Summer Fun
Our education program team was busy connecting with students virtually this spring. Already in 2021, we: distributed 2,136 Grow@Home kits to 28 different schools and educational institutions (that’s as many as we made in…
Posts by Anne McGarvey
Creating Forest Gardens
Want to take your sustainable gardening to the next level? Forest gardens are a form of permaculture that integrates edible trees and plants into landscapes. They produce an abundance of…
Changemakers
Elke Mackenzie was a botanist and polar explorer who scoured arctic landscapes for lichen during the mid-twentieth century. Her exhaustive collection and description of lichen, primarily from the Stereocaulon genus, remains our greatest understanding…
Juneteenth Reflection & Celebration
In this week’s FONA Field Notes, we are sharing resources to reflect on Junteenth’s history, appreciate the impact of food and agriculture on the holiday, support local Black-owned businesses and…
Growing Strong
We’d like to introduce you to the newest member of our Washington Youth Garden team — our new truck! Our old truck served us well for many years but came…
Bonsai are Back!
Starting June 1, 2021, the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum is officially open to the public every day from 10 AM to 4 PM. All outdoor portions of the Museum…
Citrus Wizard
The frost-tolerant Valencia oranges we know today were created in the early 20th century by Lue Gim Gong, a Chinese American horticulturist and farmer. Lue immigrated to the United States…
At the Columns
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Capitol Columns was 35 years ago, on May 13, 1986. From footage in our records, here’s a video clip of then-Vice President Bush’s speech where…
Guild Update — Spring 2021
Greetings from the Green Ambassador team! This year, we piloted a new program for our returning Green Ambassadors called the Guild. For Green Ambassadors who joined our program at the…
50 Years of WYG
Washington Youth Garden is turning 50! Since 1971, our garden has served thousands of students all over Washington, DC and provided hands-on education to connect youth to food, the land,…
