2025 Music Residency
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We are excited to launch a new, 5-day residency program focused on old time, bluegrass, or roots-oriented Americana music.
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The Final Resting Place of President John F. Kennedy: The Untold Story of a Lost Memorial
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After a multi-year search by OSGF researchers, a fascinating piece of presidential history has been unveiled. Learn more here.
Read MoreUpcoming Courses and Workshops
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Our roster of upcoming workshops and short courses is growing! Visit this page to view our program calendar and see which opportunities are currently open for you to engage with us.
Read MoreHiding in Plain Sight: Exciting Plants Found at Oak Spring
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Landscapes can be full of surprises. Earlier this year our Head of Biodiversity Conservation, Charlotte Lorick, discovered some incredibly rare plant communities tucked away in the woods at Rokeby Farm. Read our recent blog about the discovery here.
Read MoreRokeby Community Festival
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Join us on Saturday, September 28 for our first ever community festival, including family fun, local libations, live music, and more!
Advance Tickets: $10
Child tickets (12 and under): Free
Read MoreRokeby Community Festival - Pickleball Tournament
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Join us for an exciting pickle ball tournament, social play or training session as a part of our 1st Annual Rokeby Community Festival!
Tickets: $10 - $45
Read MoreJune Garden Tours – Tickets Now Available!
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Miss out on Historic Garden Week? The Oak Spring Garden & Gallery will be open again for tours on June 14th & 15th. Get your tickets now!
Read MoreCelebrating the Harvest - A Farm to Table Dinner
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Join us on November 18th for our annual farm to table dinner. Enjoy the bounty of the Oak Spring Garden Foundation's Biocultural Conservation Farm while learning about the Foundation's work.
Read MoreRory McEwen: A New Perspective on Nature
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This book was released in concert with a touring exhibition of the same name, both of which honor the extraordinary life of Rory McEwen, an artist whom Rachel “Bunny” Lambert Mellon deemed “the preeminent botanical artist of the twentieth century.”
Read More2024 Fellowship & Residency Applications
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Applications for 2024 Fellowship and Residency programs are now open, and include opportunities for artists, researchers, conservation practitioners, and more. The deadline to apply is May 31st, 2023.
Read MoreHistoric Garden Week 2023
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Oak Spring will be open to visitors on April 20th and 21st as part of Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Tickets for these events are currently sold out.
Read More2022 Fall Tours
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We are now accepting reservations for our two fall public tour days – Thursday, September 22nd, and Friday, September 23rd. Visitors will see Bunny Mellon’s landscape and garden in their early autumn glory, as well as our Biocultural Conservation Farm on the Rokeby Farm property.
Read More2022 Workshops
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We still are offering several upcoming workshops to wrap up the end of 2022.
Read MoreFrederick Law Olmsted: Landscapes for the Public Good
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This downloadable exhibit, created by OSGF in partnership with the National Association for Olmsted Parks and Olmsted 200, celebrates the bicentennial of the pioneering landscape architect and social reformer’s birth.
Read MoreSeedling Artists Digital Competition
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Are you a young artist, age 13 - 17, who finds inspiration in the plants around you? The Oak Spring Garden Foundation is seeking to feature young artists who create art that responds to plants, gardens or landscapes on our website and social media. Click on the image to learn more! The deadline to enter is October 31st, 2022.
Read MorePlant Exploration in the Age of Jefferson
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In this virtual talk created for Monticello, OSGF President Sir Peter Crane discusses the connections between Oak Spring’s collections and Thomas Jefferson’s own interest in plant exploration and botanical discovery.
Read MorePaul and Bunny Mellon: Visual Biographies
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This beautifully illustrated book, both scholarly and accessible to all, provides a fascinating insight into the private world and intellectual passions of the renowned philanthropists Paul and Bunny Mellon through the two trompe l’oeil paintings that they commissioned for their main residence at Oak Spring, Virginia.
Read MoreSustainable Agriculture and Land Management Apprenticeship
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We are accepting applications for a year long, full-time, paid apprenticeship ideally suited to recent college or high school graduates with a passion for plants, gardens, and landscapes . This apprentice will work at our Biocultural Conservation Farm from this June until December, and will then assist with various conservation and land management projects across the estate during the winter. Click to learn more.
Read MoreFantastic Flora
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Understanding how plants thrive and adapt in a changing world is critical for our future. We are excited to introduce a new, digital educational exhibit that explores the world’s fantastic flora. Every Friday, we will release a new digital poster featuring a fascinating plant and an image from the Oak Spring Garden Library. In early 2021, the full exhibit of print-ready posters and companion activities will be available for schools, gardens, & other organizations.
Read MoreThe World in Her Words: Perspectives from Six Women Writers
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As part of our partnership with Hedgebrook Women Writers Retreat on Whidbey Island, we’re excited to present the work of six talented women writers who are inspired by subjects relating to the natural world at large.
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