Mom's Group

The Pine Spring Mom's Group brings neighborhood families together to help create a stronger sense of community. In this group families can get to know eachother and do fun activities. While it's mostly been moms who have been participating to date, dads are also welcome!

The Mom's Group started in 2001 and meets periodically (usually once a month on a Saturday morning from 10-12 am) in someone's home. However, they've also organized field trips. For more information, please call Angela Bandemehr at 703-849-8682 or email her at dpatterson11@cox.net.

Pine Spring Park Shade Garden

Community residents have been working diligently for several years at transforming the wooded trails in Pine Spring Park into a beautiful garden of shade tolerant plants. The garden began as a PSCA-sponsored project under the coordination of John Mastenbrook. John worked with the County to establish the Mastenbrook Volunteer Matching Fund Grant Program (see story at Earthvision Environmental News), and then helped secure over $6,000 in funds for the plants and supplies. In the early days of the project John and Frank Crosby tended to the plants' water needs by running hoses from Pine Spring School. This was not an optimal solution, and John worked with the Fairfax County Park Authority to have an in-ground sprinkler system installed.

This past year John turned the reins of the PSCA Shade Garden Committee over to Phoebe Kline. John continues to give guidance and support as the Committee's Senior Consultant.

Several PSCA members have donated plants from their yards for the Shade Garden. Should you want to donate plants to the park, or for more information about the Shade Garden Committee, call Phoebe Kline at (703) 207-9657.

If you want to help plant the garden, call Angela Bandemehr at (703) 849-8682 to get on the call list for planting sessions (no calls after 9 pm, please).