Recipe: Oak Spring Apple Butter Bars
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These delicious apple butter bars are a perfect fall treat. Read this recipe by Oak Spring Chef Jason Neve to see how to make them yourself!
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These delicious apple butter bars are a perfect fall treat. Read this recipe by Oak Spring Chef Jason Neve to see how to make them yourself!
Read MoreAriana Benson, our 2022 Eliza Moore Fellow, is a poet with an interest in this connection through the lens of black history. She spent two weeks in residence at Oak Spring in July, when she sat down with us for this Q&A.
Read MoreRead the reflections of one of our summer interns and see some of the photos that she took of our landscape and biodiversity.
Read MorePaper has been a portal for people to share prose, poetry, and art for centuries. While the subjects and works illustrated on these sheets are often most admired, the paper itself can be equally as important and astounding.
Read MoreAmerican Kestrels are in decline across their native range, for reasons that are not well understood by researchers. Read about how environmental organizations in Northern Virginia are working to build their population and learn more about them.
Read MoreA Garden Library wouldn’t be complete without a few books about insects. Check out this latest blogpost to explore several beautiful and unusual texts about all things that crawl, buzz, and flutter.
Read MoreRead about one of OSGF’s latest projects, a short documentary celebrating the life of Paul Mellon’s great racehorse, Mill Reef.
Read MoreDanielle Wyman Castellano, the leader of our upcoming Permaculture Design Certification Course, discusses the nature-first approach to landscape design and how it can benefit communities and the environment.
Read MoreRead about the work of 2021 Eliza Moore Fellow Fidencio Fifield-Perez.
Read MoreIn honor of World Bee Day and Endangered Species Day this year, we’re writing about four North American bumble bee species at risk of extinction (several of which are found in Virginia), and current efforts to protect them.
Read MoreTo celebrate World Migratory Bird Day this year, we’re listing several ways you can support birds in your area.
Read MoreHorticulture Apprentice Thomas Bardroff discusses caring for cordons in Oak Spring’s formal garden.
Read MoreOn this episode of #BetweenTwoTopiaries, Todd talks about the history of forced bulbs at Oak Spring.
Read MoreThis episode of #BetweenTwoTopiaries - the new video series where OSGF Head Gardener Todd Lloyd talks about all things gardening - discusses how our gardening team cares for Bunny Mellon’s signature miniature topiaries (or Herb Trees) at the foundation today.
Read MoreThe Sweepstakes opens on 3/9/2022 at 12 PM ET and closes on 3/31/2021 at 12 PM EST. Winners will be drawn and announced on 4/1/2022 and notified via Instagram or Facebook Direct Messages on 4/1/2022.
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For one entry: Follow @oakspringgardenfoundation, like the Giveaway post, and tag a garden-loving friend in the comments section.
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For one entry: Like the Oak Spring Garden Foundation page, like the Giveaway post, and comment #oakspringtour22 in the comments section.
For two entries: Like the Oak Spring Garden Foundation page, like the Giveaway post, and post a garden or landscape picture you love in the comments section with the hashtag #oakspringtour22.
Limit two entries per Facebook account and two entries per Instagram account. Individuals may enter the contest on both platforms. All entries enter the same pool for the random drawing.
The Sweepstakes is only open to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are at least 18 years of age at date of entry. Entrants who do not comply with these requirements or these Official Sweepstakes Rules are not eligible to win a prize. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR TO WIN. ALL U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS APPLY.
The Sweepstakes begins at 12 PM EST on 3/9/2022 and ends at 12PM EST on 3/31/2022. Winners will be drawn and notified on 4/1/2022. All dates and times are subject to change.
Sweepstakes winners will be selected by random draw. Actual odds of winning a particular sweepstakes depend on the number of eligible entries received.
Twenty winners will each receive the opportunity to register for two free timed-entry tickets, valued at $125 each, for Oak Spring’s Spring 2022 Garden Tour on either April 18th or April 19th, 2022. The timed-entry spots will fill on a first-come, first-serve basis, with 20 spots available per each tour day.
Prize winners will be notified by Instagram or Facebook Direct Message on April 1, 2022. All winners must reply to the Direct Message with their full name and email address within a week of notification in order to receive their prize. The OSGF Events Coordinator will then contact winners via email with the free tickets PROMO code, the link to the Garden Tour Eventbrite page, and further instructions.
All ticket holders must adhere to OSGF’s COVID-19 policies, Official Sweepstakes Rules, and provide the OSGF Events Coordinator with their full name and email address. If a winner chooses to transfer their prize to a friend or family member, those individuals must also adhere to the COVID-19 Policies and Official Sweepstake Rules and provide the Events Coordinator with their full name and email address.
The tickets cannot be exchanged, reimbursed, or resold. Free tickets are NOT eligible for a refund.
The Oak Spring Garden Foundation is committed to the safety of our staff and our guests. All Garden Tour guests are required to be fully vaccinated including a booster (if eligible) and to wear a mask when indoors. Guests who may be experiencing any COVID-19 symptoms at the time of the event are requested to not attend.
The Oak Spring Garden Foundation reserves the right at its sole discretion to disqualify or refuse entry to any person who (i) acts in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or with the intent to annoy or harass another person; or (ii) is otherwise in violation of these Official Promotion Rules. Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to disqualify from the Promotion and ban from any future Promotions, any person it believes to have intentionally violated these Official Promotion Rules, or to be acting in an unsportsmanlike or disruptive manner, or to have tampered with any element of the Promotion without notice to the disqualified or banned person.
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To wrap up Invasive Species Awareness Week, we’re discussing five top troublemakers at the Oak Spring Garden Foundation, and what we do to manage them.
Read MoreEver wondered how our gardeners spend the winter months? It’s a lot of plant production! In this video, Assistant Head Gardener Allissa Montgomery demonstrates how to sow perennial seeds and shows us around Oak Spring’s production greenhouse.
Read MoreRead about the talented artists, writers, scholars, researchers, and others selected for our two-week 2022 Interdisciplinary Residencies.
Read MoreWe are very pleased to announce the opening of a temporary exhibit featuring some of the highlights of Mrs. Mellon’s linen collection, “The Fabrics of Life”, which will be part of our spring 2022 garden tour.
Read MoreValentine’s Day is a time to celebrate your sweetheart, but it’s also a day to shower a little extra love on your hardest-working organ. Read about several herbs and veggies grown at our Biocultural Conservation Farm that help keep your blood pumping and your heart healthy.
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