The trail alongside the rehabilitated Linnean Park stream is getting some much-needed TLC. Last week, volunteers Ben Aurbach, John Burwell and Steve Lukaczer, under the watchful and knowledgeable Potomac Appalachian Trail Club volunteer Mitch Baer, removed built-up mud and silt from under a footbridge to allow easy stream flow. The main work on the trail […]
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While they try to beat it, they’re eating it. Garlic mustard is a tasty invasive plant.
by Marlene Berlin John Burwell, the Pinehurst Project weed warrior who has lately adopted Broad Branch Stream, recently invited a small group of volunteers to help pull invasive garlic mustard that is now rapidly intruding along the banks of the nearby Linnean Stream. His invitation included a couple of recipes for the weed, one for […]
Volunteers at Broad Branch are battling invasive garlic mustard – to give native plants a fighting chance
A team of volunteers has been clearing bamboo at Broad Branch Stream. That’s not the only invasive species they are battling. John Burwell of the Pinehurst Project tells us what’s on their radar now: This is Tucker Harris, of Ingleside at Rock Creek Park. She has been part of the Pinehurst Project volunteer effort at […]
Battling a “‘bamboozling’ menace” at Broad Branch Stream
The volunteer team that’s been removing invasive plants at Broad Branch Stream has lately been fighting a bamboo invasion, or as team leader John Burwell calls it, “this ‘bamboozling’ menace.” Burwell gave us an update on the work. The transplanted Pinehurst Project crew has been working in Broad Branch between 36th Street and Linnean Avenue […]
Meet the leader of the team that’s been working to clear Broad Branch Stream of invasive plants and protect the natives
by Marlene Berlin Last Friday, two men met at Broad Branch Stream. One was Tony Donaldson, Jr., a Ward 3 representative from the Mayor’s Office of Community Relations and Services. The other was John Burwell, who has been leading with teams of volunteers clearing invasive plants from the daylighted stream. Burwell is a certified Weed […]
Rock Creek Park volunteers are seeking feedback on their informational project
by David Cohen John Burwell is passionate about Rock Creek Park. A volunteer in the park since 2007, John created and shepherds The Pinehurst Project, “a volunteer effort to restore the forest and meadow of Pinehurst Tributary in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, by removing invasives and planting native trees.” Now John and I would […]
Business in Brief: Forest Hills/Van Ness, Cleveland Park and Tenleytown
by Katherine Saltzman Van Ness Acacia Bistro Acacia Bistro has hired a new chef who plans to update the menu and create Mediterranean-inspired fusion dishes. Bouchaib Naji, originally from Morocco, explained the new menu would incorporate “global” Mediterranean flavors from the Middle East to Northern Italy. He envisions a menu with appetizers or tapas of […]