The FBA Gar­den Com­mit­tee expe­ri­enced a major chal­lenge dur­ing the sum­mer months when the tem­per­a­ture exceeded 90 degrees and we expe­ri­enced long peri­ods of no rain which stressed our abil­ity to keep every­thing watered.

Despite these chal­lenges, the Gar­den Com­mit­tee had another suc­cess­ful year. As a result of its efforts and dona­tions from the com­mu­nity, the Gar­den Com­mit­tee has accom­plished the following:

• Main­tained 12 half bar­rel flower pots and planted them with flow­ers (petunias/impatiens in the sum­mer, mums dur­ing the fall, and pansies/ cab­bage in the winter)
• Land­scaped the cor­ner at 26 & I and 26 & K, and con­tin­ued the land­scap­ing of the tri­an­gle across from the 7–11
• Removed weeds and placed brown mulch in the tree boxes on both sides and along the mid­dle of K Street, main­tain­ing them dur­ing the year
• Planted flow­ers and small bushes in the 26th Street Park
• Planted peren­ni­als and placed brown mulch in the tri­an­gle at 24th Street/New Hamp­shire Avenue/I Street
• Con­tin­ued to weed and main­tain 45 tree boxes on 25th Street, K Street and New Hamp­shire Avenue
• Arranged the water­ing of bushes, trees, and bar­rels through­out the neighborhood

The FBA Gar­den Com­mit­tee thanks all those who con­tributed to the neighborhood’s gar­den­ing activ­i­ties. We look for­ward to another flower filled year again next year.

Ken Durham, FBA Gar­den Com­mit­tee Chair