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Backyard Nature: What a difference some rain makes!

September 15, 2023 by FHC 3 Comments

by Marlene Berlin Until a few days ago, the reengineered and daylighted Linnean and Broad Branch streams were a sorry sight. As the days went by with little to no […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Broad Branch, Featured, Linnean Park, News, Parks and Streams

The invasion of the ‘tree snatchers’

September 7, 2023 by FHC 1 Comment

by Adam Sieminski Winter creeper (Euonymus fortunei) is a tenacious, perennial, and evergreen plant that grows as a sprawling groundcover or climbing vine. Those qualities make it attractive to many local […]

Filed Under: Featured, Home Front, In the Garden, News, Rock Creek Park, Sustainability, Volunteer in Our Parks

Meet Your Neighbors: Thanks to this Weed Warrior, invasive plants don’t stand a chance

September 6, 2023 by FHC 1 Comment

by Marlene Berlin John Burwell has appeared on our pages several times over the past three years for his work as a volunteer caregiver of our daylighted and restored streams, […]

Filed Under: Broad Branch, Featured, Forest Hills, Linnean Park, Meet the Neighbors, News, Parks and Streams, Sustainability, Volunteer in Our Parks

Hearst Pool will remain open for the season through Sept. 21

September 5, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

Labor Day signals summers’ end in many ways, including the end of operations of the District’s outdoor swimming pools. But high summer temps will be here for a while yet. […]

Filed Under: Hearst Park, Local Attractions, News

Rock Creek Conservancy: Protecting a DC oasis – and the “lungs” of the city

August 27, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

by Mark Moran Rock Creek Park is an oasis in the city, in more ways than one. “One of my greatest pleasures is to go alone into the peaceful setting […]

Filed Under: Featured, Melvin Hazen Park, News, Parks and Streams, Rock Creek Park, Volunteer in Our Parks

Soapstone sewer update: August 21 now tentative date for next relining phase; August 17 virtual meeting

August 7, 2023 by FHC 7 Comments

On August 21st, DC Water plans to begin installing cured-in-place pipe along a new segment of the 110-year-old sewer pipe in the Soapstone Valley. The agency set out the new, […]

Filed Under: ANC 3F, Featured, News, Parks and Streams, Soapstone Valley

August in the Neighborhood: Play tourist, learn to do-si-do, and watch someone else do the dancing

August 1, 2023 by FHC 1 Comment

We’ve noticed a change in around the neighborhood over the past couple of weeks: There’s hardly any traffic. We’ve seen fewer drivers and fewer pedestrians. Even during rush hours, there […]

Filed Under: Around the Neighborhood, Hillwood Museum, News, Peirce Mill, Rock Creek Park, Shop & Eat Local, Things To Do, Volunteer in Our Parks

Neighborhood in the News: New neighborhood leaders take on effort to rename the park now called Reservation 630

July 24, 2023 by FHC 1 Comment

For decades, the park south of Tilden Street, bisected by Connecticut Avenue, was Melvin Hazen Park. Then, in 2017, Neil Flanagan wrote for the Washington City Paper about Hazen’s long-ago […]

Filed Under: Featured, Melvin Hazen Park, Neighborhood in the News, News, UDC

Backyard Nature: Fascinating Fungi

July 21, 2023 by FHC 2 Comments

“This is a good time of the year for mushrooms – and for people who love to look for them.” Marjorie Rachlin, our late neighbor, nature writer and nature lover, […]

Filed Under: Backyard Nature, Featured, News, Rock Creek Park

Business in Brief: “Black excellence” in Van Ness; Best bookstore in the “Best bookstore city”; Summer reading and summer offers

July 19, 2023 by FHC Leave a Comment

Get to know Flavor Garden and its founder: Her restaurant specializes in “fun food” such as funnel cakes. She created many of her seasoning blends to coax her mother to […]

Filed Under: Business, Business in Brief, Featured, Forest Hills, Forest Hills Park, Main Street, News, Play, Van Ness

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