Improving DC's Public Spaces
Learn about our mission and how you can help!
Improving DC's Public Spaces
Learn about our mission and how you can help!
potomac triangle parks reclamation project
Reclaiming "public space" for the public
Guerrilla Gardeners of Washington DC is teaming up with Brothas Huddle and the residents of Potomac Gardens and Hopkins to landscape two adjacent parcels known as Potomac Triangle Parks. The community is organizing to reclaim these overgrown and underutilized spaces and make them more attractive, usable and safe - and keep them that way.
Several years ago, the Potomac Triangle Parks were renovated but the government funding ran out before any landscaping could be done. No provisions for upkeep were established either, resulting in the current conditions wrought by neglect.
Our collaboration aims to change that. We are hoping to empower the residents of this community to assume collective "ownership" of these spaces in order to improve and maintain them for their own use and benefit through "sweat equity."
We are asking neighbors to support and assist this effort with donations and physical labor. Now is an opportune time for the Capitol Hill community to embrace the residents of Potomac Gardens.
Contributions are 100% tax-deductible and will be used to support these volunteers and their work as well as establish a dedicated fund for continued upkeep and enhancement. All donations collected through this link (same as the one below) will be used for this project only. Reaching the campaign goal will ensure these parks will be maintained and further developed through the end of 2025.
Schedule
Saturday, September 12
8:00am until 11:00am
Removal of weeds and overgrowth
Rain date: Sunday, September 13
8:00am until 11:00am
Saturday, September 19
8:00am until 11:00am
Soil improvement, planting, mulch
Rain date: Sunday, September 20
8:00am until 11:00am
Saturday, September 26
10:00am
Garden Day 2020
Dedication celebration
Rain date: Sunday, September 27
10:00am
Schedule is subject to change.
This is what the Potomac Triangle Parks looked like on August 26, 2020.
Work has begun and continues...
we need your support
Help us make these spaces more attractive, usable and safe - and keep them that way!
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Teamwork makes the dream work
Work alongside the residents of Potomac Gardens as they improve these spaces for the benefit of us all. Come get your hands dirty!
What's the buzz?
Take a tour of our Urban Country Road pollinator habitat.
This project was made possible by a grant from Awesome Foundation DC.
What's guerrilla gardening?
Guerrilla gardening started in the 70’s by environmentally conscious people with a green thumb and a mission. The practice is intended to make unused and neglected spaces beautiful, green and healthy. Early guerrilla gardeners performed their work in the dead of night, though recently the practice has become more open. There are blogs and community groups that can provide you with a guerrilla grow guide and support if you want to try a little random act of growing in your neighborhood.
There are many reasons that people take up the cause of guerrilla gardening. The activity is sometimes an attempt to increase urban green space for recreation. It can also provide spaces with edible plants for neighborhood use. Some gardeners simply do it to cover up unsightly areas or take back overly developed regions. It may even be a protest against inadequate government maintenance practices. Whatever the reason, creating guerrilla gardens is a satisfying activity that can be meaningful in many ways.
- Bonnie L. Grant, Certified Urban Agriculturist
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