Small Space Garden

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Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St.
Arlington, Virginia 22206 Get Directions

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  • Vegetables we eat book cover
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    Plant Parts We Eat

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Kids! Did you know that the broccoli we eat is the FLOWER of the broccoli plant? Or that a carrot is the ROOT of a carrot plant? Join Extension Master Gardeners to read The Vegetables We Eat by Gail Gibbons, and be surprised by how many plant parts we eat each day! Children will also help illustrate a mural with their own ideas about what plant parts we eat. At least one parent or caretaker
    must remain with each child.

    Free

  • Rubee puppet
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    Super Honey Bee

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Kids are invited to join Extension Master Gardeners for an in-person activity to learn about honeybees in the Small Space Garden at the Fairlington Community Center during the Fairlington Farmers Market on Sunday, July 20.

    Free

  • Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Seat Oats) in container
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    Create Beautiful Containers and Mini-habitats too… With Native Plants!

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Gardeners with planting space limited to patios, decks, or balconies can still create miniature habitats for pollinators and birds by incorporating native plants. Join Extension Master Gardener Elaine Mills for an in-person presentation about which plant species are suitable for use in containers while providing the best wildlife support.

    Free
  • Good Place by Lucy Cousins
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    Read a Book About Pollinators and Plants for Pollinator Week

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Kids are invited to listen to Extension Master Gardeners reading A Good Place by Lucy Cousins, a short children's book about pollinators and the basic needs of plants. Then the children will put on gardening gloves to help transplant plants in the garden.

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    Featured Small Space Garden Youth Education

    Trees Make Perfect Pets!

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Kids are invited to the Small Space Garden for a storybook read-aloud this Sunday to learn about one girl’s unlikely best friend ... a tree! Extension Master Gardeners will read “Trees Make Perfect Pets” about Abigail’s perfect pet, Fido, who keeps her cool from the sun, stays where she tells him, and gives her air for her to breathe.

    Free

  • Anne Reed teaching kids how to plant a pizza garden in containers
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    Just My Size:  Container Gardening with Kids

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Kids are invited to come learn about growing in containers in the Small Space Garden during the Fairlington Farmers Market on Sunday, May 12.
    Learn from Extension Master Gardeners how to grow just about anything in containers and will help plant a pizza garden in a pot.

    Free

  • Tallamy mosquito trap
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    Learn How to Make a DIY Mosquito Larva Trap

    Small Space Garden Fairlington Community Center 3308 S. Stafford St., Arlington, Virginia

    Join Extension Master Gardeners for a demonstration on how to make a DIY larva trap sized for patios and balconies, May 28, at the Small Space Garden, any time between 9 and 11 a.m.

    Larval traps contain water; straw, hay, grass, or leaves; and Bti (the ingredient in Mosquito Dunks or Bits).  Bti is a selective insecticide - it targets mosquito larvae but not other wildlife. Females lay eggs in the water, and the larvae that emerge are killed.