Summer 2022
In this Issue
Manager's Message
Judy Zatsick tells us about the summer activities at Green Spring Gardens and how the Annual Appeal funds are being used for the gardens.
FROGS Talk
FROGS President Aimee Martin gives a review of the FROGS Summer Concert and looking forward to the Fall Family Festival on September 17th.
Faces of Green Spring
Ivy Sinaiko interviews Susan Voss for our Faces of Green Spring series. Please get to know Susan and learn about her time at Green Spring Garden.
Juneteenth at Green Spring: “Sowing Seeds, Growing Connections”
On Saturday, June 18 Green Spring held its first celebration of Juneteenth with an event for all ages that highlighted contributions of people of color to horticulture and ecology.
Green Spring Extension Master Gardener Program Selected for Microgrant For Community Garden Project
We are happy to announce that the Green Spring Extension Master Gardener Program was selected for a Microgrant for a Community Garden Project sponsored by the Virginia Cooperative Extension Program. Gioia Caiola Forman and Marylou Wall describe how the grant will expand the impact on our community.
The Hummingbirds of Summer
Hummingbirds are often described as the jewels of the avian world - brilliantly colored balls of energy that dart through summer sunshine leaving trails of pollen and magic in their wake.
Summer Concert in the Garden is a Success!
Check out these photos taken at the FROGS Summer Concert in the Garden, held on June 28, 2022.
Announcements
Travel to COSTA RICA with FROGS in 2023! Costa Rica is the perfect introduction to the tropics and this trip has it all— Pura Vida! Hop on over to our FROGS Travel page to Learn More.
Art in the Garden
Beginning July 26 through August 21 in the Horticulture Center, Lake Barcroft Art Guild, Summertime Art in varied media. Continuing through August 21: Janet Sifers— Meditations & Wanderings, photography; and Metro Washington Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America— Our Natural World Colored, pencil; and in the Historic House through October 16, Capital Hummingbird Photographers—A Celebration of Hummingbirds, photography. More information on these and upcoming shows can be found on Art in the Garden.
Gardenline — Summer 2022
Judy Zatsick, Manager, Green Spring Gardens
Co-editors: Sunny Greene, Linda Nordstrom, Ivy Sinaiko, Debbie Waugh
Website layout: Mindy Nash, Kerry Mitchell
Contributions? Comments? We would like to hear from you! Please contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , 703-642-5173 (TTY: 703-803-3351), or write us at:
Gardenline
Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, VA 22312