Whoa, what a day! The neighborhood showed up and showed out for the Southwest Community Gardens’ fifth annual spring kick-off, and first-ever SW Earth, Arts, and Music Day. The day started with volunteers coming into the garden to help weed, plant, and paint. Weeding needed to be done along our […]
Photo caption: Coy McKinney, second from left, and Pamela Daley, second from right, pictured here in SW Gardens. Editor’s Note: Do you want to have your voice heard? Do you feel your opinions are going unnoticed? Do you have an answer to a problem in the neighborhood? This series, called In […]
Are you ready to get your hands in some Southwest DC dirt? Well, if you didn’t know, Southwest has a community garden located in Lansburgh Park (1098 Delaware Ave.) that has a communal section that’s open to everyone to participate. The spring kick-off marks the re-opening of the garden for […]
In our newest recurring article we look at our diverse workforce who have been living in the neighborhood for a while and delve into who they are, what they do, and how living here helps them to do what they do. (Left to right: Coy McKinney, Michael Koliner, Pam Daley) Name: Coy […]
Six months in, and the SW Community Garden in Lansburgh Park has already experienced nearly all the elements of a DC fall and winter, and even a polar vortex! Through it all, the plants have continued to grow. Since the garden’s opening on July 31st, 2013, a variety of herbs and vegetables have […]
