SEPTEMBER 2022 GARDEN MONTH
AT CHEVY CHASE CLUB
GARDEN MONTH Join us in September for a month-long celebration of the growth, harvest and beauty of the Chevy Chase Club gardens. Taste what we are growing, learn from our incredible team of gardeners and experience the gardens in a whole new way. With opportunities to learn or simply enjoy a peaceful walk through the gardens, explore why Garden Month is one of our favorite times of the year. We’ll meet you in the gardens! Michael Gildea, CGM GARDENS & GROUNDS MANAGER CHEVY CHASE CLUB
MARISA HARRIS HORTICULTURIST MEET THE GARDENS & TEAMGROUNDS FERMIN RODRIGUEZ GARDENER AMILCAR CHICAS GARDENER CARLEY BARRETT GREENHOUSE ASSISTANT MICHAEL GILDEA, CGM GARDENS & GROUNDS MANAGER ABIGAIL COOKE GREENHOUSE MANAGER MANUEL VENTURA GARDENER
LEMON-THYMESPICYSOUR LEMON THYME-INFUSED VODKA, COINTREAU LEMON, HABANERO, BROWN SUGAR RIM ENJOY OUR EXCLUSIVE
FRIDAY COCKTAILSNIGHT
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 • 8 P.M. Be amongst the first to try our Garden Month cocktail, while enjoying live entertainment and complimentary hors d’oeuvres. No reservations are needed for cocktails; however we encourage you to enjoy dinner by reservation on the Dance Terrace following the event.
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YOGA IN THE GARDEN WITH MIMI RIEGER
Registration required. Register
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 • 8:30 A.M. Yoga Instructor, Mimi Rieger will be leading a one hour yoga class along the long border garden. The long border is known for its bright colors and often lends some unique ideas for you to take home to your garden. Mimi has traveled all over the world helping others to develop their yoga practice and was recently named D.C.’s Best Yoga Instructor. All levels are welcome. Whether you are an avid Yogi or someone who has never tried a Yoga class before, we invite you to join us. Mimi will lead a Vinyasa Flow Yoga class followed by light refreshments. $20 person.
FAMILY GARDEN TOUR & TALK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 • 10 A.M. We will focus on the fun and interesting insects and the plants they love throughout the grounds. This tour will be geared to all ages. Complimentary event. Register
FLORAL WORKSHOP TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 • 10 A.M. Harvest Floral Arrangement with Greenhouse Manager Abigail Cooke and Assistant Greenhouse Manager Carley Barrett Celebrate the vibrant colors of fall as our Greenhouse experts teach you how to make a beautiful arrangement using some fresh-cut flowers from our gardens. Enjoy a fun-filled morning with flowers, refreshments, and good company. You are encouraged to explore your style of design in this hands-on class. $45 per person. Registration required. Register
BIRDHOUSE PAINTING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 • 6 P.M. Learn all about native birds to this area and create a home for them right in your back yard. In addition to the birdhouses, we will be making pine cone feeders to keep your new neighbors fed! $15 per child. Registration required. Register
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 • 6:30 P.M.
BECKMEN VINEYARDS WINE DINNER
Biodynamically farmed. Family owned and operated. Join us on the Dance Terrace with Jeff Beckmen, Director of Sales from Beckmen Vineyards, for a four-course dinner paired with varieties grown and bottled at the Beckmen family’s estate in Santa Barbara County. Since 1994, they have established themselves as a benchmark Santa Barbara County grower and producer. Their consistent quality vintage after vintage keeps them a favorite of critics, tastemakers, and collectors. Beckmen wines are 100% biodynamically farmed and crafted almost exclusively from our two vineyards, the Thomas and Judith Beckmen Estate Vineyard in Los Olivos District and Purisima Mountain Vineyard in Ballard Canyon. They utilize each of their vineyards’ strengths to balance and complement each other when blended into wines like Cuvee le Bec or allow them to express their individual personalities in their range of single vineyard wines. $95 per person, includes passed hors d’oeuvres, beverages during cocktails and dinner with pairings . Register
PLANT SALE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 • 8 - 11 A.M. We will have many great plants for the fall, winter and spring garden. Online ordering will be available starting on Friday, September 17.
The focus of the tour will be the botanical history of the Club with a focus on some of our oldest and venerable trees. We will see trees that are unusual for our area, remnants of old growth forest that contain trees that pre-date the founding of the Club and trees that may have been planted by the noted botanist, David Fairchild. We will review some of the interesting findings of a forest ecologist with whom we consulted in the spring. Complimentary event.
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SUNDAY,
TOUR OF THE OLD TREES SEPTEMBER 25 • 2 - 4 P.M.
Photography by intern, Lauren Eberth.
Did you know: The Chevy Chase Club is home to many trees that pre-date the founding of the Club. In April, noted forest ecologist, Michael Gaige visited to assess our trees and found a Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) that is at least 350 years old. The tree is located in the small grove of trees to the north of #12 tees.
Being in nature, or even viewing scenes of nature, reduces anger, fear, and stress and increases pleasant feelings. Exposure to nature not only makes you feel better emotionally, it contributes to your physical wellbeing, reducing blood pressure, heart rate, muscle tension, and the production of stress hormones. In addition, when we focus on something bigger than ourselves, like the power of nature, we get out of our own heads and notice that everyday life can be truly amazing. One of the most beautiful aspects of the Club is its many gardens. The gardens at the Club encompass approximately 12 acres, and the forest covers approximately 35 acres. Explore the Clubs gardens and enjoy the benefits of nature through walking along the gardens or nature trail.
NATURE HEALS
