Interconnected: Why Native Insects Depend on Native Landscapes

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Alonso Abugattas, Natural Resources Manager for the Department of Parks and Recreation of Arlington, Virginia, was the featured speaker at All Hallows Guild’s Annual Meeting in November. Mr. Abugattas helped us understand how important even small native landscapes and gardens can be.  Native plants attract and feed and provide shelter for native pollinators, since both …

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How the Bishop’s Garden Gave us Loyal Volunteers

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This is a story about a chance meeting, a growing connection to the Bishop’s Garden, a wedding, and a commitment to each other and to working to keep the cathedral grounds as beautiful as they were on their wedding day.  Aaron Polacek and Rachel Noteware were married in the Bishop’s Garden four years ago. Asked …

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Making the Bishop’s Garden’s Ancient Stones Safer

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The Stone and brick walkways and steps of the Bishop’s Garden are irregular and uneven. Stones were retrieved from abandoned plantations in Maryland and Virginia nearly a century ago to place here. When they were first used on those plantations in the early years of this country only hand methods of dressing stone were available. …

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Summer Dispatches from the Olmsted Woods Volunteers

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September 12, 2019 Dedicated Olmsted Woods volunteer Virginia Egan is a part of our Olmsted Woods crew. This group of volunteers meets regularly on Wednesday mornings to maintain the five acre urban forest that exists within the Cathedral’s grounds. An enormous on-going project is the removal of invasive ivy in the Woods. Virginia typically sends …

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All Hallows Guild Summer Intern Program a Two-Way Benefit

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August 1, 2019 Guild Provides College Interns To Horticulture Staff Again this year the Guild has the pleasure of sponsoring three college students who work with our horticulture and grounds staff for the summer. Alyssa Steele is a rising sophomore at University of Maryland in the Landscape Architecture program. She has learned that her academic …

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All Hallows Guild was founded in 1916 to provide for the care and beautification of the grounds of Washington National Cathedral. The Guild works closely with the horticultural staff to preserve this historic landscape and raises funds for renovation and renewal of the gardens.

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