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6310 Georgetown Pike • McLean, VA 22101 • 703-442-7557 |
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Horticulture Program and Plant Sales The Horticulture Program at the Claude Moore Colonial Farm started with our need to produce heirloom plants for the 18th century living history farm. Over the years, we sold the excess plants to offset the cost of operating our greenhouse and we began to gather a volunteer group of dedicated plant enthusiasts. From 1999 through 2002 we received grants from the Loughran Foundation and the George and Fay Young Foundation to renovate and expand our production facility. We now have 1500 square feet "under cover", a 14 x 28 ft. building for year round workspace and classes and an acre of garden space for display and outdoor production of plants. Our season begins in February with cuttings and seeds in the greeenhouse. This is the beginning of our production season working toward our big opening event, the Spring Plant Sale on the last Friday and Saturday of April. We welcome both occasional and permanent volunteers to our Horticulture Group at any time. The plants we grow are generally heirloom or the newest and best in the industry. We personally grow everything we sell so we have tested it and like it or we don't sell it, no matter how popular it may currently be. We grow a full range of perennial flowers, annual and perennial herbs, heirloom annuals and vegetable transplants and some herbaceous shrubs. We have a fondness for fragrant plants, tender perennials that are great for containers, coleus and heirloom impatiens and plants for shade and part shade. In 2006, we plan on adding some soft fruit varieties. We also offer a Summer Garden Party generally held on the first Wednesday in June. We dress up the gardens with lights and lanterns, refreshments, old jazz recordings and a cash bar. Our Horticulture Group volunteers are here in garden party attire to serve refreshments and answer questions about our plants or your garden needs. For information about
the Farm's Horticulture Program, please contact dwest@1771.org.
For further information, contact dwest@1771.org. Agastache nepetoides 'Giant Yellow Hyssop' |
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