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…
Posts by Anne McGarvey
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…
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…
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 —…
