Tag: gardening
Native seedling sale starts today
The Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District’s annual native seedling sale opens today, Feb. 19, at 10 a.m. Customers need to open an account on the NVSWCD website to order seedlings. The seedlings and other pre-ordered items will be available for pickup at the Sleepy Hollow Bath and Racquet Club in Falls Church on … Continued
New native garden graces Columbia Pike
Volunteers spent hours this past weekend creating a native plant garden on Columbia Pike in front of the ACCA Child Development Center. The garden is the first project in the “Greening the Greenway” pilot program, which is aimed at enhancing the Annandale Greenway, a five-mile trail between Annandale Community Park and Green Spring Gardens. On … Continued
Greening the Greenway: Native plant pilot combats the heat island effect
By James Albright A new initiative to incorporate native plantings in downtown Annandale kicks off this fall with a pilot patch along Columbia Pike. The “Greening the Greenway” pilot is named for the still-developing Annandale Greenway community trail. The central part of the Greenway travels through the urban core of Annandale along Columbia Pike. The … Continued
Free garden club launched for kids
Hands On Harvests, the volunteer organization that manages the demonstration garden at the Eileen Garnett Civic Space in Annandale, is launching a free garden club for children. The club will meet on Tuesdays at the garden, at 7200 Columbia Pike, 9:30-10:30 a.m., on June 17; July 1, 15, and 29; and Aug. 12 and 26. … Continued
Big plant sale at Green Spring Gardens this Saturday
Green Spring Gardens will become a marketplace for gardeners on Saturday. Spring Garden Day, an annual event hosted by Friends of Green Spring, will take over the lawn from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Over two dozen vendors will sell popular, rare, and unusual plants, including natives, edibles, and trees. The Green Springs Plant Shop, offering plants … Continued
Mulch sales support HS grad parties
Get ready for gardening season by buying mulch to support local high schools’ all-night graduation parties. The parties are safe, drug and alcohol-free events for seniors to celebrate the end of high school. Orders for the Annandale High School PTSA’s annual Mulch Madness sale are due March 15. Access the order form here. A 50-pound … Continued
Students create self-watering buckets for growing plants
You don’t need a yard to grow vegetables. A simple self-watering bucket can turn an apartment balcony or other small space into a garden. Hands On Harvests is collaborating with Braddock Elementary School in Annandale to provide dozens of containers for families who don’t have access to land. Joyce Matthews, a teacher at Braddock and … Continued
The community celebrates Earth Day at Annandale’s Garnett Park
Dozens of representatives of public agencies and nonprofits shared information about their programs and services at the Earth Day celebration on April 27 at the Eileen Garnett Civic Space in Annandale. Volunteers with Hands On Harvests planted vegetables at the demonstration garden in the park, located at 7200 Columbia Pike, between the ACCA Child Development … Continued
White Gardens show signs of neglect
Over a year ago, the Fairfax County Park Authority dropped plans for a Resident Curator to maintain the John C. and Margaret K. White Gardens and agreed to preserve and enhance the park’s natural and horticultural resources. The White Gardens are a hidden oasis in the midst of the Falls Church area of Mason District. … Continued
Experts offer gardening tips
Master Gardeners are presenting free vegetable gardening tips this Saturday morning at eight community gardens across Fairfax County. The gardening experts will be at Pine Ridge Park, 3401 Woodburn Road in Annandale, and Hogge Park, 3139 Glen Carlyn Road, Bailey’s Crossroads. Both sessions are 9 a.m.-11 a.m. on April 13. Master Gardeners will distribute soil … Continued
Learn how climate change is affecting gardening
Hands On Harvests, the nonprofit organization that operates the new garden in the Eileen Garnett Civic Space on Columbia Pike in Annandale, is hosting three online gardening education programs. The first webinar, on Feb. 13, 7 p.m., is on gardening in a changing climate. Sara Via, a professor and climate extension specialist at the University … Continued
Students are working on robotic gardening
Students at Annandale and Falls Church high schools are learning how to use FarmBots to automate gardening. FarmBots are robots that can be programmed to plant seeds, water plants, pull weeds, and harvest the produce. It slides back and forth on a specially constructed raised garden bed. Hands On Harvests The FarmBot program is a … Continued
Park Authority drops plans for a resident curator at the White Gardens
The Fairfax County Park Authority dropped plans to install a resident curator in the house at the John C. and Margaret K. White Gardens, park officials announced at a virtual public meeting on Feb. 27. Instead, the house will be torn down, and the horticultural treasures and meadow will be restored and maintained as a … Continued
Public meeting to address the White Gardens resident curator program
The Fairfax County Park Authority invites the community to a virtual meeting Monday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m., on the future of the Resident Curator program for the John C. and Margaret K. White Horticultural Park. The 13-acre park, at 6711 Princess Anne Lane, in the Falls Church area of Mason District, includes a house, … Continued
Garden plots available for rent at Hogge Park in Bailey’s Crossroads
Garden plots are now available for rental at the newly renovated Boyd A. and Charlotte M. Hogge Park in Bailey’s Crossroads. The park, at 3139 Glen Carlyn Road, has a fenced-in garden with 34 raised 6 by 9-feet garden beds. The plots are available for rental for one season – February through November – for … Continued