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After a lot of hard work and the recent rain, our new vegetable garden is sprouting like crazy!
Thanks to Arlington Food Assistance Center, the Girl Scouts of Troop 1431, Potomac Overlook Regional Park, the USDA's People's Gardens Initiative - and all of our other volunteers - for their work in turning our daydream of a garden into such a successful reality.
See more photos of the garden on our flickr page.
- Winter In The Vegetable Garden
Don Weber and Puwen Lee have been busy getting the Central Library vegetable garden ready for winter. Two weeks ago, they transplanted the mixed lettuce seedlings (originally planted as seeds in the raised bed garden in August), both inside and outside...
- Who Waters The Vegetable Garden?
Julie Damore does! Julie is a volunteer at Central Library who helps tend our Arlington Food Assistance Center vegetable garden. In this photo, taken by the staff at AFAC for their newsletter, she's holding a bouquet of broccoli and cucumbers. These...
- Garden Talk: Beauty And The Bees - June 1
Join us Wednesday, June 1, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on Beauty and the Bees, presented by Lynn Kristianson and Don Weber. Can you "bring nature home" in Arlington? Definitely! Find out how to start with this workshop....
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- Don Weber, Library Volunteer Extraordinaire
Meet Don Weber, research entomologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, longtime Arlington resident and über volunteer at the Central Library. Don shows Pink Lady Beetles to Mrs. Vilsak and Library Director Diane KreshLast year, Don spearheaded...
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Beautiful Growth in the Vegetable Garden
After a lot of hard work and the recent rain, our new vegetable garden is sprouting like crazy!
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| Vegetable and Herb Panorama! |
See more photos of the garden on our flickr page.
- Winter In The Vegetable Garden
Don Weber and Puwen Lee have been busy getting the Central Library vegetable garden ready for winter. Two weeks ago, they transplanted the mixed lettuce seedlings (originally planted as seeds in the raised bed garden in August), both inside and outside...
- Who Waters The Vegetable Garden?
Julie Damore does! Julie is a volunteer at Central Library who helps tend our Arlington Food Assistance Center vegetable garden. In this photo, taken by the staff at AFAC for their newsletter, she's holding a bouquet of broccoli and cucumbers. These...
- Garden Talk: Beauty And The Bees - June 1
Join us Wednesday, June 1, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for a Garden Talk on Beauty and the Bees, presented by Lynn Kristianson and Don Weber. Can you "bring nature home" in Arlington? Definitely! Find out how to start with this workshop....
- Starting Your Spring Garden - Tonight!
We've turned over the winter crop to prepare our garden for SpringJoin us Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Library Vegetable Garden for our first Garden Talk of the new year: Starting your Spring Garden. USDA research entomologist...
- Don Weber, Library Volunteer Extraordinaire
Meet Don Weber, research entomologist with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, longtime Arlington resident and über volunteer at the Central Library. Don shows Pink Lady Beetles to Mrs. Vilsak and Library Director Diane KreshLast year, Don spearheaded...