garden

Preparing for Spring & Starting Seeds Inside

Emilia’s Garden Tips: Preparing for Spring & Starting Seeds Inside It’s not too early to prepare for spring gardening!  Consider sourcing seeds, gathering supplies, planting cool-weather seeds, caring for your…
Emilia planting seedlings in the Washington Youth Garden

Seed Starting Tips for PreK to 5th Grades

Seed Starting Tips for PreK to 5th Grades Gardening is a natural introduction to the scientific process for our young learners. Seeds are all around us, from the snacks we…

Leaving Dried Plants

Emilia’s Garden Tips: Leaving Dried Plants – Less work, Educational, and Beneficial! See dried stems with round or oblong pods at the end of them? Instead of cutting them out…
Emilia planting seedlings in the Washington Youth Garden

Extending Your Growing Season with Row Cover

Emilia’s Garden Tips: Extending Your Growing Season with Row Cover The growing season and the school year calendar don’t always align – so how can we extend growing into the…
Emilia planting seedlings in the Washington Youth Garden

Herb Garden Goodies

Chrissy Moore, curator of the National Herb Garden, and Erin Holden, gardener in the Herb Garden, share their favorite plants that grow in the National Herb Garden and their fascinating…
thumbnail from a presentation by chrissy moore and erin holden, who work in the national herb garden

Tips on Pruning Fruit Trees

Emilia’s Garden Tips: Pruning Fruit Trees Step 1: Remove Unwanted Growth Remove any dead, diseased and broken branches. Good plant hygiene best practice to prevent diseases spreading further and killing…
Emilia planting seedlings in the Washington Youth Garden

Putting the Garden to Sleep for Winter

Emilia’s Garden Tips: Putting the Garden to Sleep for Winter Mulching & Cover Crops We highly recommend mulching and/or planting cover crops (living mulch!) to help manage soil erosion, increase…
Emilia planting seedlings in the Washington Youth Garden

How to Jump Start a School Garden

Emilia’s Garden Tips: How to Jump Start a School Garden What to Plant Now for Quick Harvests These crops need plenty of water at first to germinate and would appreciate…
Emilia planting seedlings in the Washington Youth Garden
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