FONA FIELD NOTES
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Washington Youth Garden has grown and donated 5,700 pounds of fresh food this year to…
Christmas Trees & Holiday Market
Let us help you have a hassle-free holiday this year. Join us December 11 and…
Our Garden team has grown and donated 5,265 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables this year! This…
Thank you to all who attended our FONA Fall Fest events! We greatly enjoyed sharing…
Bulbs are planted in fall after the weather cools and before the ground freezes. Once…
Apply by October 4th to become FONA’s Director of Foundations and Government Relations. This person will…
The Arboretum is building a new rain garden this fall just inside the R Street…
Only 30% of the streams that flowed through Washington, DC at the beginning of the…
We’ve harvested 3,650 pounds of fresh food from Washington Youth Garden so far this year —…
The Grass Roots Exhibit is getting a new look! There will be construction near the…
Ashley Rattanawan joins FONA’s School Garden Support Program as a School Garden Education Coach. She got…
Richard Evans Schultes was a 20th century biologist who studied medicinal and toxic plants used…
Dig into the principles of forest gardening with Lincoln Smith, founder of Forested. Forest gardens are a…
Our education program team was busy connecting with students virtually this spring. Already in 2021,…
Elke Mackenzie was a botanist and polar explorer who scoured arctic landscapes for lichen during…
Juneteenth Reflection & Celebration
In this week’s FONA Field Notes, we are sharing resources to reflect on Junteenth’s history,…
Starting June 1, 2021, the National Bonsai & Penjing Museum is officially open to the…
The frost-tolerant Valencia oranges we know today were created in the early 20th century by…
The groundbreaking ceremony for the Capitol Columns was 35 years ago, on May 13, 1986.…
Washington Youth Garden is turning 50! Since 1971, our garden has served thousands of students…
Join the garden party! From Friday, May 7th to Sunday, May 16th, the American Public Gardens…
Get to the roots of organic lawn care with Mary Travaglini of the Montgomery County Department…
Dr. Harlan Svoboda, curator of the National Arboretum’s Herbarium, reports the team’s progress on a major…
Our Virtual Farm Field Trips make it easy to bring garden science into classrooms. We created 13…
Beginning Friday, April 9, the number of visitors and vehicles allowed on the National Arboretum…
Exciting changes are coming to Washington Youth Garden! As WYG embarks on its 50th anniversary…
Washington Youth Garden is honored to receive the American Horticultural Society’s Jane L. Taylor Award this year…
Thank you to members of the Acorn Garden Club for helping construct nearly 1,000 Grow@Home kits this…
We’re celebrating Women’s History Month! This week we honor the women who have paved the…
Roland M. Jefferson was the first Black botanist and plant explorer at the U.S. Department…
Dr. Marie Clark Taylor was a botanist and teacher whose innovative teaching methods continue to…
Henry Kirklin was a former enslaved person who made waves with his gardening, horticulture, and…
George Washington Carver was a renowned Black agricultural scientist from the first half of the…
Did you know that, despite the pandemic, FONA hosted 12 weddings last year? We have already…
