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    Fort Dupont Park

    District of Columbia

Fort Dupont Community Gardens

Fort Dupont Community Garden

Ranger Kevin Barry

Fort Dupont Park Community Garden

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to Fort Dupont Community Gardens, a place of physical, mental, spiritual, and social renewal.

Please note that all Gardeners MUST have their plots clear by December 1st, 2011 so that the Park's staff can re-grade and till the area in the winter and spring! Please click here for more information.

Interested in obtaining a garden plot for the upcoming season?

Then you must attend one of the mandatory 2-hour Garden Orientation Course at the Fort Dupont Activity Center. After the class you can register for a plot for the 2012 and 2013 garden seasons. The following is a list for the upcoming 2012 Garden Orientation Courses:

  • Saturday January 21 at 12PM
  • Wednesday January 25 at 6:30PM
  • Friday February 17 at 6:30PM
  • Saturday February 25 12PM
  • Saturday March 24 at 12PM

At the conclusion of the orientation session, everyone has an opportunity to choose a plot. Anyone who fails to present a photo ID will not be assigned a garden plot at the meeting. Plots are assigned one per person. Plots are assigned only to persons 18 years old or older, and there will be a limit of 2 plots per address.

 

Upcoming Events and classes:

D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation

Master Urban Composter course

Dates: Wednesdays (6:30-8:30 p.m.) ~ February 7-March 6, 2012

Location: Columbia Heights Recreation Center, 1480 Girard Street, NW

Course Description: Master Composter Kelly Melsted will lead a five week course on the wonders of "black gold" with a special focus on urban composting issues. Learn how to turn kitchen scraps and other wastes (leaves, yard clippings, etc.) into compost-saving money, reducing waste, and providing valuable soil amendment for indoor and garden plans alike.

Upon completion of the 10-hour course, class participants will have the opportunity to flex their newfound composting skills while giving back to the community, by volunteering at least 10 hours with a community garden/composting site in D.C. Students are required to attend all five classes.

To register click here and complete this survey.


The 5th annual Rooting DC Urban Gardening Forum will take place on February 18, 2012.

This year the event will take place at the Calvin Coolidge Alumni Association at Coolidge High School.

The goals of the Rooting DC Forum are to:

  • Build community among groups and individuals who want to improve our city through gardening and greening
  • Share information and resources about gardening and greening in DC
  • Provide opportunity for DC gardeners to coalesce around specific areas of interest
  • Identify volunteer opportunities by creating a database of community based garden projects
  • Keep gardeners connected via monthly e-newsletters that highlight volunteer opportunities, events and news from participants

For more information e-mail RootingDCForum@gmail.com.
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Did You Know?

Mountain Laurel

Every spring visitors to Fort Dupont Park experience the re-birth of several beautiful wildflowers, shrubs and trees, including the Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia L.) shown to the left. Mountain Laurel likes to grow in the Park's upland region along the ridge line in several civil war sites in and around the park. More...