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Dear Garden Problem Lady

Could you please suggest some ferns to plant? Ferns thrive in shade and need plenty of water. Some names include Boston Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Christmas...

Dear Garden Problem Lady

A friend gave me a Clethra bush called Ruby Spice that blooms in late summer. After three years it still struggles. It’s in a...

Free Vegetables for All

August is harvesting time for farmers and gardeners.  As summer days turn longer and hotter, the vegetable plants start to produce blossoms and the...

“For Everything There is A Season”

Our Nepeta (catmint) has been the star of our June garden – how can I get it to keep blooming longer and longer? For everything...

Can You Honorably Re-Gift a Gloxinia?

Can I honorably re-gift an expensive Gloxinia plant? Gloxinia, you say? Re-gift?? Can there be any honor in re-gifting?  Of any flower, plant, bulbs, seeds...

DC Natives Create Pollinater Pathway

Gardening is a chance to create beauty for yourself and your DC community.  There are not many other activities that let you help our...

Free Our Gardens

July is the month we celebrate our country’s freedoms, often in our outdoor living spaces. It is also the summer month when our gardens...

A Great Free Resource for Gardeners

Did you know you could borrow a weed wacker or a rototiller for free? Yes, it’s true, for free.  In 2021, a partnership between...

How to Rid Yourself of Bamboo Roots

We planted a stand of bamboo years ago, thinking it would be a wonderful screen – and boy, it has been. But I never...

Gardening Partnership Helps Youth Bloom on Barracks Row

Jim Guckert is bending over a patch of dirt on the 700 block of Eighth St. SE. Two young men are kneeling close by,...