designs and gave members of the audience many tips and ideas for designs.