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Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, Virginia 22312 703-642-5173 ADULT PROGRAMS Registration 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 Homeowners Instructor: 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! December Saturday, December 5 Gifts from the Garden 9:30-11:30am. It's not too late to make gifts from the garden. Horticulturist Nancy Olney lights the way for you to decoupage pressed ferns on glass candle holders to adorn your table or a friends. $20 includes all plant materials, votive holders, and battery candles. Saturday, December 5 Winter Wreaths 1:30-3:30pm. Northern Virginia Community College horticulture instructor, Bruce Nash, dazzles you with his holiday wreath design. After receiving his expert instructions, compose your own wreath to take home. Frames, floral material, bows and greens provided. $48 Sunday, December 6 Gardeners' Holiday Open House: Gifts from the Garden 9:30-11:30am. It’s not too late to make gifts from the garden. Horticulturalist Nancy Olney lights the way for you to decoupage pressed ferns on glass candle holders to adorn your table or a friends. $20 includes all plant materials, votive holders, and battery candles. Saturday, December 20 Painting Skies and Clouds in Watercolor 9:30am-3:30pm. Clouds set the tone for a landscape painting. Artist Carolyn Grossé Gawarecki demonstrates how the land and sea influence shadow colors. Carolyn will assist artists as they paint and provide a critique of their work at the end. Supply list and notes sent to registrants. This class is geared to intermediate and beginners with some experience. Bring a bag lunch. $65 January Sundays, January 17 - March 21 Harry Allen Winter Lecture Series 1:30– 3pm. Each year the Friends of Green Spring (FROGS) sponsor the Winter Lecture Series. This popular series features illustrated talks by authors, horticulturalists, artists, garden designers, scientists, and others on the cutting edge of horticulture. After the lecture meet the speakers and enjoy refreshments. $10/lecture Wednesday, January 27 Book Discussion: Stephanie Cohen’s Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer 6-7:30pm. Are you always reading gardening books in the winter months or want to, but don’t know where to start? Join us at Green Spring for a book discussion of The Perennial Gardener’s Design Primer. The book will be available for purchase at Green Spring Gardens at time of registration. Registration required. Limit 15 participants. Registrants bringing books acquired outside of Green Spring will be charged $5 program fee. (Next meeting, Wednesday, March 24 to discuss Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan.) Saturday, January 30 Washington Gardener Magazine 5th Annual Seed Exchange on National Seed Swap Day 12:30–4pm. Washington Gardener magazine, the publication for DC area gardening enthusiasts, is hosting the fifth annual Washington Seed Exchange at Green Spring Gardens. This event includes two lectures, a seed swap, and more! You bring your extra viable seeds and swap them with other gardeners. Everyone will leave with a bag full of seeds, new garden friends, and expert planting advice. Fee includes lectures, goody bag, seed swap and refreshments. $15/person, $10 for Washington Gardener subscribers and Friends of Green Spring (FROGS) February Saturday, February 13 Water Wise Landscaping 11am-12:30pm. Well designed, installed and maintained landscapes offer years of environmental benefits and beauty. Green Spring horticulturalist Brenda Skarphol discusses these concepts and provides practical information for you to implement in your garden. Instruction takes place inside and outdoors. Dress accordingly. $16 Saturday, February 20 Painting Skies and Clouds in Watercolor 9:30am-3:30pm. Clouds set the tone for a landscape painting. Artist Carolyn Grossé Gawarecki demonstrates how the land and sea influence shadow colors. Carolyn will assist artists as they paint and provide a critique of their work at the end. Supply list and notes sent to registrants. This class is geared to intermediate and beginners with some experience. Bring a bag lunch. $65. Saturday, February 27 Green Spring Master Gardeners Present: The 6th Annual EcoSavvy Gardening Symposium: Understanding Your Garden's Life Cycle 8:30am-4pm. Gardeners and homeowners can make a difference on our environment's health; Green Spring Master Gardeners are committed to showing them how. The 2010 EcoSavvy Gardening Symposium brings together experts to share practical information on understanding the life cycle of your garden. Learn to work with nature's resources to develop a beautiful, low maintenance urban retreat! To register, please call 703-642-5173. Registration: $45 Boxed Lunch: $12 additional (please specify meat or vegetarian preference) Sponsored by Virginia Cooperative Extension Supported by Fairfax County Park Authority & Green Spring Gardens