Spring 2022
In this Issue
Manager's Message
Judy Zatsick tells us that volunteers have always been an important part of Green Spring Gardens—and now more than ever with Fairfax County budget reductions, it takes a tremendous amount of work to keep Green Spring Gardens beautiful. We thank our many volunteers for being so much a part of it.
FROGS Talk
FROGS President Aimee Martin fills us in on FROGS' efforts to advocate for Green Spring Gardens during the Fairfax County budget hearings held in April.
Faces of Green Spring
Ivy Sinaiko interviews Judy Zatsick for our Faces of Green Spring series. Please get to know Judy and learn how she found her way to Green Spring Garden.
Green Spring Docents Lead the Way
Green Spring Historian Debbie Waugh talks about the importance of docents and the art of guiding our visitors on a journey of discovery and engagement— connecting them in many different ways to Green Spring.
Plant Swap Event at Green Spring is a Success!
Green Spring held its first-ever Plant Swap/Adoption Event. It was a great success and drew attendees who contributed houseplants, cuttings, and containers to swap or leave for adoption. Elizabeth Waugh, our Youth and Family Education Coordinator fills us in.
Garden Gate Plant Shop
Alda informs us about the kind of plants we can expect to find in the coming months at the plant shop.
Green Spring Gift Shop
Elizabeth Jackson oversees the Green Spring Gift Shop and reports on the many wonderful items that you will find when you visit the shop inside the Horticulture Center.
Announcements
FROGS Photo Contest: Green Spring Gardens’ first Judged Photography Contest sponsored by Friends of Green Spring is open to non-professional photographers age at least 18 in 2022. Photographs must have been taken between July 2020 and June 2022. Up to 95 contest entry photographs that convey the beauties of Green Spring Gardens will be judged, awarded prizes (1st $200, 2nd $100, and 3rd $75), and on public display from August 23, 2022, through October 15, 2022. Download our Entry Form and Contest Rules, and find more information on the Photo Contest webpage.
Art in the Garden: Now through June 26: In the Horticulture Center— Potomac Valley Watercolorists, Emergence; in the Historic House— Vero Barker-Barzel, Magical Chimeras: Birds, Cats & More. More information on these and upcoming shows can be found on Art in the Garden.
Gardenline — Spring 2022
Judy Zatsick, Manager, Green Spring Gardens
Co-editors: Sunny Greene, Ivy Sinaiko, Debbie Waugh
Website layout: Mindy Nash, Kerry Mitchell
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Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, VA 22312
