Join us on Saturday, March 26, 9 a.m.-early afternoon as we help decorate the Franciscan Monastery for Easter. This will include 150 lilies donated in honor of an individual as part of our annual Easter Lily and Palm Cross Sale. Questions? Email gardenguild@gmail.com. And, don’t forget to follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
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Pick up your Easter lilies and 20″ palm crosses at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land during our annual Palm Sunday weekend event: Saturday, March 19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday (Palm Sunday), March 20, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Lilies and crosses are just $9/each, if you didn’t pre-order. Proceeds support preservation of the monastery’s historic gardens.
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Our popular Easter Lily & Palm Cross Sale is back! Lilies and palm crosses will be available Palm Sunday Weekend (March 19, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and March 20, 8 a.m.-3 p.m.) at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land, 1400 Quincy St. NE | Washington, DC 20017. Use this order form to pre-order lilies and crosses for yourself or as donations
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Join the Garden Guild for a general meeting on Saturday, Feb. 20, 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m., St. Bonaventure Room, near the gift shop (1400 Quincy St. NE, Washington, DC 20017). We will go over the 2016 events and plans. Please note that Easter is early this year so the Easter Lily and Palm Cross Sale is now! Feb.
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Join us this month for greenhouse work, soap making, our general meeting and Rooting DC! Greenhouse clean-up and more Tuesday, Feb. 2, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Help clean up and organize the greenhouse and set out trays and pots in the glasshouse for propagation. Soap-Making Workshop Saturday, Feb. 6, 9:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (1-hour lunch break while
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The soap-making workshop will be Feb. 6 (rescheduled from Jan. 23 due to snow) Join the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild for a soap-making workshop on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. (*includes a 1-hour lunch break on your own while the soap cooks). While making a traditional hot-process (tallow) or vegetarian soap, learn about the
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It may be winter, but the Garden Guild is still busy! Join us for these events in January 2016: Saturday, January 16, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Help move the Biblical herbs from the formal beds in front of the friary for temporary placement in the greenhouse’s designated cold frame. (Note: the photo is of an herb bed adjacent
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Join the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild for this Christmas Eve tradition. On Dec. 24, 1 p.m., Fr. Larry Dunham, OFM, will bless the luminaria for Seven Nights of Lights. After the blessing, help light the more than 1,000 candles to illuminat the Rosary Portico and Portiuncula Chapel at the Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land through New
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Join us for “Seven Nights of Lights,” a Christmas Eve tradition in DC’s Brookland community. Over 1,000 candles will be blessed and lit outside the historic Franciscan Monastery church on Dec. 24, 1 p.m., and remain lit through New Year’s Eve. MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Dec. 19, 9 a.m.-noon: Help the Franciscan Monastery Garden Guild set up
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Join us this week for some winter prep of the gardens: Thursday, Dec. 3 and Saturday, Dec. 5, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. We have lots to do, including moving herbs from the front of the friary to new beds near the greenhouse. Download the full project list here. Questions? Contact Lou Maroulis via email. And, don’t
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