Green Spring Gardens

CONTACT INFORMATION: Gate locked at 5 p.m.
703-642-5173 TTY 711
4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, Virginia
Judy Zatsick
Manager

Historic Programs and Teas

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Historic Green Spring programs are followed by a traditional English afternoon tea, unless otherwise noted. Attendance at in-person tea service in the Historic House is currently limited to allow for social distancing. Individual tea boxes to go are available. Full tea includes finger sandwiches, pastries and scone.

Historic Green Spring programs are by reservation only (703-941-7987, TTY 703-324-3988).

Women’s Work?

03/24/2024 1:00 pm to 03/24/2024 3:00 pm

(Adult) Observe National Cleaning Week with a sweeping history of housework! Discover the origins of spring-cleaning and explore the evolution of household management, from drudgery to labor-saving innovation. Hear about the female pioneers of “domestic science” and consider whether the home economics movement helped or hindered…

Feminist Art Before Feminism

04/14/2024 1:00 pm to 04/14/2024 3:00 pm

Long before the women’s art movement of the 1970s, female painters were using their art to protest the sexism and racism of the male-dominated art world. Historic House staffer Karen Heyda Jackson explores how these courageous artists defied constraints of their times and flourished.

Cost: $18 (lecture only); $40 (lecture and tea)

Spring Garden Tour & Tea

04/18/2024 1:00 pm to 04/18/2024 3:00 pm

(Adult) Take a tour of the beautiful demonstration gardens with an Extension Master Gardener docent. Find inspiration in our horticulturists’ plant choices and garden bed designs. Hear about our 18th century origins and our mission today, then step inside for afternoon tea. Garden tours run rain or shine.

Cost: $40 (tour and tea)

Painting With Thread

04/28/2024 1:00 pm to 04/28/2024 3:30 pm

(Adult) Needlework artist Caroline Hottenstein presents the story of the art of embroidery and its contributions to dress and furnishings. Learn the history of this centuries-old skill with thread and cloth and discover popular themes and motifs, going back to antiquity. View an exhibit of 19th and 20th century embroidered clothing items and…

Spring Garden Tour & Tea

05/09/2024 1:00 pm to 05/09/2024 3:00 pm

(Adult) Take a tour of the beautiful demonstration gardens with an Extension Master Gardener docent. Find inspiration in our horticulturists’ plant choices and garden bed designs. Hear about our 18th century origins and our mission today, then step inside for afternoon tea. Garden tours run rain or shine.

Cost: $40 (tour and tea)

Mother’s Day Tea

05/12/2024 1:00 pm to 05/12/2024 3:30 pm

(14 – Adult) Hats off to mom! Celebrate the day by crafting your own British-inspired fascinator headpiece! Green Spring staffers Teegan Burkholder and Karen Heyda Jackson discuss the evolution of this fun, fashionable accessory and its current uses and help you create your own fascinator to wear to afternoon tea.

Cost: $58 (lecture and…

Spring Garden Tour & Tea

05/23/2024 1:00 pm to 05/23/2024 3:00 pm

(Adult) Take a tour of the beautiful demonstration gardens with an Extension Master Gardener docent. Find inspiration in our horticulturists’ plant choices and garden bed designs. Hear about our 18th century origins and our mission today, then step inside for afternoon tea. Garden tours run rain or shine.

Cost: $40 (tour and tea)

Writing on the Wall

05/26/2024 1:00 pm to 05/26/2024 3:00 pm

(Adult) Urban art or vandalism? Graffiti preserves history and culture in the self-expression of everyday people. Explore examples of this art of the commoner from times past, from the moving and poetic to the hilarious and beyond bawdy! Consider its value to historians and whether it’s worthy of preservation.

Cost: $18 (lecture only);…

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Private Teas and Tasting Programs at the Historic House

Private groups can reserve a history-themed slideshow lecture or a docent-led tour of the gardens, followed by afternoon tea. Private tasting programs are also available. For information, call 703-941-7987.


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