FREE gardening Workshop in Takoma

The District of Columbia Department of the Environment and the District of Columbia Takoma Library are partnering to host a FREE educational, hands-on workshop to help property owners create unique and important habitat for wildlife on their own land.


The workshop will include presentations on conservation landscaping and gardening for wildlife, plant selection, general landscape design principles and how to do a site assessment. Participants will help plant a demonstration garden at the workshop site, and will receive a habitat kit at the conclusion of the workshop. The kit will contain a native plant guide, an invasive plant booklet, a book on wildlife gardening, a birdhouse kit and live plants.


June 30, 2012, 2-5 pm at Takoma Library , 416 Cedar Street, NW. To register for the workshop, send an email to backyardhabitat@dc.gov with “Takoma Workshop” in the subject line. Include the names and email addresses of the participants in the text of the email.”



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Takoma Park's House and Garden Tour

On Sunday May 6, Takoma Park's 39th Annual House and Garden Tour explores North Takoma, home to the daughter of  Frederick Douglass, mystery writer Martha Grimes and azalea horticulturalist Frederick Meyer.  You can visit a dozen houses, ranging from an 1887 Victorian to a modern bungalow completed in 1999.

The self-guided tour is 1-5 pm.

Advance tickets: $18 from local merchants (Now & Then,  Mark's, TPSS Co-op) or online.
Tour day tickets: $20 available at Upper Portal Park (Piney Branch at Takoma  Ave.)

Rain or shine. Proceeds support Historic Takoma.
Details: www.historictakoma.org