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Category Archives: Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Garden Education Box Installed in Glencarlyn Library Garden
By Alyssa Ford Morel, Certified Master Gardener, Certified Master Naturalist and Audubon at Home Ambassador. If you’ve visited Glencarlyn Library Community Garden’s back patio recently, it’s likely that you have noticed a new addition, a Garden Education box. Though it … Continue reading
Summertime and the Herbs Are Abundant!
Basil is the late summer subject of the fourth in an occasional series of short articles featuring herbs grown in our Master Gardener Demonstration/Teaching Garden at the Glencarlyn Branch Library. Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Herbs, Recipes
Tagged (sweet basil), basil, gazpacho, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Herbs, Ocimum basilicum, pesto
September 2018 Public Education Events
September 2018 Public Education Programs include: Garden Talk – Partnering with Pollinators; 2 sessions of Fall Lawn Care; Small Space Gardening – Selecting Trees; 2 sessions of Composting – What to do with all those leaves?; and Native Grasses and Sedges for the Home Garden.
Special Events include: Simpson Gardens Tuesday Stroll; Wednesday Central Library Garden Talks with AFAC; the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden Autumnfest; and the Simpson Gardens Fall Open House and 25th Anniversary Celebration.
Don’t forget to check out our Plant Clinics as well! Continue reading
Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot) with Pollinators
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Have you seen any of these pollinators in your garden? Enjoy this great video from Mary Free featuring a variety of pollinators visiting Monarda fistulosa (wild bergamot), at the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden on … Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Pollinators, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Apis melifera, Augochlorini sp., black and gold bumble bee, Bombus auricomus, Bombus bimaculatus, Bombus griseocollis, brown-belted bumble bee, European honey bee, green sweat bee, Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot), syrphid fly, Toxomerus geminatus, two-spotted bumble bee
Meet the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden Coordinators
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, one of the demonstration gardens maintained by Master Gardener volunteers and interns from the Arlington/Alexandria unit of Virginia Cooperative Extension, is now under the leadership of five coordinators: Paul Nuhn, Alyssa Ford Morel, Wendy Mills, Elaine Mills (not a relation), and Judy Funderburk. Continue reading
View From the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
AutumnFest was celebrated in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, a Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia/Virginia Cooperative Extension (MGNV/VCE) demonstration garden in Arlington Virginia, with a feast of pumpkins, people, and plants. On Sunday, September 17th, a beautiful late-summer/fall day, Master Gardeners and Interns were delighted to welcome over 225 visitors. Continue reading
