Combining photos, videos and comments submitted by 18 Greenbelters with photos of 5 more gardens taken surreptitiously from the street, the new Virtual Spring Garden Tour is 23 gardens strong! Though virtual, many can be seen from the street or … Read More
Back in February, the Old Greenbelt Gardening Boosters announced its formation and a roster of projects to help Greenbelters garden. Most are on hold indefinitely but one project – organizing an Old Greenbelt Garden Tour – has simply gone virtual! … Read More
Greenbelt’s historic hedges, originally just 18″ tall, must have seemed like an attractive garden feature in the ’30s. but over the years they’ve gotten out of control and become huge maintenance problems for residents (GHI members), as well as obstacles … Read More
The Washington Post’s Weekend Section Friday featured “Best Bets” that are all outdoors and include most of my favorite places in DC. They’re all free and OPEN, at least the outdoors part and at least for now. But DON’T go … Read More
As a gardening writer and teacher, my favorite how-to topic has always been pruning – especially hands-on, demonstrating how it’s done on clients’ own (overgrown, neglected) shrubs. Teaching people to prune is rewarding because it’s SO often done incorrectly, and … Read More
by Kim Kash, Greenbelter and Realtor with Caprika Realty A couple of weeks ago I wrote about WHY to buy in a cooperative housing community, and specifically our very own Greenbelt Homes (GHI.) For an overview of the key features and … Read More
by Kim Kash, Greenbelter and Realtor with Caprika Realty Getting educated on the home-buying process is a big job, and there are plenty of great resources out there to guide homebuyers. Anyone starting to do their research may have heard … Read More
Welcome! We hope you enjoy these 9 gardens created by real hands-on gardeners. Five are in Greenbelt’s original townhouses, now a coop; three are at private homes nearby. Printed copies of the map and addresses are available on September 22 … Read More
Updated 6/24 after visits to 8 more garden centers (Frank’s in Bowie; Spicknall’s Farm Market in Beltsville; American Plant, Good Earth and Petals and Plants in Bethesda; and Johnson’s, Grey Goose and Stadler in Gaithersburg.) The dreaded closing of the … Read More
When people first buy a home in Old Greenbelt’s housing coop (GHI), they become members (not owners), and begin to learn what living in co-ops means, especially if they’re historically significant co-ops like ours. So for reference by new and … Read More
Greenbelt’s historic housing coop has a new Gardening Subcommittee, which I’m part of, and we recently visited the yards of the three members who won our random drawing for a garden consultation. It was fun and we thank the winners … Read More
It’s official. In today’s press release, Behnke Nurseries announces that after 89 years, it will be going out of business in June. Thousands of local gardeners will mourn this incalculable loss. Why It’s Closing It seems that the time has … Read More
Horticulturist Sam Bahr, like so many people who work at the University of Maryland, is a Greenbelter, having purchased his GHI townhouse in 2016.. Sam got a coveted job at the university back in 2008 thanks in part to his good … Read More
The original large shade trees planted in the town of Greenbelt are now 80 years old, close to or beyond their expected lifetime. To take their place we need lots more trees to be planted but for understandable reasons, residents … Read More
Old Greenbelt is surprisingly affordable, especially its historic housing cooperative (GHI). If you can’t swing the required 10 percent down payment, are priced out of the single-family homes in Old Greenbelt, or just aren’t ready to buy, renting is still … Read More