Woodley Gardens Swim Team

11/04/2025

https://www.savewoodley.org/

Check out our new website! savewoodley.org

Our website now has information, flyers, and social media assets you can share with your friends, family, and anyone else who’d like to help get the word out!

Help Us Reopen For Summer 2026 Woodley Gardens Pool has been a neighborhood favorite for generations where kids learn to swim, the Woodley Waves compete, and neighbors become friends.We are fundraising from the community and local businesses to finance the construction of a new pool house by Decembe...

11/02/2025

 For over 60 years, Woodley Gardens Pool has been where your kids learned to swim, where you became friends with your neighbors, and where summer memories were made. Now, we have one final chance to bring it back—but only if we act fast, and do it together.

Why now? The Woodley Gardens Community Swim and Recreation Association has launched a multi-phase capital campaign to revitalize the Woodley Gardens Pool. This campaign aims to finance the construction of a new poolhouse and reopen the pool. We must act quickly, or we risk losing our neighborhood pool.

Built in 1961, Woodley Gardens has been a Rockville institution for generations. Our swim team started in 1963. We survived a fire in 2019 and reopened in 2020, when having any place outside our homes was a lifeline.
The 2026 pool reopening is just the beginning. Our poolhouse renovation is the first milestone in a complete pool renovation planned for Fall 2028. See the full renovation schedule on our website.

All Hands on Deck
Our volunteer board and community members are dedicated to raising over $250k by the end of the year. This amount will help us get closer to our goal, but we will ultimately need much more to bring the waves home in 2026. We're reaching out to local businesses, pursuing grants, and counting on neighbors like you.
Here's how you can help:
1 Make a donation - see link in bio
2 Volunteer your time or skills— we are seeking fundraising, outreach, events, or other talents. Sign up to help. Please email [email protected] if you want to help.
3 Spread the word! Chat with your neighbors, share on social media, and connect us with local businesses. The fundraising website has info, flyers, and social media assets you can share with your friends, family, and anyone else who’d like to help get the word out!

This is going to take all of us. But if there's one thing our community has proven, it's that when we come together, we can do remarkable things.
Let's dig deep this winter so our community can dive in next summer.

Together, We Bring Woodley Back!

11/24/2023

Clara, portrayed by Anya from the Civic Ballet Nutcracker, swung by our wonderful pool as part of . She then ventured over to the park where the Nutcracker climbed on the playground, watched the up and coming sport beach tennis, and enjoyed the peace of the trails and stream.

Visit https://woodleygardenspool.org for information about joining the Woodley Gardens Pool and keep following Clara on her journey around Rockville on her way to The Nutcracker the first two weekends of December! Tickets are available at https://fscottfitzgerald.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=203


Friends of the Rockville Civic Ballet
City of Rockville Government
City of Rockville Recreation and Sports

10/18/2023

Woodley Gardens Pool Update


Dear Members,

We wanted to share some important news regarding the Pool. As of a few weeks ago, Pete Cromwell of Georgetown Hill Early School is now the 100% sole owner of the pool property. The Woodley Gardens Community Swim & Recreation Association (WGCSRA) Board has met with Pete. We are working together on a plan for the WGCSRA to lease and manage the pool property again for the 2024 summer.

Pete wanted to share the following with the pool community: "Georgetown Hill is excited for another successful pool season in Summer 2024 and to partner with the team that has been working so hard for the community these past few years. We expect to work with them closely as we develop our overall plan to improve the property and preserve this community asset for years to come. And on a personal level, I'm thrilled to return to the neighborhood I grew up in!"

We look forward to another amazing summer of fun at Woodley Gardens Pool! More information will be shared at a later date.

Sincerely,

Your friends at Woodley Gardens Community Swim & Recreation Association

07/09/2023

06/15/2023

Help us celebrate 60 years of Woodley Waves! Let's “Fill the Fence” to help celebrate the occasion!

For only $60 (See how we did that!?! $60 for 60 amazing years!), you can write the team a birthday message, share a special memory or give a shout out to your swimmer(s). Your personalized banner will hang on the fence for the entire summer!

Show your Woodley spirit and pride by ordering an anniversary banner today! Banners - Woodley Gardens Waves (woodleywaves.org)

2023 team registration is now open. Wondering if your swimmer is ready for the team or pre-team? Come by practice, and talk to the coaches

05/27/2023

Opening day!! We can’t wait for another fun Woodley Waves summer! If you haven’t yet- don’t forget to join the swim team. See you at the pool!

04/16/2022

Woodley summer 2022, here we come!! 🖤💛🖤💛

02/13/2022

As many of you may know, members of the community recently purchased the pool property and have exciting plans for the future. While these plans are being finalized, the Woodley Gardens Community Swim & Recreation Association will continue to operate the Pool for 2022. Membership enrollment for Summer of 2022 will open in March - stay tuned!

Despite the fact that it may not feel much like pool season at the moment, Pool Personnel, our new pool management contractor, is currently accepting applications for lifeguards for the summer of 2022. If your son or daughter is 15 or older and interested, please visit https://poolpersonnel.com/employment/ for more information and to apply.

Employment typically runs Memorial Day through Labor Day although some of our facilities do open prior to Memorial Day and some are open for a week or two after.