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We are grateful to Lauren Hubbard, Certified Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional and Master Gardener, for the wealth of information and beautiful photos she provided on landscaping with native Piedmont Region species, and how they support out native pollinators. Our native plants, insects and birds co-evolved and survive in dependent relationships. Large expanses of lawn are not the native environment of our area and don’t contribute to, feed or preserve the biodiversity of our native flora and fauna.  

You don’t need to replace your entire lawn to help the butterflies, birds and bees. You can […]

Our first 2021 beginner pickleball clinic was great fun!  A full class of our friends and neighbors learned some basic skills necessary to play the game.  Thanks so much to Patty Walker for her terrific instruction and coaching, and thanks to the “Poolesville Pickleball Senior Varsity” volunteers who assisted with coaching and game play. 

Join Kathy Vazquez virtually on September 9th at 7pm when she discusses the types of materials that can be composted, best practices to manage the composting process to prevent critters and odor, and what to do with the amazing “black gold” after the materials are composted.  

Composting food scraps in your backyard reduces the amount of trash that ends up in the county dump while providing you with rich soil amendments to grow healthier plants. Composting helps […]

In person on September 8 at 2pm come and meet Bill “Bat Boy” Turner and Ed “Boy in the Scoreboard” Baruch from the 1956 Washington Senators Baseball Season. They will share their up-close and personal experiences from the 1956 season. Learn secrets, and insights into the Dugout, Bullpen, Clubhouse, On-the-Field Experiences, as well as tales from the 1956 All-Star Game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC. They will do demonstrations and share rare film clips.

Poolesville Day is returning on September 18, and we‘re inviting our loyal patrons to show your Poolesville Seniors’ spirit. We are looking for a few of our faithful participants to walk in the parade with us and volunteer at our booth.  In appreciation, you will receive one of our newly designed t-shirts. We will need help from 10 AM to take down. If you want to volunteer, sign up below and we will contact […]

Maggie Nightingale Library will be closed for renovations for 6 – 8 months beginning 8/2/21

Poolesville Friendly Thrift Shop – now on Elgin Rd. New hours: Wednesday 2-8pm, Thursday 10am – 4pm, Friday 2-8pm, Saturday 10am – 4pm

Sunday Poolesville Farmers Market on the Commons 9:00am – 2:00pm

Friday Night Lights at Seneca Polo Club – Gates open at 6pm, Game at 7pm www.senecapoloclub.org

Pizza Nights on the Farm – Calleva Farm – Friday and Saturday nights – Reservations […]

Astronomers and stargazers should look to the sky in August for the Perseid Meteor Showers. The Perseids are a trail of space debris from the comet Swift-Tuttle and will peak between August 9th and 13th. Named after the constellation Perseus, from which the meteors appear to radiate, the Perseids are known for their fireballs, and considered the best meteor shower of the year. According to NASA, “Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from […]

Join Christine Rai, local professor, and cheese enthusiast on August 12 at 7pm as she demystifies the elegant and versatile pairing of wine and cheese. In this fun virtual session, Christine will guide us through basic wine pairing guidelines for each of the main styles of cheese. We will explore the steps for sensory analysis and learn how taste and flavor affect our enjoyment of foods and drinks. This session will also include tips for serving cheese, suggestions for […]

Stella and Desiree are African American twin sisters with an unusual characteristic: they are light-skinned and found that they could pass as white. 

That was the starting point for our July book club selection, The Vanishing Half written by Brit Bennett. As the novel took us through the lives of the twins over the course of several decades, we expected to be introduced to struggles of racial bias. And yes, that turned out to be true, […]

It was a beautiful Thursday evening as Poolesville Landscape Architect Bernie Mihm hosted practical and instructional hands-on demonstrations of summer pruning, planting, weed control and lawn care.  

Many thanks to Bernie for important tips like these for pruning bushes: 

• Try to prune soon after their seasonal bloom to prevent removing next season’s growth. 

• Know something about the plant you wish to prune. They have different pruning preferences. Some, like boxwoods, set new growth on old wood, so a severe cutback may be disastrous. Others like White Hydrangeas […]