Green Spring Extension Master Gardener docents lead garden tours year-round. These knowledgeable, highly-trained guides interpret the gardens, the plant collections, the site’s mission and its historic legacy. Home gardeners can learn about top landscape plant choices and plant combinations.
Register for a scheduled public tour, or arrange a private group tour.
Garden tour pricing: $12 per person for groups of 20 or more; $15 per person for 19 or fewer. Minimum group size is 8.
For information or to reserve a garden tour call 703-941-7987
Green Spring Gardens is creating a Moon Gate Garden.
Moon gates originated in ancient Asian gardens. Guests who passed through them were symbolically granted an auspicious welcome and good fortune. In garden design, they provide enticing passageways from one space to another, piquing curiosity about what lies beyond. The construction of a permanent architectural feature such as a moon gate is a fitting way to celebrate Green Spring’s milestone 50th anniversary and to look ahead to the next 50 years.
This large-scale moon gate project will include a mix of traditional and modern design concepts to draw visitors into a new Asian-inspired garden. The project will begin with the construction of the moon gate near the boundary of the Edible Garden. The medium will be a mix of stone and metal to reflect elements of Green Spring’s historic landscape, designed in 1942 by trailblazing garden designer Beatrix Farrand. Farrand’s own signature moon gate is an acclaimed feature of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Garden in Seal Harbor, Maine.
Green Spring’s Moon Gate Garden project will provide sanctuary and inspiration for 200,000 annual visitors. It will be a stunning backdrop for photography and events, and will serve as a symbolic connection between the past and the future.
