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Wouldn’t It Be Great If the City Encouraged Gardening on Vacant Lots? Oh, Wait.
Housing Complex
Dec 16From Housing Complex: D.C.’s 5th and 6th Walmarts Will At Least Get Urban Design Right
City Desk
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National Seed Swap Day is Here Again!
Clarke Daily News
Jan 18By Donna W. Downing Each year, towards the end of January, groups all over America have seed exchanges. In our local area, the State Arboretum of Virginia at Blandy Farm is hosting an exchange for the 2nd year in a row. The event takes place from 10 un... »
Mild weather redefines winter landscape
Washington Post
Dec 30At the National Arboretum, the white petals of snowdrops — normally an early spring flower — have unfurled. In Maine’s Acadia National Park, lakes still have patches of open water instead of being frozen solid. And in Donna Izlar’s back yard in downtow... »
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Wouldn’t It Be Great If the City Encouraged Gardening on Vacant Lots? Oh, Wait.
Housing Complex
Dec 16Yesterday, Councilmember and guardian-of-all-things-warm-and-fuzzy Tommy Wells held a marathon roundtable on urban agriculture in D.C., bringing folks from all over the city to describe how they cultivate their gardens. As precious as land is in D.C., ... »
From Housing Complex: D.C.’s 5th and 6th Walmarts Will At Least Get Urban Design Right
City Desk
Nov 16Lydia DePillis takes note of the schmancy-looking surprise Walmarts opening up in the District: From a local perspective, one of my biggest qualms about Walmart is what the mega-retailer could do neighborhoods: Can a big-box store integrate well with i... »
D.C.’s 5th and 6th Walmarts Will At Least Get Urban Design Right
Housing Complex
Nov 16You may have heard by now about Walmart's plans to open two more stores in D.C.: One at JBG's Fort Totten Square at South Dakota and Riggs Road NE and another in Ward 7's Skyland Town Center. You might feel overwhelmed by that many Walmarts coming to o... »
UPCOMING: ART: Guest Post from East City Art: Weekend Round Up for events on the East side of DC and in MD - FRI, Nov 11th - SUN, Nov 13th, Free
Free in DC
Nov 11Weekend East City Event Round Up: Fall Open Studios EditionFriday, November 11thArt Works Studio Gallery 7:00pm - 9:00pmDescribed as “painting expressed as pure joy”, Laurie Breen’s Still-Lives-Accumulation of Meaning is a collection of colorful yet co... »
Corralling the Critics
The Pink Line Project
Nov 09Our weekly roundup of reviews of the arts in Washington! Please let us know if we’ve missed anything! Visual Art: Colorful Language @ The National Gallery of Art [ReadysetDC] Visual Art: “Mark and Master” @ Studio Gallery [City Paper]Visual Art: Rober... »