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This blogspot is maintained for the the historic record from 2010 to 2014.

Who We Are

The Capitol Hill Garden Club brings together Washington area people interested in gardening, landscaping and the environment. Members enjoy lectures, demonstrations, workshops and tours.

We are a 501(c)(3) District of Columbia non-profit corporation. We undertake community projects and contribute to garden and beautification projects in our neighborhood. In past years the club donated thousands of spring flowering bulbs to groups and individuals for planting in public areas on Capitol Hill. Our income comes from membership dues and donations.

We are a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., National Capital Area Garden Clubs, Inc. and its District I, and the Central Atlantic Region of State Garden Clubs, Inc.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Think North Carolina

September 14, 2010: Bill McLaughlin, the horticulturist plant curator at the U.S. Botanic Garden, advised members to look to North Carolina native plants when incorporating natives into Capitol Hill Gardens. He said our inner city climate and clay soils were more like the North Carolina piedmont. For more interesting natives, he suggested looking farther afield into Florida, Texas and even Mexico. McLaughlin said closely related plants, despite their geographic differences, tended to serve the same insect and bird populations.

His entire presentation follows:
Vice President Carol Edwards presided at the first meeting of the new garden club year.











Mary Blakeslee introduced the speaker; Bulb Co-Chairs Gail Giuffrida and Sonia Conly gave club members their marching orders for this year's annual bulb sale fundraiser--38 years and counting.