Posts tagged Garden
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Photo Friday: Play in the park
Enjoy this week’s images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Keep reading…
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Photo Friday: Bridges and “bridgesques”
Enjoy this week’s images from the Greater and Lesser Washington Flickr pool! Keep reading…
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Montgomery residents are fighting plans to build rain gardens
Montgomery County has plans to build gardens that collect and clean stormwater on the street in front of homes in older neighborhoods. Residents, however, are up in arms. Keep reading…
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A tomato trellis popup is tearing this historic neighborhood apart
In recent years, some homeowners and small-scale developers have created infill density in DC by adding new floors to existing homes to convert single-family townhouses to multi-family structures. These “pop-ups” have been very controversial, and have triggered pushback from the DC Zoning Commission. Now, this building trend is expanding from residential to other land uses — and the controversy is riper than ever. Keep reading…
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Meet two of the driving forces behind urban gardening in DC
When most people think about DC, farming is probably not the first thing that comes to mind — nonetheless, urban agriculture is thriving in DC and throughout the region. To learn more about local efforts, I spoke with the coordinators of two DC gardens, Noyes Park Community Garden and Ferebee Hope Garden. Keep reading…
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Events: Be a bike advocate, get answers on the Comp Plan, and install a rain garden
Be a bike advocate in DC, learn how to install rain gardens, get information about the District's comprehensive plan, and more events! Keep reading…