Green Spring Gardens

Fairfax County, Virginia

CONTACT INFORMATION: Gate locked at 5 p.m.

4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, Virginia

Judy Zatsick,
Manager

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Green Spring Gardens Scouting Adventures

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Base Price for Scout Programs

(Does not apply to merit badges)

The base price for scout programs is $3.50 per person for each half-hour of a program.
There may be additional fees for supplies or tours.

0.5 hours = $3.50 / person
1 hour = $7 / person
1.5 hours = $11 / person
2 hours = $14 / person

Merit badge fees are listed on each badge's registration page.

Green Spring Gardens offers private scout programs. The minimum charge for by-request programs is for ten scouts. 

Scouts can explore and learn in the park’s Horticulture Center, Historic House, Glasshouse, gardens and native woodland habitat.

Please call 703-642-5173 for information.

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Scout Program Request Form

  
  
  
  

We will do our best to get back to you within 10 days of your request. Note that reservations are not confirmed until we receive payment for the minimum number scouts for a program. Please call Green Spring Gardens, 703-642-5173, with questions.

Girl Scouts run across a grassy field at Green Spring

GIRL SCOUTS

Daisy

Between Earth and Sky

Length: 1.5 hours

Requirements Covered: The program includes activities from the Journey books and introduces the topics, issues and science behind the Journey. We do not complete a Take Action project, but instead provide the foundation girls need to plan their own. 

Flower Garden Journey

Length: 1.5 hours

Requirements Covered: The program includes activities from the Journey books and introduces the topics, issues and science behind the Journey. We do not complete a Take Action project, but instead provide the foundation girls need to plan their own. 

Outdoor Art Maker

Length: 1.5 hours

Water Drop Patch

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Brownies

Letterboxing

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Making Games

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Outdoor Art Creator

Length: 2 hours

Water Drop Patch

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Wonders of Water Journey with Tea

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: The program includes activities from the Journey books and introduces the topics, issues and science behind the Journey. We do not complete a Take Action project, but instead provide the foundation girls need to plan their own. 

Juniors

Drawing Artist

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Flowers

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Gardener

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Outdoor Art Explorer

Length: 2 hours

Social Butterfly

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Cadettes

Outdoor Art Apprentice

Length: 2 hours

Trees Naturalist

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Water Drop Patch

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Senior

Start your Journey: Sow What?

Length: 2 hours

Cub Scouts

Tigers

Tigers in the Wild

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Wolves

Grow Something

Length: 1 hour (1.5 hours in fall)

Requirements Covered: All

A troop of Girl Scouts raise high pots with seeds they have planted

 

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