2025 March -July Public Education Classes – Now Online!
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Public ed classes offered from March through July, 2025 are now online. Each video has been edited and captioned, and each page includes multiple resources.
Come to the Annual Pepper Fest at the Organic Vegetable Garden
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Come tour the Organic Vegetable Garden and sample the many kinds of peppers we grow! Join us on Sunday September 13 from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at Potomac Overlook Park.
VINE: Passiflora incarnata (Purple Passionflower, Maypop)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Found naturally along roadsides, pastures, and open woods, the exotic flowers and edible fruit of Purple Passionflower make this unique vine a striking ornamental plant for the garden. The common name, Maypop, refers to the fruit, which makes a popping sound when stomped.
How to Garden When You Rent
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Back in the day, when I was renting, it never occurred to me that with relatively little effort I could make my small townhouse patio anything other than the uninviting space it was. Fortunately, that is not a problem for today’s renters. In How to Garden When You Rent, author Matthew Pottage presents renters with a variety of gardening ideas with solid advice on how to undertake them.
PERENNIAL: Helianthus divaricatus (Woodland Sunflower)
New in 2025!
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This native of open woodlands is a truly high-value wildlife plant. Showy fall flowers draw myriad pollinators to nectar, seven species of specialized bees to pollen, and birds and small mammals to seeds. It is a larval host for about 70 lepidopteran species.
Meet the Farmers at Your Farmers Market
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When you meander through a farmers market, do you ever think about where that colorful cornucopia of vegetables and fruit comes from?
The first week of August is National Farmers Market Week (Aug. 3-9 in 2025), an opportunity to learn more about the actual farmers at your farmers market.