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Seeing in the Winter Garden
As the cold of winter approaches, the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden winds down. Shorter days and colder temperatures signal some of the garden perennials that it is time drop leaves and turn brown, while for others it is their time to shine. Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, MG in the Garden
Tagged 'Red Sprite' winterberry holly, 'Winter Gold' winterberry hollies, Aronia arbutifolia, canna tubers, Cornus sericea ‘Baileyi’, Echinacea purpurea, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Jelena’, Ilex verticillata, mockingbird, Musa basjoo, purple coneflower, red chokeberry, red twig dogwood, winter interest, witch-hazel
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
Season of Change for Judy Funderburk
By Alyssa Ford Morel, Certified Master Gardener 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. Serving as a leader … Continue reading
VIEW FROM THE GARDEN
It’s the time of year when Gardeners talk enthusiastically about “Spring Ephemerals,” using this term to describe native wildflowers, such as Virginia Bluebells, Trout Lily, Toothwort, Spring Beauty, Bloodroot, Trillium and Woodland Phlox. The word ‘ephemeral’ often means short-lived, but in the case of native plants, transitory is more accurate. Continue reading
Posted in Demonstration Gardens
Tagged Alexandria, Arlington, brook trout, bulbs, buttercup-like flowers, Caucasus, Chionodoxa luciliae, Dwarf Netted Iris, ephemerals, Eranthis hyemalis, Erythronium americanum, Flowers, gardening, Glencarlyn Community Library Garden, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Glory-of-the-snow, Grape Hyacinth, Hyacinth, Iris, Iris reticulata, maroon trillium, Master Gardener, Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia, MGNV Demonstration Gardens, mottled leaves, Musari botryoides, Narcissus, phlox, Puschkinia, Puschkinia scilloides, Scilla siberica, Shade/Quarry Garden, Siberian Squill, Snowdrops, spring, Spring Ephermerals, spring flower, spring minor bulbs, Striped Squill, Toadshade, trillium, Trillium grandiflorum, Trillium sessile, Trout Lily, tulip, tulips, Wake Robin, Winter aconite
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Culinary, Fragrant & Medicinal HERBS !
If herbs are in your garden or your future garden, you won’t want to miss AutumnFest, September 21, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Glencarlyn Library Community Garden. Continue reading
Posted in Demonstration Gardens, Event, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Herbs
Tagged Alexandria, annuals, Arlington County and Alexandria, AutumnFest, basil, dill, ferns, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, herb, herb garden, lavender, non-natives, nutmeg, perennials, pineapple sage, rosemary, shrubs, The Complete Book of Herbs, Trees, tropicals, Virginia Cooperative Extension Demonstration
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Sun, Sept 29th, Glencarlyn AutumnFest
Sunday, September 29th, 10am to 3pm. “Autumn Fest,” a fall plant sale and gardening program, will be held at the Glencarlyn Library Demonstration Garden on Sunday, September 29, from 10 am until 3 pm, rain or shine. Just in time … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Tagged Arlington, Glencarlyn Library Community Garden, Native plants, VCE
