About Green Spring Gardens

Green Spring Gardens is a must-visit park, a year-round gold mine of information
and inspiration for the home gardener. It's an outdoor classroom, a museum, and a national historic site. Its mission is to connect the community to natural and
cultural resources through horticulture, education, and stewardship.

The park has a wooded stream valley with ponds, a naturalistic native plant garden, more than 20 thematic demonstration gardens, a greenhouse, a plant shop, two gift shops, a historic house, and a horticulture reference library. The gardens and educational programs focus on practical landscaping and gardening techniques that are appropriate for the Washington metro area. The park encompasses 31 acres and is operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority with the assistance of various nonprofit organizations including the Green Spring Extension Master Gardeners and the Friends of Green Spring Gardens.

The Gardens feature boxwood hedging, roses, and perennial as well as annual
borders. The park also has a tropical greenhouse, a wooded stream valley with
ponds and gazebo, a naturalistic native plant garden, and over 20 demonstration
gardens. It is a member of the North American Plant Collections Consortium for
its Hamamelis collection (130 taxa, including all 4 species).

Green Spring Gardens is open daily charge, the street address is 4603 Green Spring
Road, Alexandria, Virginia.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring

Some text from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Spring_Gardens_Park