Rock Spring Garden Club members wish you a wonderful gardening summer! During June, July and August, our committees are getting ready for an exciting new club year with fun, educational and civic activities – like working at Rock Spring Park, setting up our Program Speaker schedule for 2015 and 2016, publishing our yearbook, preparing for our November Holiday Floral Design Education Event (it’s going to be great!) and our plans for a flower show next spring! If you have a strong interest in gardening, horticulture, floral design, beautification initiatives, civic projects, sharing your interests with like minded individuals, or want to learn more about gardening, and making new friends, you will truly enjoy membership in Rock Spring Garden Club. Everyone is welcome! For more information, email us at [email protected]  and click our membership page above.

Our next meeting is Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 10 AM. Our programs are free and open to the public. Come see what we’re all about.

A huge THANK YOU! to all the participants in this year’s Rock Spring Garden Club Garden of the Year! 12 homeowner/gardeners took the challenge and congratulations to all! Here’s a linkto the Sun Gazette article about our winners.

Just click here or copy and paste to your browser:  http://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/arlington-gardens-of-year-lauded-for-creativity/article_e25b04de-10f6-11e5-bd92-0b5cbf28340f.html

What’s going on at Rock Spring Garden Club?

Here’s a link to our club newsletter for June, 2015 – enjoy!

June 2015 Gardenzette for Website<<<<<——- just click here!

Are you enjoying a busy Spring gardening?  We at Rock Spring Garden club are quite busy – with our Junior Gardeners, our Garden Therapy committee, Rock Spring Park, Garden of the Year 2015, and planning for our upcoming year (already!)  Enjoy our monthly newsletter, The Gardenzette, and see what’s going on. Just click here ——> May 2015 Gardenzette for website

Interested in membership?  Email us at [email protected]

Rock Spring Garden Club is thrilled to be part of NCAGC’s District III Garden Tour and Faire on Saturday, June 13, 2015 beginning AT 10 AM.  Private gardens in Vienna, Fairfax and Great Falls plus a Flower Show and Faire highlighting our District III garden clubs, including Rock Spring Garden Club!

The exclusive garden tour tickets are $20 and may be purchased by contacting [email protected] or order your ticket electronically at Eventbrite!  www.eventbrite.com/e/district-iii-garden-tour-2015-tickets-15966523301

This is a garden tour you won’t want to miss!!  Meet our garden club members! Come see what a flower show is all about.  Click here for more information:  Poster

   Rock Spring Garden Club’s Fifth Garden of the Year competition is revving up!  If you or a friend or a neighbor that lives in Arlington County has a homeowner maintained garden of distinction, consider entering that garden into our 2015 Garden of the Year competition. Many thanks to our  Landscape Design Council  from National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. for providing top notch judges for this competition.  It’s fair. It’s free. It’s fun!  For more information, email us at [email protected] –  or – Ready to enter?  Download our application with instructions here!

2015-Garden-of-the-Year-Application-4-1<–Just click!

Our program this month features Sheila Advani,who teaches and practices the Sogetsu School of Ikebana, which is one of the modern schools of Ikebana. Sheila will demonstrate the basic, beginner lessons in the Sogetsu School and free style arrangements.  Her presentation will focus on the beginning of spring, using blossoms and bulbs.  We are thrilled and fortunate to have such a knowledgeable designer demonstrating this particular type of floral design. 

Sheila teaches four classes per week from May to September and exhibits locally as well as throughout the East Coast and beyond.  We are delighted to welcome her. 

The business portion of our meeting begins at 10:00 am; our presentation begins at 11:00am.  Lunch will be served immediately following our presentation.  Our meetings are free and open to the public – Please RSVP using the ‘contact’ button above, or via email at [email protected] 

Read up on our Club’s latest activities. Just click this link —> March 2015 Gardenzette for website

Be sure to check out Rock Spring Garden Club’s The Gardenzette, to find out what’s going on!

jan 2015 Gardenzette for Website   <—- just click here!

Back by popular demand!  David Roos, Garden writer and journalist, joins us  to explain why there is no such thing as as  no-maintenance gardens – but there are ways to make it easier!  Join us for an interesting and entertaining talk.  Our meetings are always free and open to the public, and a hot lunch is available for a small fee ($5) . Our meeting is at Little Falls Presbyterian Church, 6025 Little Falls Rd., Arlington.  RSVP by clicking  ‘CONTACT’ above. For more information about RSGC and our activities, our email is [email protected]