Overview: Join the Oak Spring Garden Foundation's Garden team for a delightful summer flower arranging workshop. In this hands-on session, participants will explore the fundamentals of floral design, including the elegant, time-honored Mellon style. You will have the opportunity to view examples of arrangements inspired by Bunny Mellon's own home and work directly with seasonal blooms harvested from OSGF's Cut Flower Garden and Bio-Cultural Conservation Farm.
What's Included: All materials and tools will be provided, along with light seasonal refreshments. Each guest will leave with a jelly jar and their own custom arrangement. There will be a morning and afternoon session of this workshop. Participants are welcome to sign up for either session, based on availability.
Please note: This event does not include a tour of Little Oak Spring, the Library, Formal Garden or broader landscape.
About Oak Spring Garden Foundation: The Oak Spring Garden Foundation (OSGF) is a philanthropic foundation based at the former primary estate of the late Paul and Rachel Mellon, who were major philanthropists in the U.S. of the arts, humanities, and sciences in the second half of the twentieth century. OSGF is located in the northern Virginia Piedmont and Blue Ridge Mountains region (ca. one-hour drive from Washington, D.C.). Led by Sir Peter Crane, the Foundation’s inaugural President, OSGF provides workshops, short courses and supports residencies for artists and scholars. Its celebrated Library comprises rare books, manuscripts and works of art relating to horticulture, landscape design, botany and natural history. It is becoming a new center of stimulation of all things botanical, from fundamental research in plant evolution and conservation, to horticultural and plant conservation practice, to the history and art of plants, gardens and landscapes.
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Availability: This Floral Arranging workshop will be capped at 12 participants. Registrations will be accepted on a rolling basis through Zeffy until full.