Monday, February 03, 2025

Monday Thoughts: "In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move." ~ Henry Rollins

 

"In winter, I plot and plan. In spring, I move." 

~ Henry Rollins

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Sunday, February 02, 2025

Washington Gardener Magazine 2025 Garden Photo Contest Winners

 

Here are the 17 Award-winning Garden Photos in the Washington Gardener Magazine 2025 Garden Photo Contest Winners. Contest entries must have been taken in the 2024 calendar year in a garden setting within 150-mile radius of Washington, DC. Learn more about the annual contest at https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/.

The photo show reception of the contest winners will be published in the February 2025 issue and on view this summer at the Meadowlark Visitor Center's lobby. Washington Gardener Magazine is already announcing the 20th Annual Washington Gardener Photo Contest. Start gathering your images now and throughout this year. Most of the entry rules will remain the same as this year’s contest. Photos need to be taken during the 2025 calendar year in a garden-setting in the greater Washington, DC area. We will again accept the entries during the first three weeks of January. Look for the contest entry details at the end of this year on our blog and in our magazine.

Thank you to our Washington Gardener Magazine 2025 Garden Photo Contest Prize Sonsors:
Additional prizes provded by Washington Gardener Magazine.
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Saturday, February 01, 2025

GardenDC Podcast Episode 226: Designing Your Natural Garden

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Kelly D. Norris, award-winning author and plantsman, about designing your natural garden. The plant profile is on Mangave and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on the Best Seed Starting Methods  from Christy Page of Green Prints.

You can order Kelly's newest book, Your Natural Garden, at our Amazon affiliate link here: https://amzn.to/4hE638D

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! 

See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 207: Garden Planning and Design

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-207-garden.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 158: Garden Transformations

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/07/gardendc-podcast-episode-158-garden.html

Visit https://shop.kathyjentz.com/ to browse our new online store!

This episode is archived at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/episodes/Designing-Your-Natural-Garden-e2u8rgk

Show Notes wil be posted after 2/5/2025.

We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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Tuesday, January 28, 2025

Win a copy of the 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac in the January 2025 Washington Gardener Reader Contest

 For our January 2025 Washington Gardener Reader Contest, we are giving away a copy of the 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac.

   Published since 1792, the newest edition features a healthy dose of wit and wisdom and tried-and-true advice, as well as the Almanac’s much-anticipated, traditionally 80 percent–accurate weather forecasts. The brand-new edition includes all of this, plus the Almanac’s “Trends” predictions for 2025, the humor of Anecdotes & Pleasantries, Mind-Mangling puzzles, award-winning holiday recipes, weather forecasts for all 18 regions of the U.S. (including Alaska and Hawaii), and so much more! The 2025 Old Farmer’s Almanac is available wherever books and magazines are sold. (Amazon affilate link: https://amzn.to/4hztvnG).

   To enter to win one of the book copies, send an email by 5:00pm on January 31 to WashingtonGardenerMagazine@gmail.com with “Almanac” in the Subject line and in the body of the email. Tell us what your favorite article was in the January 2025 Washington Gardener issue and why. Please include your full name and mailing address. Winners will be announced and notified on/about February 1. Replies might be published. 

UPDATE: Our winner is Francine Jones of Germantown. MD.

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Monday, January 27, 2025

Monday Thoughts: "The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size." ~ Gertrude S. Wister

 "The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size." ~ Gertrude S. Wister

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Saturday, January 25, 2025

GardenDC Podcast Episode 225: Know Your Land

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with ecologist Michael Gaige about his work in Historical Ecology. The plant profile is on Foxglove and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Starting Seeds in Egg Cartons from Christy Page of Green Prints.

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! 

See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 204: Natural Tree Care

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-204-natural.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 180: Stoneleigh: A Natural Garden

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-180-stoneleigh.html

Visit https://shop.kathyjentz.com/ to browse our new online store!

This episode is archived at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/episodes/Know-Your-Land-e2tv51t

Show Notes wil be posted after 1/28/2025.

We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Seed Exchange 2025 Speakers Announced

UPDATE! More tickets have been released for both events! See full event details at -

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/01/seed-exchange-registration-now-open.html

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Here are the speakers for the upcoming Washington Gardener Seed Exchanges 2025. Seed Exchange attendees trade seeds, exchange planting tips, hear expert speakers, and collect goody bags full of gardening treats.

Talk 1:
“You’re Cold but Getting Warmer:
An Introduction to Winter Sowing Native Plants (and more)”

Around 2000, the term “winter sowing” was coined to describe the use of milk jugs to start plants from seed outside. Janet & Mimi of Bloom Wild (www.bloom-wild.com) will provide a lesson in the whats, whens, whys, and hows of winter sowing as a way to break dormancy and encourage germination. These lessons can be used to grow plants from seed without needing grow-lights or indoor space--and this method works for your vegetable seeds as well as for growing native perennials.

Speakers: 


Abrehet “Mimi” Abdu (she/her), originally from Ethiopia, is a lifelong gardener with a passion for, and expertise in, native plants. A Master Naturalist and weed warrior, she has lived in Maryland for over two decades, where she is currently wrestling a native plant garden out of a half-acre of invasive plants. After a 20-year career in biotech, Mimi recently joined Bloom Wild with Janet to inspire sustainable gardening practices.



 Janet Hostetler (she/her) grew up in Maryland and currently tends and studies over 250 locally native plant species at her test/demonstration garden in Takoma Park. A Master Gardener, Janet started Bloom Wild to help people increase the ecological value of their outdoor space. Bloom Wild designs & installs native plant gardens, provides consultation and coaching, and holds native plant sales. A recovering civil rights lawyer, Janet has found her passion in plants.


Talk 2:
"Easy Seed Saving Tips"
Speaker: Kathy Jentz, GardenDC Podcast host and editor of Washington Gardener   
This talk covers the basics of seed saving from selecting for the best qualities to seed harvesting techniques and storage. 
 
Washington Gardener Magazine presents the 
19th Annual Washington Gardener Seed Exchanges
on Saturday, January 25, 2025, 12:30–4:00pm 
National Seed Swap Day!
at Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, MD
 Registration is now open at 
and 
on Saturday, February 1, 2025, 12:30–4:00pm
at Green Spring Gardens in Alexandria, VA
Registration is now open at 

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Monday, January 20, 2025

January 2025 issue of Washington Gardener Magazine: Strawflower, Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Seed-Starting Tips, and much more…

 

The January 2025 issue of Washington Gardener Magazine is out.

Inside this issue:

·         Strawflower, the Ever-Lasting Blossom

·         A Visit to Longwood Reimagined

·         New Potatoes Replacing Old Favorites

·         Another Blow Against Boxwood: Box Tree Moth

·         Great Gardening Books Reviewed

·         2025 Garden Trends

·         2025 Seed Exchange Details

·         Royal Birds: Ruby-crowned and Golden-crowned Kinglets

·         New Catmint ‘Lemon Purrfection’

·         Save Money and Boost Seed-Starting Success

·         and much more…

 

Note that any submissions, event listings, and advertisements for the February 2025 issue are due by February  5.

 

>>  Subscribe to Washington Gardener Magazine today to have the monthly publication sent to your inbox as a PDF several days before it is available online. You can use the PayPal (credit card) online order form here: https://www.washingtongardener.com/index_files/subscribe.htm



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Monday Thoughts: "I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening." ~ Wendell Berry

"I can think of no better form of personal involvement in the cure of the environment than that of gardening." ~ Wendell Berry

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Saturday, January 18, 2025

GardenDC Podcast Episode 224: The Reformation of a Bad Naturalist

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Paula Whyman, author of Bad Naturalist*, about her ecological education on a wild Virginia mountaintop. The plant profile is on Treasure Flower and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on 2025 Garden Resolutions from Christy Page of Green Prints.

BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! 

See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 141: Nature's Best Hope with Doug Tallamy

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/03/gardendc-podcast-episode-141-natures.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 213: Southern Apples

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/10/gardendc-podcast-episode-213-southern.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 181: Invasive Plants

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-181-invasive.html

Visit https://shop.kathyjentz.com/ to browse our new online store!

This episode is archived at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/episodes/The-Reformation-of-a-Bad-Naturalist-e2tl423

Show Notes wil be posted after 1/28/2025.

We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too!

Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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Disclosure: the books linked here are linked to an Amazon affiliate account, so if you click on them and order any, Washington Gardener Magazine gets a few pennies added to the account for the referral. 
Our Amazon storefront is at: https://www.amazon.com/shop/wdcgardener

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