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10:00 am

Gardening With Kids

August 27, 2016 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Casa Iris Intergenerational Garden, 2201 12th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009 United States
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Have you explored planting an edible organic garden with your kids yet? Come learn some basics on why growing organic is important, what resources are available in DC to grow with your kids and pick up some seeds to get started. Don’t Miss It!! Summer is here so the time…

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11:00 am

Forage Series Class: Summer Medicine

August 27, 2016 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Chestnut Farm at Fox Haven, 3630 Poffenberger Rd
Jefferson, MD 21755 United States
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$40

Kristen Dorsey, shamanic herbalist and owner of Divine Journeys, will lead participants in a useful plant walk. Wild harvesting tools, techniques, safety and ethics will be discussed. Edible, medicinal and poisonous plants will be identified, and some medicinal plants will be harvested. In August, we may find medicinals to harvest…

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2:00 pm

Lecture: Finding New Species in the Nation’s Capital: The George Washington Memorial Parkway All-taxa Biodiversity Inventory

August 27, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
US Botanic Garden, 100 Maryland Ave. SW
Washington, DC 20024 United States
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Brent Steury, Natural Resources Manager, National Park Service Join Brent as he summarizes 11 years of biodiversity inventory efforts from a National Park near the Nation's Capital. Highlights of these efforts include the documentation of 5,395 species, 100 species new to the flora or fauna of Virginia, 7 species new…

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5:30 pm

Urban Food – Urban Farmers – Short Films and local Growers

August 27, 2016 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Chestnut Farm at Fox Haven, 3630 Poffenberger Rd
Jefferson, MD 21755 United States
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Free

Potluck: 5:30pm Film: 6:15 Speaker and Q & A to follow Register with Lacey at laceyfoxhavenfarmorg

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