Green Spring Gardens4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312 703-642-5173 ADULT PROGRAMSRegistration and non-refundable prepayment to FCPA required for all programs. Call 703-642-5173, TTY 703-803-3354 for more information.
Landscape Design Series for HomeownersInstructor: Amy Knotts Neiberline, Adjunct Professor at George Washington University’s Landscape Design Program Are you designing a new garden? Do you want to polish the look of a mature garden? This workshop series helps you design your garden, develop your garden’s framework, produce a plan and estimate the costs. It includes the "Landscape Design Lectures" and expands upon them with individual attention during afternoon workshops. The workshops focus on the design process: using site analysis techniques, learning drawing skills, selecting plants and estimating. With the instructor’s assistance, create a design that integrates your garden areas into a coherent whole. Choose the format that fits your time and gardening needs – the whole workshop package (3 lectures + afternoon workshop) or individual lectures! Call 703-642-5173 to register. Landscape Design Lectures plus workshops 9:30am-2pm (with lunch break) $185 Limit 10 participants Individual Design Lectures (no workshop) 9:30-11am $16/lecture Workshop: Saturdays: January 9, 16 and 23 following the "Landscape Design Lectures" Saturday, January 9 The Design Elements of Planting Design: Line, Form, Texture and Color Discover how the elements of planting design influence the overall arrangements of plant combinations and garden spaces. Saturday, January 16 Biology of the Garden Site and Drawing the Plan: An Intro Learn how soil, climatic zone, sun quality, and moisture interact to create a better garden ecosystem, and how to draw the plan to get the proper plant quantities for a design. Saturday, January 23 Design and Execution of Planting Design Participate in an in-depth lecture on successful plant combinations and developing the plant list for varying site requirements. We will also discuss installing and pricing the final planting design.
Yoga for Gardeners:
Vinyasa Yoga
Mondays: November 30, December 7, 14, 21, and 28, January 4, 11, and 25, February 1, 8 and 22 9:30-10:30am. A series of yoga classes featuring the Vinyasa method to help participants increase the strength, flexibility and endurance necessary for gardening. Classes held indoors looking at the garden. Eleven-class session $110
Basic Gardening Series
During this three program series, Green Spring Master Gardeners share gardening tips and time-saving techniques, clarify simple steps and debunk horticulture myths. Sign up for the entire series or for individual workshops. $33/3-part series or $12/session Friday, January 8, 1:30-2:30pm: Bring EcoSavvy Gardening Inside: House Plants Friday, January 22, 1:30-2:30pm: The Basics of Pruning Trees and Shrubs Friday February 5, 1:30-2:30pm: Spring Garden Maintenance
Propagation Series:
More Plants, Less Money
Expand the variety of flowers, vegetables, and herbs in your garden by growing them at home from seeds, cuttings or divisions. Includes seeds, cuttings, and divisions from Green Spring Gardens. Save 10% when you register for the entire three-part series. $60 /3-part series or $22/session. Saturday, February 6 Part 1: Starting from Scratch with Seeds 9:30-11am. Grow flowers, vegetables, and herbs from seed and expand your garden. Mary Frogale, Green Spring’s propagator/horticulturalist, discusses topics such as potting mixes, containers, seed treatments, lighting, fertilization, watering, seed sources, and timing. Be inspired with seed-starting fever! Then take home a few Green Spring seeds to start your own collection. Saturday, March 20 Part 2: Multiplying Garden Treasures: Cuttings 9:30-11:30am. Learn how to take cuttings following simple techniques demonstrated by Nancy Olney, staff horticulturalist. She will show you strategies for successful rooting. You will learn how to take one plant and transform it into drifts of many. Take the ‘starters’ home to expand your collection and save money this spring! Saturday, April 10 Part 3: Multiplying Garden Treasures: Division 9:30-11:30am. Fill your garden with perennials, grasses and bulbs without emptying your pockets. Mary Frogale, staff horticulturalist, will demonstrate how to use hatchets, pruning knives and garden forks to lift, split, and divide single plants into many divisions. Take them home and add them to your gardens! DecemberSaturday, December 5 Saturday, December 5 Sunday, December 6 Saturday, December 20 JanuarySundays, January 17 - March 21 Wednesday, January 27 Saturday, January 30 FebruarySaturday, February 13 Saturday, February 20 Saturday, February 27 |