Mary Alice Huybrechts
Falls Church, Virginia Volunteer at Green Spring Gardens Length of Service: Lots Gardener
Mary Alice Huybrechts has spent many years on gardening tasks at Green Spring, such as weeding, mulching, planting and plant propagation. When Green Spring was short on staff and the garden volunteers were released for the winter, she came into the park regularly during the week to take on watering and plant-tending duties. Huybrechts assists two staff gardeners with plant management. She has helped maintain the Green Spring rock garden and has assisted with special projects, such as painting nutcracker figures for the Park Authority’s holiday lights event. In addition, she has donated plant cuttings to enhance the gardens. Staff say that without the help of Huybechts, two greenhouses worth of plants would have died from neglect due to personnel shortages.
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