Falls Church Garden Club

Since 1950, in Falls Church, Virginia

Falls Church Environment Web

A compendium of environmental programs, tips, issues, organizations, articles, etc., in and around Falls Church.

Related Links

Links to other local garden-related web sites and community organizations.

FCGC members, e-mail the webmaster to link to your own garden-related site, to garden clubs you belong to, or to local links of interest (garden related). Posting a link is completely at the webmaster’s discretion.

Donald Hyatt. Don is a member of the FCGC and a terrific gardener who particularly loves azaleas and rhododendrons (he is President of the Potomac Valley Chapter of the Rhododendron Society). A talented illustrator, he also founded and runs Stonehouse Creek Nursery.

Margaret White Garden

The generous 13-acre donation of Margaret White to Fairfax County.

For information, please contact Daniel Cornette, President, Friends of the White Horticultural Park, 703-237-7980.

Leaf Mulch

Available, free, early this spring for Virginia residents only at the Falls Church Recycling Center. The outdoor center is located at 217 Gordon Road (near the intersection of Route 7 and Shreve Road). It is open 7 days a week from 7 a.m. to dusk. Call Kathy Allan, Recycling Coordinator, for further information at 703-248-5176.

Neighborhood Tree Program

To embellish Falls Church City through tree planting. A program of City of Falls Church and the Village Preservation and Improvement Society. Contact Jill Spence, City Arborist, at 703-248-5183.

 

Falls Church Healthy Habitat

A program that is of interest to several of our members.

Laughing Duck Gardens. Sylvie Rowand, a FCGC member, takes gardening seriously and has not yet found a plant she does not like - although there are some she clearly prefers. The Laughing Duck Gardens web site showcases some of her plant portraits and other nature photographs. Unique floral and nature note cards are available to purchase.

Virginia Cooperative Extension, Fairfax County

A good source of information on horticulture, agriculture, natural resources, food, and nutrition. Helpful regarding problems that concern gardeners in Fairfax County.