the Caterpillar and the exoSkeleton – a Halloween Video
Oooh - Happy Halloween! These creepy crawly caterpillars eat their own skins!
Fall Fruit at Glencarlyn Garden
Learn all about Diospyros virginiana, the common or American persimmon, a plant native to the eastern and midwestern United States - with a delicious persimmon recipe as well.
Regional Gardens: The Meadow Garden at Longwood Gardens
This in-depth article, on The Meadow Garden at Longwood Gardens, is another in our Regional Gardens series, written by certified Extension Master Gardener, Elaine Mills.
Sowing Beauty: Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed
If you have ever been tempted to purchase one of those seed packages promising an instant meadow garden, you will benefit from doing a little research first. One of the sources you might consult is Sowing Beauty—Designing Flowering Meadows from Seed by James Hitchmough.
Garden Education Box Installed in Glencarlyn Library Garden
If you’ve visited Glencarlyn Library Community Garden’s back patio recently, it’s likely that you have noticed a new addition, a Garden Education box. Though it looks much like the Little Free Library boxes that have sprung up across the country in the past few years, the purpose of this one is much more specific to the garden: to provide visitors with helpful information related to gardening on an ongoing basis.
Community Gardens
Learn about the history of community gardens and where they are located in Alexandria and Arlington.