Floral Arranging

The Oak Spring Garden Foundation is an operating foundation dedicated to sharing the gifts and ideas of Rachel "Bunny" Mellon.  Its mission is to support and inspire fresh thinking and bold action on the history and future of plants, including the art and culture of plants, gardens and landscapes.

Oak Spring Garden Foundation

Please join the Oak Spring Garden team for a late summer flower arranging workshop.

Oak Spring Garden Foundation | Broodmare Barn

Overview:The Oak Spring Foundation Garden team is pleased to invite you to a late summer flower arranging workshop. Participants will learn the fundamentals of floral design, the traditional Mellon style, and see examples of the arrangements that would have adorned her home, as well as work with flowers grown on site at the OSGF Cut Flower Garden and Biocultural Conservation Farm.What wil be Provided:Materials, tools, and seasonal snacks and refreshments will be provided, and guests will leave with their own small vase and 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 including the Library, Formal Garden or Landscape.About OSGF: 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 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.Availability: Designing with Florals will be capped at 20 participants, 10 for the morning session and 10 for the afternoon session. Registrations will be accepted on a rolling basis through Eventbrite until full.

Morning Session

Introduction to Florals and Mrs. Mellon's Arrangements

Practice & Application | Independent Work Time

Afternoon Session

Introduction to Florals and Mrs. Mellon's Arrangements 

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Floral Arranging

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