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…
Posts by Anne McGarvey
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 —…
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…
