April showers may have wrecked our cherry blossoms, but something new always grows! Here’s where to celebrate the season in the area.
They have created a comprehensive database of over 500 urban agriculture groups, and a map of the city’s 70+ community gardens.
The stormwater management system dates back to the gardens’ creation in the 1920s and the time has come for an overhaul.
What makes a beer garden? Is it the beer that ends in “radler” and “weizen”? The garden? The seemingly ubiquitous picnic table-style layout?
A community day — with goats! — is planned for May 18.
On Friday, Bread for the City — a nonprofit which provides residents of D.C. with comprehensive services like food, clothing, medical care, and legal services — opened up a rooftop garden on top of its new 1525 7th Street NW headquarters.
What are these adorable kids so excited about? D.C. Central Kitchen has launched a campaign to raise money for a truck farm, inspired by the documentary Truck Farm. A truck farm is a functioning truck with a bed that contains a small garden planted with fresh vegetables and fruit. D.C. Central Kitchen plans to visit all the local youth agencies they serve (such as Jubilee House featured in the video above), utilizing the garden…
Photo by Luke Hall.A couple of months ago, I was alerted to this article in the Washington Post about, essentially, a Match.com for gardeners and gardens. SharingBackyards.com connects city-folk living in apartments or small spaces with those who have yard space and are willing to share. The Post has a follow-up today about one particular success from the site, and that space in the photo? Yes, indeed, that is this writer’s backyard. Since moving…
Before jet-setting to New York today for another Saturday night date with her husband, First Lady Michelle Obama spent yesterday at Bancroft Elementary School in Mount Pleasant, where students are tending a garden — similar to the one on the South Lawn of the White House which supplies veggies to both the White House and Miriam’s Kitchen. After checking out the blooms, the First Lady delivered some remarks: We’ve already used about 80 pounds of…
