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DC EcoWomen: Growing Healthy Gardens & Communities

Growing Healthy Gardens & Communities Date: Thurs., March 21 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Location: Teaism, Penn Quarter Join DC Ecowomen for a special event to celebrate Spring and gardening. Whether you are a novice or advanced gardener, learn from local women gardeners about community and school garden projects and best practices for starting your own garden. Bring your gardening questions and st...
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National Arboretum Native Plant Sale

National Arboretum NATIVE PLANT SALE (and LAHR Symposium) at the 2400 R Street NE entrance Washington, DC 20002 Saturday, March 25, 2023, 8:15 a.m. –2 p.m. Where: Meadow Road, adjacent to the National Herb Garden Vendors from across the mid-Atlantic selling spring ephemerals and many other choice perennials and woody plants. Registration is helpful but not required for the Plant sal...
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Montgomery Parks GreenScapes Symposium

Advancing the Natural Landscape in a Modern World – Solutions for Sites & Situations Friday, February 18, 2022 | 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET *Live Zoom event Join us for a fascinating day of presentations highlighting design strategies that make it easier and more effective to integrate native plants into a variety of landscapes. Gardening for wildlife and designing landscapes that mimic...
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Extending the Pollinator Buffet into Fall & Winter

Fall is typically a time when most gardens begin to wind down and the floral buffet for pollinators dwindles. How can you keep the color show going in your backyard right up until frost while providing food sources for insects and wildlife? This interactive workshop will cover late season blooming perennials, shrubs and grasses that add garden interest during fall and winter. The workshop, tau...
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ANS and ILSR Composting Workshop

Composting Workshop ANS and ILSR Composting Workshop Monday, October 18 • 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Woodend Learning Garden Brenda Platt and Sophia Hosain of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) will teach us how to set up and maintain a successful home composting system and will inform participants of the latest DC Metro initiatives and regulations for composting. Attende...
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Stream Team Leader Training

If you love Rock Creek and want to help protect it, you can become a Stream Team Leader and be an ambassador to your community for Rock Creek and the stormwater runoff that threatens it. You must be trained as a Stream Team Leader before hosting any events with Rock Creek Conservancy. Two part training: Monday June 14th AND Wednesday June 16th, 5-6:30 PM [register here] You can invite frie...
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Stream Team Leader Training

DC EcoWomen Spring Workshop: Personal Sustainability in the Workplace: A Workshop on Finding Your Renewable Energy

Join us May 25th from 6:30 to 8:00 PM for an interactive workshop. You'll explore ways to develop an early-warning system for your fatigue as well as big and small ways to recharge at work. You'll do this in the company of others who also are trying to find balance. You'll leave the workshop with an expanded network of Eco Women and a personalized menu of things you've developed to help you find e...
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“Hometown Habitat” Film Screening and Discussion Panel

"Hometown Habitat" Film Screening and Discussion Panel by Izaak Walton League of America Register for "Hometown Habitat" Film Screening and Panel Discussion View Friday 2/26 - Sunday 2/28 & Join Panel Discussion 3/2 How can people in the region help pollinators, save water and conserve the natural world for future generations? To answer those questions, a free, virtual screenin...
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Less Lawn, More Life – A Master Gardener Presentation

Less Lawn, More Life - A Master Gardener Presentation Less Lawn, More Life. A Presentation by Master Gardener Merikay Smith. A "MUST ATTEND" before starting your next landscaping project! Thu, February 25, 2021 • 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST Check out this presentation to discover climate & eco- friendly alternatives to the traditional lawn. Includes tips on ways to redu...
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