It’s West Virginia come to Washington, or at least that’s what planners of the Kingman Island Bluegrass and Folk Festival are saying about this Saturday’s free music festival, hosted on a 40-acre island on the Anacostia River. City leaders and Living Classrooms, an environmental nonprofit, brought the bluegrass festival to the island three years ago, […]
Hey there, everybody! Remember how I told you last week all about the Ben and Jerry’s Greek Frozen Yogurt truck? Right! So, let’s make it happen on the Hill, shall we? This could be our bit of Humpday Fun for the universe: we all get on our smartphones and reach out to the truck, begging […]
Ever heard of any politicians whose grassroots strategy involves a moon bounce? Frager’s Hardware is certainly ahead of the curve. Mitt? Barrack? On my last trip to Frager’s last Sunday I was asked to sign a petition, and noted some signage outside explaining a new neighborhood brouhaha and why their garden space is somewhat limited. […]
By Carmella Mazzotta If you haven’t done so already, check out the park restoration project on Capitol Hill around the corner from Eastern Market. Dubbed Kim’s Garden, the site is located at the intersection of Independence and North Carolina Avenues at 8th Street SE, next to Christ Our Shepherd Church. A native plant landscape design […]
The Friends of the National Arboretum (FONA) Annual Garden Fair and Plant Sale features new, rare and hard-to-find plants, and this year’s sale also includes more than 600 books on horticulture, garden design and designers, landscape architecture and garden travel from the library of longtime FONA board member and garden designer Sally Boasberg, who passed […]