Friday, October 5, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Club Participates in Barracks Row Festival
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| Bill and David potting daffodils. |
September 22, 2013: A number of Club members were right in the heart of this year’s Barracks Row Festival, helping attendees to pot bulbs at the CSX Booth. This community festival on 8th Street SE had something for everyone, including the DC State Fair.
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| Sonia giving bulb planting instructions |
Families, singles, couples and lots of children were drawn to the booth where they potted a tulip or daffodil for planting later in the community and one for themselves to plant at home. For many festival participants it was their first exposure to bulbs and gardening; for others it renewed desires to garden.
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| Mary brings David up to date. |
Sporting their Garden Club aprons and armed with Club literature and brochures our volunteers won lots of smiles as they assisted and answered questions about bulbs. Many thanks to Club members Sonia Conly, Mary Weirich, David Healy, Bill Dean, Faith Brightbill, Mary Ann Sroufe, Sandra Bruce, Gene Smith, and Sharon Calkins-Hubley for lending their expertise and rolling out the welcome mat for those interested in learning more about our Club.
--Ida May Mantel
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Cleaning Up the Arboretum’s Glenn Dale Azalea Site
September 20, 2013: U.S. National Arboretum research horticulturist
Scott Aker, walked a group of around 20 volunteers and potential volunteers
(two from Capitol Hill Garden Club) through the Glenn Dale Hillside Renewal
Project site to show the condition of the area and the work to be undertaken in
the hillside renewal. The work focuses on the removal of invasive plants such
as English ivy and porcelain berry and sapling trees, the trimming of limbs and
branches from remaining trees to provide more light, and pruning dead or leggy
branches that struggled to find light from the azaleas. Aker said, “The
azaleas will benefit greatly from reduced competition for light, nutrients and
water.”
The collection is the result of B.Y. Morrison’s
extraordinary hybridizing, work, which culminated in hybrids with larger flower
size, wider range of flower color and bloom time, and hardiness in the
Washington, DC, area. Morrison was USDA plant breeder and first director of the
National Arboretum. |
| Arboretum Director Colien Hefferan addressed the group at the end of the tour. |
The renewal work will be done mostly by a contractor under
the supervision of Arboretum staff, the Arboretum staff, and--azalea collection
volunteers. That’s where garden club members come in. The curator of the Arboretum Azalea and Rhododendron
Collections, Barbara Bullock, has invited garden club members to join other
volunteers on azalea clean up days. The
upcoming work day is scheduled from 10 am to 2-3 pm, December 1. If you have an interest in participating send
an email to barbara.bullock@ars.udsa.gov and details of the clean up will be forwarded to you.
-- by Doris Celarier (photos by David Healy)
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
More Small Trees for Capitol Hill Homes
Kevin Conrad, the curator of woody plants at the U.S. National Arboretum, returned for a second year with more suggestions for small trees and shrubs. Between our video projector and his laptop, Conrad was forced to talk us through his presentation without the accompanying video, which is now reproduced below.
Trees for an Urban Garden (2)
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
2012-2013 Program List
SEPTEMBER
11, 2012,
SMALL
TREES FOR CAPITOL HILL HOMES
Returning
by popular demand, Horticulturist Kevin Conrad, eloquent species
developer at the U.S. National Arboretum, will focus on smaller trees
that suit small urban gardens.
SUNDAY,
SEPTEMBER 30, 2012
3-5
PM, 638 A Street NE
FALL
GARDEN PARTY
We
hope non-members will join us to learn more about our club. Members
are invited to bring neighbors and friends to this, our annual fall
mixer, presented by the Board of Directors of the Capitol Hill Garden
Club.
OCTOBER
9, 2012
A
BEE'S EYE VIEW OF NATIVE PLANTS
Sam
Droege, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, will present his
research on native bees. We will learn the plant-pollinator
relationship from the bee's point of view, and consequences of our
planting choices.
NOVEMBER
13, 2012
THE
LEAF ALONE
Horticulturist
Sandra Flowers will show plants with distinctive leaves. Sometimes
the leaf is more beautiful than the flower, and gardens can be built
entirely around the varied foliage.
DECEMBER
5, 2012 (PLEASE
NOTE: ON A WEDNESDAY)
DECK THE HALLS WORKSHOP & POTLUCK SUPPER - 6:30 P.M.
DECK THE HALLS WORKSHOP & POTLUCK SUPPER - 6:30 P.M.
Join
us in making wreaths, swags and table arrangements.
ANNUAL
GREENS PARTY IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY.
PRIOR
REGISTRATION AND FEE REQUIRED.
JANUARY
8, 2013
MEMBERS
PANEL - LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY GARDEN
Three
club members will each describe notable features of their gardens,and
their experiences as gardeners - good and bad. Q and A.
FEBRUARY
12, 2013
HOW
TO TAKE REALLY GOOD DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS
OF GARDENS AND FLOWERS
OF GARDENS AND FLOWERS
Karen
Rexrode, horticulturist and artist, will discuss new digital
techniques for photographing the plant world. The basics, with
some new tips.
MARCH
12, 2013
NEW
ORCHIDS
Tom
Mirenda, orchid specialist for. the Smithsonian Institution, will
discuss the amazing array of new orchids we can expect to see in U.S.
markets. Growing Tips too .
APRIL
9, 2013
A
SUSTAINABLE ENGLISH GARDEN
John
Sonnier, Head Gardener at the British Embassy in Washington, will
offer a case study on integrating sustainable, eco-friendly practices
into this modern English garden.
MAY
14, 2013
MAY
GARDEN WALK
EARLY
START - 6:30 P.M.
On
this Annual Walking Tour of our own neighborhood, members share the
beauty of local gardens in springtime.
SATURDAY,
JUNE 1, 2013
ANNUAL
GARDEN PARTY
6:00
P.M.
The
year's finale is an elegant dinner. Members come in party finery to
enjoy 'dinner together in a garden setting.
MEMBERS
ONLY. ONE GUEST PER MEMBERSHIP.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
2012 Bulb Giveaway Application
CHGC 2012 Bulb Application
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