Montgomery Community Media

Brookside Gardens is holding their online plant sale of summer annuals Saturday, June 20. Within this sale, individuals have access to pre-selected flats. All flats include 15 plants in 4” pots.  The Montgomery Parks website states, “If you don’t need 15 plants – arrange with your family or neighbors to share a flat! A flat […]

Cover your outdoor plants. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a freeze warning for Montgomery County. The freeze warning is in effect from 2 until 8 a.m. Wednesday morning. The overnight temperature is expected to drop below 32 degrees. Freeze conditions can possibly kill crops and outdoor plants, as well as damage unprotected outdoor […]

Cover your outdoor plants! The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Montgomery County, effective from midnight to 9 a.m. on Wednesday. According to the NWS warning, temperatures will be in the lower 30 degrees tonight with lows in the upper 20s Tuesday night. A Freeze Warning means sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly […]

UPDATED You may want to cover your plants again tonight. That’s because the National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for Montgomery County, and it is in effect from  2 a.m. – 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8. According to the advisory, temperatures will be in the upper 30s, and the cold weather may […]

You may want to cover your plants tonight. The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory, effective from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning. According to the advisory, temperatures are expected to be somewhere between 32 and 36 degrees outside Washington, D.C. and downtown Baltimore, and the cold weather could damage sensitive […]

The Rockville Farmers Market is open for the growing season. Rock 11 Now’s Kathy Dantzler reports there is a lot more than fruits and vegetables at this local market. Visit our PEG partner Rock 11 Now to view more of its programming.

Cover your plants! The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Montgomery County, effective from midnight to 9 a.m. on Saturday. According to the NWS warning, temperatures will be around 30 degrees tonight with lows in the mid 20s Saturday night. Unprotected vegetation is sensitive to freezing temperatures and may be killed or […]

Bulldozers and excavators are making way for a new parking area for Brookside Gardens in the Wheaton Regional Park that won’t be your typical asphalt lot. The more than $4 million project includes about 60 additional spaces for the cars plus about four acres of new plantings and water features. It’s all  part of a larger master […]

You can learn about basic vegetable gardening, intensive vegetable gardening, composting, soil, tools, starting seeds indoors, fruit trees, small fruits, the wonderful world of squash, how to keep animals from eating your garden, gardening with children, and view a cooking demo at a spring open house and tour with Montgomery County master gardeners on March […]

Beautiful flowering bulbs are a welcome site in spring. Phil Normandy, Brookside Gardens’ Plant Manager, explains how to properly plant bulbs for spring color. Visit our PEG partner County Cable Montgomery to view more of its local programming.