Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Information about Rock Spring Garden Club
History and Purpose:
Rock Spring Garden Club was organized in 1953 when a group of friends in Arlington banded together to try to save several oak trees from a developer’s ax. While unsuccessful in saving the trees, this small group of citizens continued their joint efforts and organized a garden club to pursue their common interests and concerns. Rock Spring Garden Club was established for the purpose of furthering an interest in gardening, horticulture, and floral designing; conserving and protecting natural resources; and serving the community through garden therapy programs, youth activities, and civic beautification.
Since 1958, Rock Spring Garden Club has presented a garden therapy program for special needs children in a local elementary school. In addition, a Junior Garden Club was established in 2000 to foster young children’s interests in gardening, conservation, and floral design, also at the elementary school level. Both of these Club outreach activities are part of the Partnership in Education Program of the Arlington County Public School system.
Begun in 1970 as a continuing Club project, the maintenance and landscaping of Arlington’s Rock Spring Park has been an ongoing, year-round effort of the Club’s Civic Development Committee, in cooperation with Arlington County Parks and Recreation Department and, more recently, with the students of nearby Marymount University.
Affiliated with:
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Central Atlantic Region
National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.
Member of:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Friends of National Arboretum
The Nature Conservancy
Potomac Lily Society
Virginia Native Plant Society
What we do:
EDUCATE club members and community members about horticulture, gardening techniques, artistic floral design, landscaping, and conservation through programs, school activities, and flower shows.
EXTEND the knowledge and beauty of flowers and plants to youth groups and other community members.
WORK within the community to bring civic beautification, historic preservation, and environmental awareness to all in the area
Rock Spring Garden Club was organized in 1953 when a group of friends in Arlington banded together to try to save several oak trees from a developer’s ax. While unsuccessful in saving the trees, this small group of citizens continued their joint efforts and organized a garden club to pursue their common interests and concerns. Rock Spring Garden Club was established for the purpose of furthering an interest in gardening, horticulture, and floral designing; conserving and protecting natural resources; and serving the community through garden therapy programs, youth activities, and civic beautification.
Since 1958, Rock Spring Garden Club has presented a garden therapy program for special needs children in a local elementary school. In addition, a Junior Garden Club was established in 2000 to foster young children’s interests in gardening, conservation, and floral design, also at the elementary school level. Both of these Club outreach activities are part of the Partnership in Education Program of the Arlington County Public School system.
Begun in 1970 as a continuing Club project, the maintenance and landscaping of Arlington’s Rock Spring Park has been an ongoing, year-round effort of the Club’s Civic Development Committee, in cooperation with Arlington County Parks and Recreation Department and, more recently, with the students of nearby Marymount University.
Affiliated with:
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Central Atlantic Region
National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc.
Member of:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Friends of National Arboretum
The Nature Conservancy
Potomac Lily Society
Virginia Native Plant Society
What we do:
EDUCATE club members and community members about horticulture, gardening techniques, artistic floral design, landscaping, and conservation through programs, school activities, and flower shows.
EXTEND the knowledge and beauty of flowers and plants to youth groups and other community members.
WORK within the community to bring civic beautification, historic preservation, and environmental awareness to all in the area
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