Nature is Good for Us
A growing body of research is proving what we know intuitively: Nature is good for us—physically, mentally, and cognitively. When we spend time in nature—whether in a national park or a backyard garden—we feel better.
Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
A Cold March in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
As I write this column, we have experienced a warmer February but a typically cold and windy March. This warm spell sent many of our plants into believing spring was upon them. Mother Nature sometimes plays us for fools. Plants too.
Flowering trees and shrubs were tricked into opening their buds early only to be hit by winter’s return in early March.
Season of Change for Judy Funderburk
After 17 years as a co-coordinator in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Judy Funderburk is stepping back from that leadership role in favor of simply enjoying gardening in it.
Crazy Mixed up February (and March!)
In the middle of what is supposed to be winter, when the days are still relatively short and the nights long, the plants in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden are responding to the record-breaking high temperatures with a confusing but wonderful mix of blooms, berries, textures, and colors. Never before have we seen such combinations of winter and spring in the Garden. Here are some photos taken on February 21 that made me smile and shake my head and look in wonder.
‘Tis the Season — A Meditation on Wonder
Fall and winter in the Glencarlyn Library Garden - 2016
WHAT’S HOPPIN’ In The Glencarlyn Library Demonstration Garden
Learn about the Golden Hops vine at the Glencarlyn Library Garden
Library Garden Receives Gift from Campbell Elementary 2nd Graders
Campbell 2nd grade class makes a wind chime made from repurposed bamboo that the children found invading the back of their schoolyard as a gift for the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
May at the Glencarlyn Library Demonstration Garden – 2016
Glencarlyn Library Garden happenings in May 2016
Photographing the Tried and True Sheets: Part 3 – Capturing Foliage and Bark
Written by Mary Free, Certified Master Gardener So far, our Photographing the Tried and True Sheets series has explored how best to capture photographs of various plants, including trees, flowers and fruits. You …
Photographing the Tried and True Sheets: Part 2 – Capturing Flowers and Fruits
Written by Mary Free, Certified Master Gardener Part One of Photographing the Tried and True Sheets explored how best to capture the forms of plants and trees in photographs. You can …
Photographing the Tried and True Sheets: Part 1 – Capturing the Form
Written by Mary Free, Certified Master Gardener In a major improvement, Tried and True Plant fact sheets now provide photographic images that highlight native plants grown in MGNV demonstration gardens …
Exciting Happenings in Glencarlyn Library Garden
What do Persimmons, Poe, and Painting have in common – besides the letter P?!? All three were exciting happenings in the Library Garden this fall.
Culinary, Fragrant & Medicinal HERBS!
You're welcome to come anytime to visit, taste, smell, enjoy the Glencarlyn Library Herb Garden located behind the library building next to the patio.
Monarchs at Glencarlyn
Monarch caterpillars at Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Native Vines Blooming in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
by Certified Master Gardener, Judy Funderburk Ever since Arlington’s Invasive Plant Coordinator, Jenn Truong, asked us to take out the beautiful scented, evergreen, fall-blooming and often-called native and very invasive …