September 18, 2023, speaker meeting of the Silver Spring Garden Club features a talk on "Dumbarton Oaks: The Evolution of a Garden"
The September 18, 2023, speaker meeting of the Silver Spring Garden Club features a talk on "Dumbarton Oaks: The Evolution of a Garden"
More than a century after Beatrix Farrand first came to Dumbarton Oaks her sharp eye and keen knowledge still guide the gardeners. This is the story of nearly four decades of collaboration between client and designer, and its modern challenges and lasting triumphs.
Our meeting speaker Austin Ankers is a gardener at Dumbarton Oaks with a background in restoring and maintaining historic landscapes, event planning, landscape and interior design. Austin’s career in Formal Gardens began at Kinloch Farm in The Plains, Virginia.
Talk to be followed by our annual PLANT SWAP!
At our September meeting, we traditionally hold a Plant Swap, start looking around for a nice* plant to bring. Be sure that it is potted up well in advance and in excellent health. We will draw numbers and each person that brings a plant will pick out a plant to take home.
*It can be an indoor plant. It can be store-bought. It can be a division from your garden. We just ask that it be of a decent size and quality — aim for something that if you saw it at a local garden center you would buy it yourself. Please label it and include as much detail as you can.
MEETING START TIME: Monday, Sept. 18, 7:30pm Doors open at 7:00pm.
WHERE: Brookside Gardens Visitors Center/Education Building 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD
REFRESHMENTS: Silver Spring Garden Club members with last names beginning with the letters D-F are asked to bring a snack or drink to share to this meeting. New Refreshment Chair Leila Campbell will coordinate the paper goods and supplies.
There will also be a FREEBIES table of garden information, plants, seeds, etc. You are welcome to bring garden-related items to giveaway.
NOTE: If the items have not been picked up by the end of the meeting, please take them back home with you. We also encourage attendees to bring a flower or interesting foliage in a vase to share on our “something blooming from the garden” table.
This meeting is FREE and open to all. Guests are welcome!
More than a century after Beatrix Farrand first came to Dumbarton Oaks her sharp eye and keen knowledge still guide the gardeners. This is the story of nearly four decades of collaboration between client and designer, and its modern challenges and lasting triumphs.
Our meeting speaker Austin Ankers is a gardener at Dumbarton Oaks with a background in restoring and maintaining historic landscapes, event planning, landscape and interior design. Austin’s career in Formal Gardens began at Kinloch Farm in The Plains, Virginia.
Talk to be followed by our annual PLANT SWAP!
At our September meeting, we traditionally hold a Plant Swap, start looking around for a nice* plant to bring. Be sure that it is potted up well in advance and in excellent health. We will draw numbers and each person that brings a plant will pick out a plant to take home.
*It can be an indoor plant. It can be store-bought. It can be a division from your garden. We just ask that it be of a decent size and quality — aim for something that if you saw it at a local garden center you would buy it yourself. Please label it and include as much detail as you can.
MEETING START TIME: Monday, Sept. 18, 7:30pm Doors open at 7:00pm.
WHERE: Brookside Gardens Visitors Center/Education Building 1800 Glenallan Avenue, Wheaton, MD
REFRESHMENTS: Silver Spring Garden Club members with last names beginning with the letters D-F are asked to bring a snack or drink to share to this meeting. New Refreshment Chair Leila Campbell will coordinate the paper goods and supplies.
There will also be a FREEBIES table of garden information, plants, seeds, etc. You are welcome to bring garden-related items to giveaway.
NOTE: If the items have not been picked up by the end of the meeting, please take them back home with you. We also encourage attendees to bring a flower or interesting foliage in a vase to share on our “something blooming from the garden” table.
This meeting is FREE and open to all. Guests are welcome!
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