Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Saturday (6/19) Event at U.S. Botanic Garden

Thrive! Fresh Ideas Festival
Come celebrate the summer with us! Experience all the amazing ways plants can impact your world, in food, health, and life. Nourish yourself by attending a cooking demonstration and learning about world flavors, herbs, and spices. Inspire yourself by learning about the spectacular spud or the voracious Venus flytrap. Relax yourself by creating your own soothing lavender eye pillow or calming aromatherapy lotion or even do yoga. All that and much more!

Note: This event happens rain or shine!
Date: Saturday, June 19
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: U.S. Botanic Garden
FREE: NO Pre-registration required

Please share this with folks you know and folks with children, nieces/nephews and grand children as it should be fun. This Saturday (19th) the US Botanic Garden will celebrate its summer terrace exhibit, Thrive! From the Ground Up, by throwing a Fresh Ideas Festival. The festival will feature cooking demos, beverage tastings and children’s arts & crafts activities including guided tours and lectures. Thrive! is designed to educate the public on the every day health benefits of plants ranging from modern medicine and nutrition to therapeutic and aesthetic gardens. Exhibits have also been designed to encourage home gardening whether in a large backyard or a studio apartment.

Saturday featured activities:

  • Discovery cart: Carnivorous Plants! (Regional Garden)
  • Discovery cart: Spices! (Regional Garden)
  • Make Your Own Aromatherapy Lotion (Rose Garden)
  • Make Your Own Lavender Eye Pillow (Rose Garden)
  • Pollination Station – What’s the Buzz? (Butterfly Garden)
  • Pollination Station – Butterfly Blowouts (Butterfly Garden)
  • Wacky Potato Science Station (East edge of National Lawn under Tent)
  • Make & Take Seeds (West side of Terrace Show along Conservatory Wall)
  • Make Your Own Yoga Mat runs 10am-1pm (East edge of National Lawn under Tent)
  • Herb Blends to Cultivate for Garden & Kitchen with Susan Belsinger runs 12-3 (West side of Terrace Show along Conservatory Wall)
  • Cooking Demos with Danielle Navidi-Kasmai are at 11am, 12pm & 1pm (30 minute demos in the Amphitheater)
  • Budding Yogis Class with Geneva Moss from Circle Yoga will be held at 11am and 1pm (45 minutes on the National Lawn Terrace)
  • Planet Potato Program with Potato Museum will be held at 2:30pm (30-45 minutes in the Amphitheater)

Thrive! From the Ground Up From May 29 to October 11, the U.S. Botanic Garden celebrates the many ways plants make life better, from health to aesthetics,
and teaches how you can do it yourself!

Washington, D.C. — Join the United States Botanic Garden (USBG) in exploring the many ways plants improve the quality of our lives. Thrive! From the Ground Up, our summer Terrace exhibit, opened on May 29. The exhibit features seven outdoor gardens, each focusing on various aspects of our daily lives. Whether you live in a studio apartment or in suburbia, there’s something here for everyone.

The Thrive! Gardens will span the Terrace across our Maryland Avenue façade:

  • Medicinal Garden– Learn how the natural substances produced by plants provide medicine as well as nutrition. Check out the plants currently being researched to combat cancer, heart disease and other diseases.
  • World Flavors – Discover the plants that make our favorite spice mixtures, such as curry and za’atar, as well as other Mediterranean and world flavors.
  • Cutting Garden – Brighten your day and see the best flowers for the Washington region in a garden that features the best flower picks for bouquets.
  • Kitchen Garden – Find out which heirloom herbs and vegetables, and which new varieties grow best in our region to enliven our palates.
  • Beverage Garden – See the plants that provide our favorite beverages with their unique flavors, from hops for beer to sarsaparilla for root beer. Also featured are tea, fruit and vegetable juices, and healthful herbal drinks.
  • Townhouse Garden – Anyone can have a garden! This townhouse garden will show how to make the most of a small space, whether you’re interested in aesthetics or edibles.
  • Living Walls – Living walls are a spectacular way to use small spaces and we’re making a statement with ours!

Monday, June 14, 2010

Upcoming Foreign Policy Events

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Friday, June 4, 2010

Rising Juniors and Seniors: Become a Student Ambassador for PPS!

If you are a rising junior or senior and are taking a federal internship this summer, you're eligible to apply to become a Partnership for Public Service Student Ambassador at the University of Maryland!

As a Federal Service Student Ambassador you will educate and inform students on your campus of federal jobs and internships. You will also receive stipend support for your efforts!

Deadline is fast-approaching: Fri., June 11th

For more info, visit http://apps.makingthedifference.org/studentambassadors/default.aspx

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Upcoming Foreign Policy Events: Tues. to Friday, 6/1 to 6/4

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