Dreaming of Spring
Our 12 Educator Coaching Program schools are making steady progress on their goals. One of our school partners Brightwood Elementary School set a goal of increasing school staff use of their garden…
Posts by Anne McGarvey
Black Food Legacies
Edna Lewis was considered the Grande Dame of Southern cooking. Her work as a chef and writer changed the perception of African American food, cooks, and farmers in the United States.
Wild & Wonderful Weddings
The U.S. National Arboretum was recently named a “2022 Best of Weddings” award winner by The Knot. This award is given to the top 5% of wedding vendors in the United…
Chesapeake Connections
A pair of beavers have built a lodge and two dams in Springhouse Run. Although beavers have lived in the National Arboretum for at least the last 20 years, these…
Celebrating Trees
The R Street entrance will be closed from Tuesday, Jan. 18th through Thursday, Jan. 20th for construction of a new rain garden. The New York Avenue entrance will be the…
What is Your Why: School Gardens with a Purpose
This webinar provides tools and processes to think through what you want to achieve with your teaching garden and how that can inform what your garden looks like. You will…
New Year, Who This?
Three long-serving staff members retired from the National Arboretum in 2021. We’d like to thank Chris Carley, Joan Feely, and Kevin Tunison for their incredible service and contributions to the National…
Season’s Tidings
2021 has been a year growth for FONA. We adapted many of our education programs to better fit our community’s needs and celebrate Washington Youth Garden’s 50th anniversary. We also…
Power of FONA
“The U.S. National Arboretum is no longer a ‘hidden gem’ in Washington, DC — it’s a crowning jewel.” FONA’s Executive Director and the Director of the U.S. National Arboretum both…
New Traditions
Thank you to everyone who came out this weekend and made our first Christmas Tree Sale & Holiday Market at the National Arboretum a huge success! We enjoyed the chance…
