Green Spring Gardens Park

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Green Spring Gardens Park (26 acres) is a public park located at 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, Virginia. It is operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority, and open daily without charge.

The park contains a manor house (1760) with gardens designed by noted American landscape artist Beatrix Farrand. The house and grounds were donated to Fairfax County in 1970 by publisher Michael Whitney Straight.

Estate gardens feature boxwood hedging, roses, and perennial borders. The park also contains a tropical greenhouse, a wooded stream valley with ponds and gazebo, a naturalistic native plant garden, and over 20 demonstration gardens. It is a provisional member of the North American Plant Collections Consortium for its Hamamelis collection (13 taxa, including all 4 species).