About

Green Spring Garden Club, Inc.

Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. was organized in April 1956 by ten women in the Williamsburg, Virginia area. Those Charter Members articulated the following core objectives:

  • Advancement of gardening
  • Support of horticultural education
  • Development of home grounds
  • Encouragement of participation in community beautification
  • Protection of forests, wildflowers, and birds
  • Study of horticulture and flower arrangement
  • Support of the study of environmental sciences by way of scholarship grants

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These objectives continue at the heart of what Green Spring Garden Club, Inc., does today through its membership activities and programs, through its annual Christmas Homes Tour, and in its commitment of proceeds to scholarships and community organizations. In 1997 this non-profit organization became incorporated as Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. Members meet on the second Thursday of the month from September to May. The Green Springs Garden Club, Inc. annually sponsors the Christmas Homes Tour. The tour is held in early December.

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Philanthropy

For the past 63 years proceeds from the Annual Christmas Homes Tour have been used on projects in the surrounding community. The Club’s mission is to provide education and beautification for the pleasure and enjoyment of residents and visitors alike.

  • Funds to Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Garden restoration projects
  • Annual Scholarships in Environmental Science and Policy for the College of William and Mary
  • Annual Scholarships in Environmental Science for Christopher Newport University
  • Nature Camp Scholarships for local students
  • Patient Gardens for Hospice House & Support Care/ Williamsburg
  • Virginia Living Museum ~ Children’s Teaching Garden & Greenhouse
  • Landscaping at Dream Catchers Therapeutic Riding Center
  • Contributions to Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center for equipment and gardens since 1962
  • Donation to the Jamestown Settlement gardens Funds that created patient room gardens at Hospice House and Support Care of Williamsburg
  • Landscape for “College Corner” at the College of William and Mary
  • Williamsburg Botanical Garden
  • Yorktown Church Street steps landscaping
  • Williamsburg United Methodist Church-Respite Care garden project
  • Contributions to the Williamsburg Land Conservancy
  • Funds to the Virginia Zoo for Landscape
  • Various beautification projects in the Williamsburg area

Thank you for your support of the Christmas Homes Tour

to make all of these projects possible.

University Scholarships

Green Spring Garden Club, Inc. is providing scholarships at the following universities in these designated areas: Environmental Science, Environmental Science and Policy, and Horticulture.

  • Christopher Newport University – Biology and Environmental Science
  • The College of William and Mary – Biology and Environmental Policy

Interested students enrolled in the above universities should contact the respective departments for application information.

Nature Camp

Nature Camp is located in Vesuvius, VA, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Rockbridge County. A private, nonprofit, co-ed summer camp, it offers an ideal environment for students who have a genuine interest in conservation and the natural world. The goal of Nature Camp is to foster an appreciation and love for nature through direct experience and to inspire young people of today to become environmentally responsible and conscientious citizens of tomorrow.
It is primarily an academic camp emphasizing hands-on, field-based, experiential learning. During their two weeks at Nature Camp, campers attend class daily, maintain a notebook, complete written projects, and participate in outdoor activities.