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05/11/2024 10:00 am
(Adults) Enjoy a guided tour of Green Spring's beautiful demonstration gardens with an Extension Master Gardener docent. Hear about our 18th century origins and our mission today. Find inspiration in our horticulturists’ plant choices and garden bed designs and take their ideas home to try in your own landscape. Garden tours run rain or shine.
05/11/2024 10:30 am
(Adults) Enjoy a walk to look at the variety of colors and forms of beloved flowering native plants. Native herbaceous perennials, trees, shrubs, and vines that grow well in local gardens are also ecologically valuable. Visit the Virginia Native Plant Garden, the Wildlife Garden, and the Rain Garden/ Bioretention Area in the Entrance Garden with Brenda Skarphol,…
05/12/2024 10:30 am
(5-Adult) Learn about the history and process of flower and leaf pressing, then create your own beautiful botanical creation to take home. Tour the gardens and collect materials to press for future classes to use. All attendees, including parents, must be registered for the program.
Two sessions available starting at 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
05/13/2024 10:30 am
(3-5 years) Your preschooler will enjoy nature-themed activities and crafts while you meet other playgroup parents one Monday a month. Through games, songs, activities and a garden walk, we will explore seasonal topics. Kids must be accompanied by a parent or guardian who does not need to register for the program.
05/18/2024 9:00 am
This is a must-attend, free event for all gardeners! Make a day at Green Spring Gardens for our Annual Spring Garden Day and Big Plant Sale
This popular event features a variety of vendors selling countless varieties of plants; from the tried-and-true varieties to the rare and unusual.
Go native with your plantings or add fruiting plants in your…
06/01/2024 1:00 pm to 06/01/2024 2:30 pm
This Pride Month Poetry Reading features poetry from some of the region’s most prominent LGBTQ+ poets including Gowri Koneswaran and Danielle Badra.
Registration is required for this free event.
06/20/2024 6:00 pm to 06/20/2024 8:00 pm
Bring your lawn chairs or blankets, pack a picnic dinner to enjoy on the lawn, and kick back and relax while listening to the sounds of live entertainment.
There's also fun, interactive kids activities.
This family friendly concert is free.
08/17/2024 9:00 am
Presented by the Potomac Branch of the American Begonia Society. Admire the kaleidoscope of begonia varieties. Society members will be on hand to answer questions and to give guidance in begonia selection.
This free two-day event takes place Saturday, Aug. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 18 from noon to 3:30 p.m.
09/07/2024 9:00 am to 09/07/2024 1:00 pm
Join the Fairfax County Park Authority for the annual Dog Daze event!This end-of-the season dog event benefits parks through the Fairfax County Park Foundation. Dogs of all shapes and sizes will have the opportunity to swim and frolic throughout The Water Mine.
