June 19th, 2013

Greeting Fellow Gardeners! We’ve got lots of edible, ornamental, medicinal, native, and just plain old awesome plants for sale at OLD CITY Farm and Guild… So stop by, say hello, and take a look around! Do you love skateboarding, film, art, and empowering kids? Than this event is for you! Skate Girls Tribe is sponsoring a Skateistan night at Old City Farm which is shaping up to be an amazing night of fun and creativity!! Check out the Facebook event here! And for more info, check out an article about the event and it’s sponsors! Check out the article here! Save Rock Creek Park Trees!     Join Rock Creek Conservancy volunteers and the National Park Service to save park trees from the chokehold of English ivy, an invasive vine that grows up tree trunks and will eventually weaken and kill the tree.   Volunteers will cut ivy from tree trunks using hand tools. Tools, gloves, and training on how to identify and cut English ivy will be provided.  Ages 16 and up to use tools. Saturday, June 22, from 9:30 to 11:30 am Click HERE to register! (It’s free!) Words of the Week  “As people alive today, we must consider future generations: A clean environment is a human right like any other. It is therefore part of our responsibility toward others to ensure that the world we pass on is as healthy, if not healthier, than we found it” His Holiness The Dalai Lama