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Green Spring Gardens4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22312
703-642-5173
Historic Green Spring Programs
Historic Green Spring programs are by reservation only (703-941-7987, TTY 703-324-3988.) A traditional English tea follows each program, except where noted. Schedule a private tea program for your next bridal shower, birthday or other special occasion. Private tasting parties are also available. Call for details.
February
February 3 Sunday
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Call for reservations. 1-3pm $28 (13 yrs. and older) Through the ages,
many fashion and beauty trends have proved harmful, even fatal. From
corsets to high heels, toxic lotions to deadly potions, we tell you
about dangerous beauty and the high price of killer fashion from
ancient times up to the present day.
February 9 Saturday
Tasting Party: All the Tea in China
10:30am-noon $25 (Adults) Tasting Parties at the Historic House: Enjoy
a presentation, then sample different types of a specific food or drink
with accompaniments. Learn how to taste with all your senses and expand
your culinary knowledge. Celebrate Chinese New Year with tea. Hear
about the ancient culture that surrounds tea in its country of origin.
Taste all types of Chinese tea - black, oolong, green, white, pu-erh,
and souchong and pair them with traditional foods that we’ll serve in
honor of the Year of the Snake.
February 14 Thursday
Valentine’s Day Tea: The Passionate Pen
Call for reservations. 1-3pm $28 (13 yrs. and older) Enjoy a selection
of love letters from the past. Heartfelt missives penned by novelists,
kings, queens, and world leaders are witty, bittersweet and often
intriguing. Love notes written by Civil War soldiers are moving and
passionate!
February 17 Sunday
What the Butler Saw
Call for reservations. 1-3pm. $28 (13 yrs. and older) Back by popular
request, this program takes you behind closed doors to see the risqué
side of Victorian life depicted in prints, postcards, photographs and
magazines. Those “prudish” Victorians wore tight corsets, but they
weren’t always straight laced!
March
March 9 Saturday
World War II in America: Life on the Home Front
8:30am-3:30pm $75
Find out what was happening over here while war was being waged over there. Hear about rationing, victory gardens, wartime fashions, and more as distinguished guest speakers present the home front experience. View wartime newsreels and film footage, enjoy 1940s music and exhibits and learn why 1942 is a pivotal year in Green Spring’s history.
Lunch included. Call site by March 2 if vegetarian lunch preferred.
March 24 Sunday
Jane Austen’s English Country Garden
Call park for reservations. 1-3pm. $28 (13 yrs. and older) Jane Austen
set her novels in the natural beauty of the English countryside when
England was becoming a nation of gardeners. We’ll explore the
Regency-era gardens and landscapes depicted in Austen’s novels and tell
you about Jane’s own passion for gardening.
April
April 28 Sunday
Flowers in Fashion
Call park for reservations. 1-3pm. $28 (13 yrs. and older) Flowers are
seductive, drawing bees, birds, and fashion designers! Hear thehistory
of personal adornment with flowers and interconnections between botany,
garden aesthetics and clothing design. View fabulous floral motifs in
fashion to see how their shapes and meanings have inspired designers
through the ages.
May
May 12 Sunday
Mother’s Day Tea
Call park for reservations. 1-3pm. $28 adult/ $18 child under 12 (8
yrs. and older) Raise your teacups to mothers and nurturers everywhere!
We’ll tell you about some of the remarkable mothers who raised children
in the Historic House from the 1780s to the 1960s. They lived in the
same house but their stories – reflecting many eras - were very
different.
June
June 9 Sunday
All the Fair Ladies: Civil War Fundraisers
Call park for reservations. 1-3pm. $28 (13 yrs. and older) Women in
the North and South leapt into the war effort by raising funds through
charity fairs: lucrative extravaganzas that included exhibitions,
theatricals, fortune-telling, and sales of everything from curiosities
to quilts. Hear about these spectacular, morale-boosting events and how
fundraising empowered the women who organized them.
Garden Stroll and Tea
Thursdays: April 25, May 9 and 23, June 6 and 20; 1-3pm
(13 yrs. and older) Tour some of the glorious
demonstration gardens with a master gardener docent who will inspire
you with stories of Green Spring past and present. Afterwards, enjoy
a traditional English afternoon tea served in our 1784 historic
house. $28
Private groups can reserve a customized presentation or docent-led tour of the gardens, followed by a full afternoon tea or light refreshments at the house. Private tasting parties are also available. Call us for information. 703-941-7987.
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