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!

Learn all about what’s going on for September at Rock Spring Garden Club.  Just click this link below:

2016_09-gardenzette-september-web <<<—— just click here!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer!  Is there a blue ribbon in your future???

District III of National Capital Area Garden Clubs is hosting a flower show on Saturday, August 20, 2016 in Vienna, Virginia – in partnership with Historic Vienna’s fabulous Country Fair.  There is a call for Design entries and some sections of the Horticulture Division are open to the public – and if you are a tomato, squash or fruit grower, enter this competition.  Even children who tend their own vegetablegarden are invited to compete!  This Country Fair should prove to be a fun and charming event for the whole family.  To enter a design, contact Lisa Edelman.   Here are the details, and the Flower Show Schedule: (and for a downloadable version, click here Vienna flower show schedule 0816)

Our Facebook page is full of interesting information, great gardening tips from around the gardening world, and upcoming events and activities.  Come visit us on Facebook. Just click here https://www.facebook.com/groups/148155358579274/?em=1

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National Capital Area Garden Club’s District III recognized Rock Spring Garden Club at the June 17, 2016 President’s Coffee at Meadowlark Gardens.

Long time member, Bernie Donaldson, received a Perennial Bloom Award from the District for her long time commitment and work in our club.  Although Bernie is a sustaining member, she attends meetings, keeps a beautiful garden and recently scored a blue ribbon and the top horticultural award for her african violet specimen at our Club’s flower show in April.  Gardening is definitely a life long passion for Bernie. Congratulations! 

Speaking of our flower show, we were also recognized by the District Director, Jane Smith, for our flower show! Thank you!  

Just click this link to read the June 2016 edition of our club newsletter, The Gardenzette!  —- >>> 2016_06 Gardenzette web

And happy summer gardening from your friends at Rock Spring Garden Club!

What a fantastic, busy and successful year we had at Rock Spring Garden Club!  We enjoyed wonderful programs and great guest speakers.  We hosted over 200 guests from our community at our Holiday Floral Design Event, an educational and entertaining evening of floral design.

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

In December, we celebrated together with a lovely Holiday Tea where club members decorated a fellow member’s home with lovely floral designs and fresh decorations.

We spent the months leading up to April 22 preparing for our Standard Flower Show, That’s Life – Celebrating Sinatra, His Songbook and Movies.

In May, we took a field trip to the Franciscan Monastary, a hidden garden gem in Washington, DC.  And in June, we celebrated with a showcase of member gardens, and welcomed three new members to our club.  And our club was honored to be recognized with awards for our work in the community.

Whew!  What a busy, exciting and fun year.  If you’re interested in gardening and it’s many aspects, learning and experiencing, and making new friends,  please consider joining our club.  Our first meeting of our new club year is Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10AM, at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Rd., Arlington, VA 22207.

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