Green Spring Gardens | Park Authority

Green Spring Gardens

Fairfax County, Virginia

CONTACT INFORMATION: Visitor Center open Mon - Sat. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sunday noon - 4:30 p.m.; Gate locked at 5 p.m.

703-642-5173
TTY 711

Parkmail@fairfaxcounty.gov

4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, Virginia

Nicole Conners,
Manager

Green Spring Gardens

Inspiration, Information for Gardeners

Green Spring Gardens is a must-visit park, a year-round gold mine of information and inspiration for the home gardener. It's an outdoor classroom, a museum, and a national historic site.
The park has a wooded stream valley with ponds, a naturalistic native plant garden, more than 20 thematic demonstration gardens, a greenhouse, a plant shop, two gift shops, a historic house, and a horticultural reference library. The gardens and educational programs focus on practical landscaping techniques that are appropriate for the Washington metro area.
Park grounds are open from dawn to dusk.

Department Resources

Upcoming Featured Events

Jan

20

Winter Lecture: What’s Buggin’ You?

1:30PM, (Adults) What was that insect I saw in the garden last summer? Why didn’t I see…

Jan

27

Winter Lecture: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf

1:30PM, (Adult) Join the Friends of Green Spring in viewing the documentary, Five…

Feb

02

Washington Gardener Seed Exchange

12:30PM, (Adults) Washington Gardener Magazine is co-hosting the 14th annual Seed…

Feb

03

Winter Lecture: Pushing Limits of Tropical Plants

1:30PM, (Adult) Botanist and plant breeder John Boggan grows and writes about hardy…

Feb

10

Winter Lecture: Ideas From Europe

1:30PM, (Adult) Winter is the perfect time to plan improvements to our gardens. Garden…

Feb

16

Eco-Savvy Symposium

8:30AM, (Adults) Beauty, integrity and resilience. Can a garden have everything? Come…

Field Trips

A school bus with children nearby sits in front of Green Spring's horticultural center.

Scouting

Daisy scouts planting seeds

Birthdays

A birthday cake surrounded by levels of cupcakes

Party in the Gardens