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Intro	Food	Gardening/Water	Home Energy	Possessions	Shelter/Community	Transportation

	Gardening

Gardening Intro	Gardening Resources	Water Intro	Conserving Water	Rain Garden/Green Roof

Whatever we do to any other thing in the great web of life, we do to ourselves, for we are one.

- Brooke Medicine Eagle

Gardening Queries

Am I mindful of the needs of the land under my care? What lessons am I learning from tending to those needs?

Gardening Resources

Community Gardens, Arlington, VA: http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/ParksRecreation/scripts/facilities/ParksRecreationScriptsFacilitiesCommunityGardens.aspx

Community Gardens, D.C. :http://www.communitywalk.com/map/1707

Community Gardens, Fairfax, VA: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/gsgp/plots.htm

Community Gardens, Maryland (ask local Extension Agent about community gardens near you): http://extension.umd.edu/local/index.cfm

Gardening Book: Fialka, Deborah R. The Washington Star garden book: the encyclopedia of gardening for the District, Maryland, and Virginia. Arlington, VA, Washington Book Trading Co., 1994. 249 pp – probably the best guide to gardening in the area.

How to Make Compost: http://www.compostguide.com/

Master Gardener Program, Arlington and Alexandria: http://offices.ext.vt.edu/view.cfm?webname=arlington&section=programs&subsection=2155

Master Gardener Program, Fairfax County:http://www.fairfaxmastergardeners.com/

Master Gardener Program, Maryland: http://mastergardener.umd.edu/

Master Gardeners, D.C.: http://www.dcmastergardeners.org/

Washington Gardener (magazine, listserv, and blog): http://www.washingtongardener.com/

	Water

Water Queries

Am I using my fair share of water? Are there ways to decrease this use? How much energy does it take to provide the hot water in my home? How am I handling the storm water around my home?

Conserving Water
Conducting a Water Audit: http://www.mde.state.md.us/assets/document/ResAudit.pdf How to Conserve Water, http://www.epa.gov/water/you/chap3.html Local Tap Water Evaluation http://ewg.org/tapwater/yourwater

Rain Gardens and Greef Roofs

D.C. Greenworks (local business that does green roofs, rain barrels; recommended by D.C. Master Gardeners): http://www.dcgreenworks.org/index.htm

Lotus Design and Consulting, 11928 Escalante Court Reston, VA 20191,Ph: 202.747.3927, Cell 703.489.0386, Fax 703.991.0045, lotusdc@comcast.net– company run by FMW Attender Melissa Gildea; does environmentally-friendly garden design and green roofs. She says, “Listen to your soil to find out what it needs.”

Native Plant finder (types of plants, nurseries that sell them, etc., organized by region): http://www.plantnative.org/

Rain Gardens (Arlington Co. how-to guide) http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/epo/EnvironmentalServicesEpoRainGarden.aspx