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Sundays during January, February and March Each year the Friends of Green Spring (FROGS) host the Winter Lecture Series. This well-subscribed series features slide talks by authors, garden designers, scientists, historians, and others. After the lecture meet the speakers and enjoy refreshments in Green Spring's atrium. Limited seating. Call 703-642-5173 for reservations. $11/lecture Something a Bit Different with Water Sunday, January 14, 1:30-3pm Dive into a new, natural way of designing water gardens. Tom Mannion, an award winning landscape designer, escorts us on a virtual tour of unique water gardens. Tom's designs include a fishpond with a biological filter, a front walk descending next to a large pond, a swimming pool filled with iris and a snail-shaped swimming pool decorated with large pots of water loving plants. Swimmingly good! Front and Backdoor Gardening Sunday, January 21, 1:30-3pm When your home looks good - you feel great every time you enter or leave. Eva Monheim, designer, garden writer, and owner of Oakleaf Productions, presents a look at the "simple" task of landscaping a front and backdoor garden. Learn tips on how to design and change entryways to provide seasonal color and drama. A Garden of Irises Sunday, January 28, 1:30-3pm Grow irises for months of bloom. Bill Shear, author of 'The Gardener's Iris Book,' a teacher with over 35 years in the classroom and 50 years grubbing in the dirt, introduces us to iris diversity. Beatrix Farrand & Mildred Bliss: The Creation of Dumbarton Oaks Sunday, February 4, 1:30-3pm Bask in a bit of beautiful history as Susan Tamulevich, author of "Dumbarton Oaks: Garden Into Art," chronicles the 50-year development of this remarkable garden and the friendship between patron and artist. Beatrix Farrand is of special interest to Green Spring Gardens as she designed the original garden around the Historic House. Lots of Pots: Designing Container Plantings Sunday, February 11, 1:30-3pm Understand the elements behind beautifully designed container plantings; color, line, form, space, texture are the factors that produce memorable pots. Ray Rogers, freelance editor, author, and major horticultural exhibitor at the Philadelphia Flower Show shares his secrets on creating stunning container gardens. Building a Garden: Focal Points, Structures and Arbors Sunday, February 18, 1:30-3pm Explore the importance of three key elements in establishing a beautiful garden space. Don Haynie, owner of Buffalo Spring Herb Farm, will show us how to "build" a garden; from conception to construction and finally, completion in four simple steps. A Plea for Native Plants Sunday, February 25, 1:30-3pm As urban and suburban sprawl creeps into natural areas throughout the East, the region's plant biodiversity diminishes. Doug Tallamy, Professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, presents a plea: plant native plants to nourish our local wildlife community. Early Folk Uses for Non-Native Plants In Northern Virginia Sunday, March 4, 1:30-3pm Elizabeth Fortson Wells, Associate Professor of Botany at George Washington University, whose area of research is native and naturalized alien plants, shares her knowledge of early folk uses of non-native plants in Virginia. Garden Lunacy: A Growing Concern Sunday, March 11, 1:30-3pm This hysterical lecture, based on Art Wolk's book by the same name, is a riotous, irreverent romp through the world of horticulture, including plant thieves; Better Homes and Gardens photo shoots; and much more. Looking for an opportunity to laugh, please join us. An Intentional Garden Sunday, March 18, 1:30-3pm A "blast from the past," Green Spring Gardens lifelong friend and former Director, Don Humphrey comes to visit. This time to share his latest garden design, a mixed border of tall perennials, a wildlife garden filled with fruit for the birds, a vegetable garden for the humans, a garden for the hummingbirds, a berm with shrubs and shade plants and ...whew, a patio to rest. Don't miss a chance to see this garden and our forever friend.