{"id":287,"date":"2012-08-19T09:12:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T13:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/?p=287"},"modified":"2012-08-19T09:12:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-19T13:12:18","slug":"mason-district-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/2012\/08\/19\/mason-district-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Mason District News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Green Spring Gardens Features 30th Annual Begonia Show and Sale<\/strong><br \/>\nMark your calendar for Saturday, August 25 (9 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m.), and Sunday, August 26 (12:30 &#8211; 3:30 p.m.) and enjoy Green Spring Gardens&#8217; annual Begonia Show and Sale, sponsored by the Potomac Branch of the American Begonia Society.\u00a0 Expand your plant palette with splashes of color and shape for your home or greenhouse.\u00a0 The sale offers a wide variety of begonias, including subtropical species.\u00a0 Green Spring Gardens is located at 4603 Green Spring Road in Alexandria.\u00a0 For more information, call 703-642-5173, or visit the Web site at <a href=\"Green Spring Gardens Features 30th Annual Begonia Show and Sale \u2013 Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 25 (9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.), and Sunday, August 26 (12:30 - 3:30 p.m.) and enjoy Green Spring Gardens' annual Begonia Show and Sale, sponsored by the Potomac Branch of the American Begonia Society.  Expand your plant palette with splashes of color and shape for your home or greenhouse.  The sale offers a wide variety of begonias, including subtropical species.  Green Spring Gardens is located at 4603 Green Spring Road in Alexandria.  For more information, call 703-642-5173, or visit the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/greenspring.   Farmers Market at Mason District Park \u2013 The Farmers Market is held every Thursday morning, from 8 a.m. until 12 noon at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale.  The market is held rain or shine, May until early November.  For a complete schedule of Farmers Markets in Fairfax County Park Authority, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/wp-farm-mkt.htm.   Spotlight by Starlight Serenades Summer Comes to a Close - Bring your friends and enjoy free concerts through the month of August.  At Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale, enjoy live musical performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings.  Children's shows are featured at 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings.  At Ossian Hall Park, 7900 Heritage Drive in Annandale, cultural heritage nights are featured on Saturdays, August 4, 11, and 25, and West African music on August 21.  All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.  For a complete performance schedule, visit the Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/performances.  Admission is free, and parking is on-site.  Concerts are cancelled in the event of inclement weather.  Call 703-324-SHOW (7469) one hour prior to performance for updates.\">www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/greenspring<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Farmers Market at Mason District Park<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Farmers Market is held every Thursday morning, from 8 a.m. until 12 noon at Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale.\u00a0 The market is held rain or shine, May until early November.\u00a0 For a complete schedule of Farmers Markets in Fairfax County Park Authority, visit <a href=\"www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/wp-farm-mkt.htm\">www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/wp-farm-mkt.htm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spotlight by Starlight Serenades Summer Comes to a Close<\/strong><br \/>\nBring your friends and enjoy free concerts through the month of August.\u00a0 At Mason District Park, 6621 Columbia Pike in Annandale, enjoy live musical performances beginning at 7:30 p.m. every Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday evenings.\u00a0 Children&#8217;s shows are featured at 10 a.m. on Saturday mornings.\u00a0 At Ossian Hall Park, 7900 Heritage Drive in Annandale, cultural heritage nights are featured on Saturdays, August 4, 11, and 25, and West African music on August 21.\u00a0 All performances begin at 7:30 p.m.\u00a0 For a complete performance schedule, visit the Web site at <a href=\"www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/performances\">www.fairfaxcounty.gov\/parks\/performances<\/a>.\u00a0 Admission is free, and parking is on-site.\u00a0 Concerts are cancelled in the event of inclement weather.\u00a0 Call 703-324-SHOW (7469) one hour prior to performance for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Green Spring Gardens Features 30th Annual Begonia Show and Sale Mark your calendar for Saturday, August 25 (9 a.m. &#8211; 4:30 p.m.), and Sunday, August 26 (12:30 &#8211; 3:30 p.m.) and enjoy Green Spring Gardens&#8217; annual Begonia Show and Sale, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/2012\/08\/19\/mason-district-news\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletters"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p96VxY-4D","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raintreehoa.info\/hoa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}