Our next general meeting will be held – via Zoom – on Thursday, February 18, 2021.  Our business meeting begins at 10:00 a.m. and our speaker program begins immediately following.  Interested in membership in Rock Spring Garden Club?  Join our Zoom meeting.  Just send us an email at [email protected].

PROGRAM:  “Keeping a Nature Journal” 

Whether it’s documenting your garden, communing with nature or traveling the world, Virginia Master Naturalist Lynn Wilson will show us how sketching and writing in a journal can help us all more deeply experience and enjoy the places we love.

We wish you all a happy gardening new year 2021!  Click here for our January edition of Rock Spring Garden Club’s The Gardenzette 2101 Gardenzette web <—–

Please note: It’s not you. We didn’t issue a December 2020 Gardenzette issue. This January edition is packed!

Yes, we are here and we are busy! Please enjoy our latest edition of Rock Spring Garden Club’s newsletter, THE GARDENZETTE – just click  here —–> 2011 Gardenzette.web.

Kudos to our newsletter editor, Mary Garnett.  Thanks, Mary! And thanks to all our contributors!

We are on Zoom for our November General Meeting.  Interested in joining? If you’d like to join us, please send us an email to [email protected].

This month’s business meeting will be short – 10:00 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. – then we can all hop over to our NCAGC Judges Council MORNING OF DESIGN!  I hear all the judges have contributed their designs and ideas that will span this holiday season.  That program begins at 10:30 a.m. Hope to see you virtually!

  And to all our friends, neighbors, fellow garden club members and the entire United States of America,  HAPPY Thanksgiving!  Stay safe and celebrate well.

This month’s edition of Rock Spring Garden Club’s The Gardenzette is here!  Yes, we’ve been busy in spite of things! Enjoy!

Just click —–> 2010 Gardenzette.web

2009 Gardenzette web  <—- just click!  Lot’s of gardening activity going on!  Enjoy!

Rock Spring Garden Club is back from summer break with a great line up of programs for our 20/21 club year.  We are kicking off September with our first virtual general meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., followed by a wonderful program.  For those interested in membership and would like to join us on the ZOOM call, please send us an email at [email protected]  Prospective new members are always welcome!

We hope to begin our in-person general meetings in January, 2021 with great programs in Design, Botanical Arts, and Horticulture plus a field trip.

And throughout the months our dedicated Civic Development and Conservation Committee along with other club members can be found maintaining our gardens at Rock Spring Park on Little Falls Road in Arlington.

Our September speaker at our first virtual Zoom meeting is a good friend of Rock Spring Garden Club. Kathy Jentz is Editor, Publisher and Founder of Washington Gardener Magazine. Kathy is a life-long gardener from a family of farmers and dedicated gardeners. Currently, she is President of the Silver Spring Garden Club and on the board of several other clubs and organizations. You can read Kathy’s work in the Washington Examiner and Washington Woman in addition to regular guest spots on Channel 9, Channel 4 and WAMU radio.

September PROGRAM: New Plant Development & Evaluation – Do you wonder where all those new plants come from and want to know what is hitting the garden center next? We’ll cover hybridization, cultivar selection, (including native plants & nativars), commercial operation, plant specialist, environmental suitability, test gardens. Plus, plenty of exciting new introductions to shsre that are coming soon to your garden.

From all the members of Rock Spring Garden Club, we hope you enjoy a great gardening summer!  Click here —->2006 Gardenzette Web   for our latest edition of The Gardenzette.  Special thanks to our editors – Kate Abraham and Mary Garnet for producing a wonderful newsletter. And many thanks to all our article and photo contributors!

We are always reachable via email during the summer months and welcome all membership queries.  [email protected]

Just click here ——> 2005 Gardenzette web for all the latest goings on from Rock Spring Garden Club. Enjoy and stay safe.

Even with our regular schedule being interrupted by the COVID-19 shutdown, we still have plenty of news and garden activities to share with you. Here’s our April edition. Enjoy!  Just click —-> 2004 Gardenzette Web