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Join us Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our Spring Garden Talk series.
April 20 - Starting Your Spring Garden
USDA research entomologist and Library volunteer Don Weber and his garden experts will talk seeds, seed-starting, seedlings, cover crops and timing of crops.
April 27 ? Raised-bed gardens for Square-foot Gardening
Paul Adamczak will explain the system of Square-foot Gardening with our upcoming 4x4-foot raised bed on the patio next to the garden and the Central Library. This versatile system grows vegetables intensively so you can grow the most even in small spaces!
May 4 - Container Gardening
Container gardening allows for plants on a balcony, deck, or patio ? even portability! We will have several different containers and a discussion of how best to grow with them. Find out how ? and use that yellow Arlington recycling tub for growing some tasty vegetables and herbs!
Talks last 30-45 minutes with time for questions. Bring your eyes and ears and questions, and leave with a few free seedlings and some info on getting started with your garden this spring!
- Garden Talk: Gardening For Life
Join us Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on Gardening for Life: Fitness without Injury. Carol Downs, Northern Virginia Master Gardener, will discuss tips, tools and techniques for "bodywise gardening,"...
- Garden Talk: Starting Fall Vegetables
Join us Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our August Garden Talk series. August 3, 7pm - Summer veggies and herbs: Cooking straight from the garden. We?ll see, smell and taste some of the great vegetables and herbs of...
- Garden Talk: How To Grow A Pizza
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on How to Grow a Pizza, with Anne Santarone and Gary Fremerman. Children and their adults will learn how one of their favorite foods is closely connected...
- Library Vegetable Garden Update
November garden photosHave you walked by Central Library's AFAC vegetable garden recently, and thought, "I wonder what's going on now?" The answer is, a lot! During November Don Weber (our volunteer from USDA) got the last of the summer crops...
- "tuesdays In The Garden" Lecture Series
Corn so high, it touches the sky... Join local gardening and horticulture experts at the new Central Library Community Garden for our first Garden Lecture series, "Tuesdays in the Garden." Lectures will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., from...
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All About Container Gardening, May 4 at Central
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| We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for Spring |
April 20 - Starting Your Spring Garden
USDA research entomologist and Library volunteer Don Weber and his garden experts will talk seeds, seed-starting, seedlings, cover crops and timing of crops.
April 27 ? Raised-bed gardens for Square-foot Gardening
Paul Adamczak will explain the system of Square-foot Gardening with our upcoming 4x4-foot raised bed on the patio next to the garden and the Central Library. This versatile system grows vegetables intensively so you can grow the most even in small spaces!
May 4 - Container Gardening
Container gardening allows for plants on a balcony, deck, or patio ? even portability! We will have several different containers and a discussion of how best to grow with them. Find out how ? and use that yellow Arlington recycling tub for growing some tasty vegetables and herbs!
Talks last 30-45 minutes with time for questions. Bring your eyes and ears and questions, and leave with a few free seedlings and some info on getting started with your garden this spring!
- Garden Talk: Gardening For Life
Join us Wednesday, Sept. 14 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on Gardening for Life: Fitness without Injury. Carol Downs, Northern Virginia Master Gardener, will discuss tips, tools and techniques for "bodywise gardening,"...
- Garden Talk: Starting Fall Vegetables
Join us Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our August Garden Talk series. August 3, 7pm - Summer veggies and herbs: Cooking straight from the garden. We?ll see, smell and taste some of the great vegetables and herbs of...
- Garden Talk: How To Grow A Pizza
Join us Wednesday, June 15, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on How to Grow a Pizza, with Anne Santarone and Gary Fremerman. Children and their adults will learn how one of their favorite foods is closely connected...
- Library Vegetable Garden Update
November garden photosHave you walked by Central Library's AFAC vegetable garden recently, and thought, "I wonder what's going on now?" The answer is, a lot! During November Don Weber (our volunteer from USDA) got the last of the summer crops...
- "tuesdays In The Garden" Lecture Series
Corn so high, it touches the sky... Join local gardening and horticulture experts at the new Central Library Community Garden for our first Garden Lecture series, "Tuesdays in the Garden." Lectures will take place on Tuesday evenings at 7:00 p.m., from...