Park Authority

CONTACT INFORMATION: Open during regular business hours 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday - Friday
703-324-8700 TTY 711
12055 Government Center Pkwy.
Fairfax, Virginia 22035
Jai Cole
Executive Director

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Green Spring Gardens Scouting Adventures


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Base Price for Scout Programs

(Does not apply to merit badges)

The base price for scout programs is $3.50 per person for each half-hour of a program.
There may be additional fees for supplies or tours.

0.5 hours = $3.50 / person
1 hour = $7 / person
1.5 hours = $11 / person
2 hours = $14 / person

Merit badge fees are listed on each badge's registration page.

Green Spring Gardens offers private scout programs. The minimum charge for by-request programs is for ten scouts. 

Scouts can explore and learn in the park’s Horticulture Center, Historic House, Glasshouse, gardens and native woodland habitat.

Please call 703-642-5173 for information.

Scout Program Request Form

Girl Scouts run across a grassy field at Green Spring

GIRL SCOUTS

Daisy

Length: 1.5 hours

Requirements Covered: The program includes activities from the Journey books and introduces the topics, issues and science behind the Journey. We do not complete a Take Action project, but instead provide the foundation girls need to plan their own. 

Length: 1.5 hours

Requirements Covered: The program includes activities from the Journey books and introduces the topics, issues and science behind the Journey. We do not complete a Take Action project, but instead provide the foundation girls need to plan their own. 

Length: 1.5 hours

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Brownies

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: The program includes activities from the Journey books and introduces the topics, issues and science behind the Journey. We do not complete a Take Action project, but instead provide the foundation girls need to plan their own. 

Juniors

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Cadettes

Length: 2 hours

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Length: 2 hours

Requirements Covered: All

Senior

Length: 2 hours

Cub Scouts

Tigers

Length: 1 hour

Requirements Covered: All

A troop of Girl Scouts raise high pots with seeds they have planted

 

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