by Marlene Berlin The leaves on my backyard dogwood trees are usually turning brown by this time of year, scorched by the dry late summer conditions. Instead, they’re turning red. […]
Sign up for a weekend tour of UDC’s rooftop farm
If you have wanted to see UDC’s rooftop farm but haven’t been able to make one of the weekday tours, now’s your chance. The UDC College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, […]
DDOT has an app for summer tree watering in DC. How would you improve it?
by Marlene Berlin Ian Maggard, who deals with Ward 3 community relations for the mayor, read our piece on tree watering and emailed me about the new DDOT tree watering […]
High temps make for thirstier trees. Please water!
by Marlene Berlin Late Monday, June 12th, as the day’s 95-degree temperature tied the 2002 record for this date, Casey Trees sent an alert reminding residents to water their trees. […]
Find greens for your fridge AND your garden at the UDC farmers market
by Marlene Berlin This is for all you backyard, balcony and window sill gardeners. At the UDC farmers market last Saturday, it was the variegated sage in a friend’s box […]
You’re invited: RiverSmart garden tours in Forest Hills on April 2
by Katrina Weinig Visit local homes that have installed RiverSmart Homes’ subsidized landscape features, such as trees, rain gardens, bayscaping, rain barrels, and permeable pavers! All of these features help […]
Backyard Nature: Our early bloomers have ancient and foreign roots
by Marjorie Rachlin The warm February weather has brought us surprising flowers – yellow jasmine bushes everywhere, lovely little white snowdrops in the garden, bright yellow aconite at our feet […]
Meet your neighbors: One man’s orchid obsession
by Gary Stevens I am an orchidholic. There, I admit it. Like so many things in life, it started with just one. Then like potato chips, I couldn’t stop. Now […]
DATE ADDED: Tour UDC’s rooftop veggie and pollinator garden on Dec. 13
UPDATE: The tour is now closed. Thanks to all who signed up! The December 9th tour of UDC’s rooftop farm filled up so quickly, UDC’s extension agent and the architect […]
Jane’s Gardening Journal: Hope for our ailing oaks
by Jane Solomon A tiny beetle has been quietly wreaking havoc on oak trees in the DC area. The twolined chestnut borer is a native beetle named after its traditional […]