Tree Sale & Turkey Takeover
Visit the Procrastinator’s Holiday Market on Saturday, December 11th at the National Arboretum. This is held alongside our tree sale from 10 AM to 4 PM at the New York Avenue parking lot. We’re…
Posts by Anne McGarvey
Yuletide Yore
Before wreaths adorned doors and walls during the holidays, wreaths were originally hung as ornaments on Christmas trees. More than frugally using discarded branches, a wreath has religious symbolism —…
Indigenous Legacies
This Native American Heritage Month, explore DC’s Indigenous history. The Anacostia River that borders the National Arboretum was named after the Anacostan people, a Native American trive originally known as…
Fresh Garden Wrap
Washington Youth Garden has grown and donated 5,700 pounds of fresh food this year to local students and families. It takes our whole team to support our community — we’re…
Christmas Trees & Holiday Market
Let us help you have a hassle-free holiday this year. Join us December 11 and 12 from 10 AM to 4 PM for our Christmas Tree Sale & Holiday Market.…
Finally Fall
Buy your Christmas tree this year at our Christmas Tree Sale & Holiday Market December 11-12 at the New York Avenue parking lot. Our tree sale is hassle-free! You’ll be able…
We’ve Got a Winner!
Our Garden team has grown and donated 5,265 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables this year! This is more food than our one-acre Washington Youth Garden has ever produced, and over 1,000…
Building Community
Thank you to all who attended our FONA Fall Fest events! We greatly enjoyed sharing school garden resources with you at our Garden Maintenance Morning, helping you find the perfect…
Outdoor Corner
We’re holding a Buy One Get One Bulb Sale this Saturday, October 9th from 8 AM to 2 PM! This sale will be held outside Arbor House next to the…
Botanical Legacies
Bulbs are planted in fall after the weather cools and before the ground freezes. Once the ground thaws in spring, warmer temperatures trigger a gorgeous display of flowers to erupt…
