A Capital Adventure 2006 ARS / ASA Joint Convention Tours

Garden Tours:

The primary garden tours are scheduled for both Saturday, May 13,2006, and Sunday, May 14, 2006. We will feature a selection of lovely private and public gardens in nearby suburban Maryland, as well as some regional gardens that are farther away from the convention hotel. After the Convention, we offer an overnight, Post Convention Tour to the mountains of Virginia.

Either before or after the Convention, people may wish to tour Washington DC on their own via the convenient Metro Subway. We have not scheduled any tours into the Nation's Capital other than a trip to the National Arboretum, but there are many wonderful sights and points of interest that people will be able to visit from the convenient Metro stop at the hotel.

Saturday - May 13, 2006 (Choose Between Tour A or Tour B) Tour A: Smaller Private Gardens and Brookside Tour A will visit a selection of smaller private gardens in the Maryland suburbs, as well as the large, 54-acre public Brookside Gardens, pictured right. Most of these gardens are conveniently located within a few minutes drive of one another. Check out the link below to learn more about this tour. Details: Tour A Tour B: Arboretum and Marshy Point The alternative tour for Saturday requres greater travel distances since we will head north to the Baltimore region to visit the woodland garden of Dr. Jerry Hudgens and Harry Weiskittel's Marshy Point Nursery both north of Baltimore, but then will return to Washington D.C. to see selected portions of the U.S. National Arboretum. Check out the link below to learn more about this tour. Details: Tour B

Sunday - May 14, 2006 Tour C: Larger Private Gardens and McCrillis On Sunday, we offer only one tour, but it will focus on some of the larger gardens in the region including that of past ARS President, Ed Reiley. In addition, we will visit the garden of the late George Harding whose grandson Mike White continues to tend, as well as the public McCrillis Gardens, and private garden of Norman and Jean Beaudry. Details of these gardens are provided below. Details: Tour C

Post-Convention Tour - Monday and Tuesday, May 15-16, 2006 Tour D: Monticello and the Blue Ridge After the convention, we offer an overnight tour into the mountains of Virginia. We intend to stop at the Louer's azalea garden, Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, and then head south along the Blue Ridge Parkway to the peaceful Peaks of Otter Lodge for the evening. The next day, we will continue to south to visit the mountainside garden of Paul James before returning to Rockville on Tuesday evening. Space on this tour will be limited, so we encourage you to register early,as soon as details for the convention are officially published. Please note that this tour will require some hiking in places so it may not be suited for those who have difficulty walking. Check out the link below to learn more about this exciting tour. Details: Tour D