Events

 NCAGC Flower Show  "Nurturing Earth"

April 22-24, 2022 

Open to all garden club members to enter horticulture, design, botanical arts, and photography.  Students in grades 1-12 are also invited to enter the Youth Section. The flower show schedule is on the NCAGC Website - www.ncagardenclubs.org  Even if you are unable to enter the show, please plan to visit "Nurturing Earth" at the arboretum in celebration of Earth Day 2022.

 Day of Design Workshops

 Wednesday, April 27, 2022 

NCAGC Judges' Council and District III 

Speaker: Betty Ann Galway 

Morning Workshop 1 at 9:30 – 11:30 am on ”Traditional Line & Traditional Mass” 

Afternoon Workshop 2 at 12:30 – 2:30 pm on “Creative Line & Creative Design” 

Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church 3810 Meredith Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030

Ayr Hill Garden Club Plant Sale

 Saturday, May 7, 8am-1pm  

Freeman Store, 131 Church Street, Vienna   

Brandywine River Valley Garden Tour

May 24-26, 2022

National Capital Area Garden Club members and NCA Landscape Design Council members have an exciting opportunity to visit beautiful gardens, mansions, and museums in the Brandywine River Valley in Delaware from May 24-26, 2022. We will see several DuPont estates, including Nemours, Mt. Cuba, and Longwood Gardens, the Brandywine River Museum and historic Read House and garden in Old New Castle, DE.       Reservations are being accepted now. Guests will be accepted only if we have open reservations after April 15, 2022.  Please submit the names of guests to Danielle (treasurer@ncagardenclubs.org) so they can be added to our guest waiting list.     All attendees must have an updated vaccination cards showing 2 Covid vaccinations and one booster shot. Masks will be required on the bus and at all sites. 

Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass Survey Training 

This event was recorded and is now available to watch on PRISM's YouTube Channel.   View the recording.  Read the Spotted Lanternfly and Tree-of-Heaven Resources document. It includes links to the survey and resources mentioned during the training.   Review the Supporting Slides featured during the training.  Learn more from Virginia Cooperative Extension, Spotted Lanternfly in Virginia. 

10 Virtual Garden Tours That Are Drop-Dead Gorgeous
While  there’s nothing quite like the fresh smell of spring flowers, now is a  great time to feast your eyes on the blooming Boboli or Monet gardens.  Tons of incredible green spaces around the world are delivering their  lush views online, which means you can traipse through medieval Italian  flower beds, French chateaux and Hawaiian ravines from the comfort of  your living room. Here, ten of the most gorgeous virtual garden tours to  bring a little springtime into your home.  

Read in PureWow: https://apple.news/As_5Hn7RlQYeFlTgBZd_Wug

National Capital Area is has a YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCenSGW5BqMhwms9RCzR8P4w and  members, send us photos (which we can turn into a video) and videos,   from their / your own yard “tours” and, yes  even past travels with  your clubs. And, PLEASE subscribe to our channel. 

Visit the National Capital Area Garden Club Facebook Page for  daily links to interesting material, virtual tours and so much more : 
https://www.facebook.com/NCAGC/