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While some flowers continue to bloom, we are coming up on the best season for fall color and migratory birds.

Tub gardening, native plant gardening, and alternatives to invasive plants are among the skills and information presented in park programs. Gardening related workshops are scheduled through the year.

Native Plant Gardening provides information on turning your school or home into habitat for the animals that migrate from one area to another, including this park.

Native alternatives to invasive plants offer some less aggressive alternatives to English ivy, wisteria, and other ground covers or landscape plants that are becoming a problem in some areas.

If you have a large enough area, Victoria water lilies can be grown. Keep in mind each plant can get about 15 feet across. Late July through September is the best time to find these flowers.

Park satellite volunteers maintain at least 40% of their nonturf landscaping in native plants for the area where they live. This reduces the exotic invasive seed bank available for invading public lands. For more information click or call park ranger, Kate at (202) 426-6905.

Be sure to clear your cache to see the current What's Blooming in the photo to the right.
Page updated 9/17/11 for problems with this page, contact Kate Bucco at (202) 426-6905