The U.S. Marines are supposed to be on our side, protecting the American way of life. But community gardeners on Capitol Hill are trying to prevent an invasion by the Marines, who are eyeballing their garden as a potential new site for expanding their barracks. We first heard of these plans from our friend Sam […]
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The new year brought a surprising revelation: my guest post questioning the current model for community gardens came in third place for the year at the internationally renowned Garden Rant blog. That would be in terms of the number of comments the post elicited from readers. My reward: the “Top 10 Garden Ranter” badge you […]
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Do you know this woman? If you care at all about food gardening in the District of Columbia, you should. She is Kelly Melsted, the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation specialist in charge of overseeing the city’s community gardens. Kelly moved here two years ago from Arizona where, she says, food gardens are an everyday part […]
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