Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-12-16
GARDEN CLUB
ACTIVITIES

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the Leesburg Garden Club. will
open with a special Christmas
Workshop for the public from
10 am. to 4 pm. Tuesday at
the Thomas Balch Library in
Leesburg. Va. Mrs. Frank Moss,
Miss AZele Caruthers and Miss
Mary Metzger, the committee
women. will be on hand to pro-
vide materials, instruction and
ideas in making arrangements.
Those interested may bring
box cuttings, 'sumac, cedar, pine,
yew, ivy and dried materials.
Belle Haven Garden Club
plans Christmas tour of homes
from 2 to S p. m. and 7 to $3.50
Ip. m. Tuesday. Homes to be
Opened are at "a Woodmont road
Jack Howard. SO Woodmont
road (Col. Gilbert H. Wood
Iward), 6 Radcliffe road paul l..
Delaney, / Foxcroft road wal
ter SchooD and 2 Olmi-Landrith
drive Eugene Olmi, SRI A silver
tea will be held from 3 to 5
|p. m. at the Olmi residence.
Doors, mantels. dining room
and occasional tables will have
Christmas arrangements in COM
petition.
Countryside Garden Club will
hold a Christmas party Tuesday
lat 1880 p. m. at the home of
Mrs. C. w. Gotthardt in Dunn
Loring. The club will offer prizes
for the most effective outdoors
Yule decoration of private
homes in the Haywood Dunn
Loring Mortified area.
Rock Spring Garden Club has
set Thursday noon as the time
Ito start judging Christmas door
decoration. At 4 pm. Mrs. c..
M. Radigan will entertain mem
bers at tea in her home, SOL
Little Falls road, Arlington. Va.
Glenwo0d Garden Club will
sponsor an evening of Christmas
caroling for families in the Glen
wood Edgewood area Of Bethes-
da next Sunday December 23)
at $3.50 p. m. at the intersection
of Glenwood road and Jefferson
street. A bonfire will blaze dur
ing the program and carol books
will be provided.
Garrett Gardeners will have a
workshop for Christmas decora-
tons Wednesday at 8:15 pm.
at the Garrett Park Community
Center. Wreaths will be made
for the library and the recrea-
ton center and other arrange
ments for rest homes. Members
will bring materials.
Green Thumb Garden Club
and the Citizens Association of
Pimmit Hills, Falls Church, Va,
plan an outdoor Christmas dec
orations contest with Judging
set for the evening of December
81. Prizes will be offered for
best window, best door and best
overall displays.
The USDA Garden Club will
sponsor a Christmas greens and
decorations show Tuesday
through Friday at the patio of
the Agriculture Administration
Building. The show will open
at noon Tuesday and hours
thereafter will be 9 am. to 9 pm.
Mrs. M. NJ. Allen is chairman of
entries Included will be speci-
men Christmas trees from ma
tional forests, holly and broad
leaf evergreens from the Ma
tional Arboretum. and COMPETE
tive classes for Christmas deco
rations. house plants and berried
shrubs.
Beverly Hills Garden Club of
Alexandria will gather for a
Merry Christmas" coffee hour
and program at 10 am. Thurs
day at the home Of Mrs. C. F.
Barrett. 903 Beverley drive. In
answering rollcall, members will
display a favorite Christmas ac-
cessory. Each will bring a home
made front-door decoration of
spray or compilation of
living and dried materials.
BrOOkland Garden Workshop
will meet tomorrow at the home
Of Mrs. Lucille McGraw, lab
] kson street NV. Topic:
Christmas Greens House and
Table Arrangements" Exchange
of gifts.
The Sunny Acres Garden Club
will have an installation dinner
at the Old Coach Inn, Fairfax.