Falls Church Garden Club

Since 1950, in Falls Church, Virginia

Welcome

Established in 1950, the Falls Church Garden Club is a local group of gardeners of varying interests and abilities. Some of us maintain extensive grounds, some of us garden in containers. Some of us go nuts for “obscure” plants, some of us love vegetables, and some of us could not live without perennials.  Orchid lover, backyard orchardist, tulipomaniac, greenhouse hobbyist, fig specialist, dahlia enthusiast, tomato king, sunflower queen…. You can meet them all, and you can be one of them!

 

Membership advantages:

· 9 formal meetings per year, most with a speaker and a set program (and as many informal meetings as you can manage…)

· 9 issues of our newsletter, the Seedling, with news about the club, local gardening events, gardening advice, and articles

· Plant exchanges and bulk ordering, including the formal Fall Exchange, as well as informal plant swaps

· Local (and not so local) garden tours

· Ability to contact other local gardening enthusiasts with a wide variety of skills, knowledge, and interests.

 

Additionally, the Falls Church Garden Club supports a variety of educational/environmental activities in its community such as:

· Participation in Arbor Day with an annual tree donation

· Earth Watch project; in the past the club has sponsored such projects as a joint educational project with Thomas Jefferson Middle School Ecology Club in addition to providing an annual contribution

· Falls Church parade on Memorial Day (depending on member participation)

· School activity, including a money gift to help install the Mount Daniel Elementary School observation garden

· Public garden support; for example, we provided $750 to the Northern Virginia Park Authority to assist with the creation of a new garden/park at the intersection of Grove Street and the W&OD Bike Trail

· Spring Plant Sale; an annual event open to the public, the FCGC Spring Plant sale provides the community with the opportunity to acquire common and rare plants at “bargain” prices, and to obtain local gardening knowledge from our members.

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