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Category Archives: Organic Vegetable Demonstration Garden
September 2019 Public Education Events
September 2019 Public Education Programs include the following classes:
• Garden Talk – Good Gardens All Start With Good Soil
• Fall Lawn Care and Turf Alternatives
• Permaculture Ideas for Small Urban Yards
• Landscaping Techniques and Native Plants for Wet Sites
Special Events include:
•Simpson Gardens Stroll
•Wednesday Central Library Garden Talks with AFAC;
•Organic Vegetable Garden Pepper Fest!
•Glencarlyn Library Community Garden Autumnfest
•Simpson Park Gardens Fall Open House.
Don’t forget to check out our Plant Clinics as well! Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Organic Vegetable, Organic Vegetable Demonstration Garden, Public Education, Public Education Events, Simpson Gardens, Teaching Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged AutumnFest, composting, food forest, Lawns, Organic Vegetable Garden, Pepperfest, permaculture, Simpson Garden Strolls, soil, wet sites
August 2019 Public Education Events
July 2019 Public Education Classes include: Herbs for Flavor, Fragrance, Health and Butterflies, Mosquitos and Ticks: Identification and Control; Composting Basics, and Succulents for Small Spaces.
Check out our new Twilight Landscape Gardening series at the Fairlington Community Center!
• Native Plants of the Fairlington Community Center
• Easy Low-Cost Landscape Maintenance Techniques
• Small Space Vegetable Gardening
Don’t miss these great special events: Ask a Master Gardener at the Organic Vegetable Garden and the Simpson Garden Stroll. Continue reading
July 2019 Public Education Events
July 2019 Public Education Classes include: Herbs for Flavor, Fragrance, Health and Butterflies, Mosquitos and Ticks: Identification and Control; Composting Basics, and Succulents for Small Spaces.
Check out our new Twilight Landscape Gardening series at the Fairlington Community Center!
• Native Plants of the Fairlington Community Center
• Easy Low-Cost Landscape Maintenance Techniques
• Small Space Vegetable Gardening
Don’t miss these great special events: Ask a Master Gardener at the Organic Vegetable Garden and the Simpson Garden Stroll. Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Organic Vegetable, Organic Vegetable Demonstration Garden, Public Education Events, Simpson Gardens
Tagged composting, Fairlington Community Center, Mosquitos and Ticks, Native plants, Organic Vegetable Garden, Simpson Garden Stroll, small space gardening, succulents, Wednesday Library Garden Talks
June 2019 Public Education Events
June 2019 Public Education Classes include: Gardening for Pollinators – A Redesign of the Glencarlyn Pollinator Bed; Mosquitos and Ticks: Identification and Control; Welcoming Beautiful Butterflies, Moths and Other Critters; Ways to Get Rid of Weeds; and Succulents for Small Spaces.
Don’t miss these great special events: Sunny and Quarry Shade Gardens Open House; Ask a Master Gardener at the Organic Vegetable Garden; and the Simpson Garden Stroll.
And remember – plan NOW for Arlington County Fair Competitive Exhibits in August 2019! Continue reading
Posted in Event, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Organic Vegetable, Organic Vegetable Demonstration Garden, Public Education Events, Shade Garden, Simpson Gardens, Sunny Garden
Tagged Arlington County Fair, Gardening for Pollinators, Mosquitos and Ticks, Open House, Organic Vegetable Garden, pollinators, Quarry/Shade Garden and Sunny Garden at Bon Air Park, Simpson Garden Stroll, succulents, Weeds
