Events Calendar

Contact these organizations directly to learn more about registration, payment, and directions for listed events.

   Green Spring Gardens

8 March, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Introduction to Shrub and Tree Pruning (on-site)
8 March, 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Plant Swap (on-site)
15 March, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Special Garden Tour: Witch Hazels (on-site)
15 March, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Garden Talk – Winning Plants for Containers (on-site)
22 March, 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Garden Talk – Spring Vegetable Gardening 101 (on-site)
28 March, 1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Garden Talk – Growing Tomatoes from Seed to Sauce (on-site)
29 March, 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Managing Water in the Home Garden (on-site)

    Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD

15 March, 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Introduction to Landscape Design: Session 1 (online)
20 March, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Cultivating a Sustainable Future: Cornell Botanical Garden’s Native Lawn (online)
29 March, 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Introduction to Landscape Design: Session 2 (online)
9 April, 7:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Ecological Gardening: Supporting Native Habitats in the Home Landscape (online)
15 April, 10:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Living Field Lab: A Woodland Garden- Spring Ephemerals and Understory Plantings (off-site)
24 April, 7:00 p.m.- 8:30 p.m. Native Plant Solutions to Familiar Landscape Challenges (online)

    Loudoun County Master Gardeners

6 March, 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Jumpstart Your Spring Vegetable Garden (online)
22 March, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Plant Nurture Grow Gardening Symposium (on-site)

    Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, Arlington VA

7 March, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Landscape Design: Form Follows Function (online)
14 March, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. Harvest at Home: Master Vegetable Gardening in Containers (online)
22 March, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Hands on Pruning Class (St Ann’s Catholic Church)
29 March, 10:00 a.m.- 1:00 p.m. Urban Ag Spring Garden Kickoff (Marymount Campus)

    Fairfax County Park Authority Day Trips

3 March, 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. Philadelphia Flower Show
5 March, 10:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. Philadelphia Flower Show

   US Botanic Garden , Washington, DC

7 March, 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. Plant Science Conversation (online)
8 March, 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. USBG Plant Production Facility Open House (on-site)
13 March, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Expert is In: Orchid Care (on-site)
22 March, 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Parasitic Plants (online)
27 March, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Look and Learn: Repotting Orchids (on-site)

   Merrifield Garden Center

4 March, 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. No Fear Rose Pruning (online)
6 March, 12:00 p.m.- 1:00 p.m. What’s New: Summer Blooming Bulbs (online)
8 March, 10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Seed Starting Basics (on-site, Fair Oaks Store)
15 March, 10:00 a.m.- 11:00 p.m. Rose Care: Know and Grow (on-site, Fair Oaks Store)
22 March, 10:00 a.m.- 11:00 p.m. Native Plants in Landscape Design (on-site, Fair Oaks Store)
29 March, 10:00 a.m.- 11:00 p.m. Creating Beautiful Shade Gardens (on-site, Fair Oaks Store)

    Miscellaneous Gardening Programs

6 March, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Conservation Landscape Practices in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (online: Smithsonian Let’s Talk Gardens)
6, 13, 20, 27 March, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Seasons of Growth – Four Class Series (on-site: Cub Run Rec Center)
11 March, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Tree Basics Class: Select, Plant, and Care for Trees(online: Charlottesville Tree Stewards)
26 March, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Unlucky Thirteen: New Additions to the Invasive Species List – ID and Control (online: Blue Ridge Prism.Org)
16 April 2025, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Restoration after Invasive Plant Removal (online: Blue Ridge Prism)
26 April 2025, 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Earth Day Fairfax (Sully Historic Site)