Author Archive: Susan
Garden writer, blogger and coach Susan Harris moved to Greenbelt in late 2011 and created Greenbelt Live in order to get to know people here.
You'll find her online at these other locations: Sustainable Gardening, Garden Rant, Lawn Reform Coalition, Behnkes Nursery, and Homestead Gardens.
Everyone Loves Calvert Farm
That’s the impression I’ve gotten from asking folks about Calvert Farm, source of Greenbelt’s Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, and more goodies on Sundays at the Greenbelt Farmers Market. People also say great things about Pam Stegall Roberts in particular, shown above at the Farmers Market’s opening day for the 2013 season. The Farm Calvert Farm [...]
Lessons from a Reel and Meal
The monthly Reel and Meal events at the New Deal are one of the reasons I moved to Greenbelt not long ago, having attended several over the last couple of years with friends from my old ‘hood and loved the whole vibe and the aging hippies, like myself, who create it. And last night’s Reel [...]
Going out in Greenbelt for May 17 – 26
This is a weekly preview of fun, interesting things happening in Greenbelt: music, theater, talks, guided tours, and more. Seriously, only fun events are listed – no meetings! This list covers the next nine days. Friday, May 17 At the New Deal Cafe: – Jazz and blues piano by Takoma Park’s own John Guernsey (6:30 [...]
Club 125 Opens to Enthusiasm from Greenbelters
We’ve all been following the progress of Club 125, Greenbelt’s new community activity center, since renovations began in September. What had been a dry cleaning store has, through both the sweat and financial equity of George Boyce and Eva Fallon, been transformed into a happening for all things technie and creative. And just days ago [...]
Preservation Awards were a Blast!
By now you all know that Greenbelt Theatre won $75,000 in the Partners in Preservation contest, thanks to the overwhelming support the theater earned from the community and the City of Greenbelt, too – the theater’s owners. Which means that WE own the theater, and the spirit of supporting OUR theater really showed in our [...]
Kale-a-Rama was Awesome, and so is Veganism
I was soooo impressed with the “first-ever” Kale-a-Rama Festival that was a major happening recently in Roosevelt Center, I had to find out who or what was behind it. Here’s what I found out via organizer Cam MacQueen. Who Made it Happen There were four organizers of the event, all vegans and active the animal [...]
Shrubs and Small Trees that Grow well for Greenbelt Gardeners
Presenting: Plants that Greenbelt Gardeners grow and recommend to their neighbors – because the best plant recommendations are local. I’ve started off the list with some of my favorites, but please send me more-more-more via comments here on the blog or by email, and I’ll add them. Plants you’ve actually grown yourself, please, and that [...]
Rally for Greenbelt Theatre – Tomorrow in the Center
The City of Greenbelt is going all out to help the Greenbelt Theatre win funding for much-needed restoration. Tomorrow, Sunday 5 it’s holding a Rally for the Theatre. There will be a group vote, and a sing-along of songs from the movies with the Children’s Choir from St. Mary’s in Laurel. Also, free keychains. Bring [...]
The Green Man Cometh!
If proof were ever needed that Greenbelters 1), care about Mother Earth and 2), know how to have fun, one need look no farther than the Green Man Festival, scheduled to return for the 9th year this coming weekend. This year it’s dedicated to our forests (didn’t someone proclaim this Greenbelt’s Year of the Forest?) [...]
Vote Daily to Help Preserve the Greenbelt Theatre
American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation have $1 million in preservation grants and they want us to tell them where it should go. Click here to vote for the Greenbelt Theatre (after simple registering, or logging in with Facebook). Click here to see all the competitors and their current score. As [...]
“Less Lawn” Talk Coming Up!
I’ve teamed up with the Beaverdam Creek Watershed Watch Group and GHI’s Woodlands Committee to talk Less Lawn, using THE most convincing visuals I can collect to win you all over to the less-lawn cause. Here’s more background about it all – the why, and the how.
Great Moments in Local Poetry
Greenbelters, these are your poets. And no, they’re not the Hippie Poets Society but the competitors in a new poetry event sponsored by Friends of the New Deal Cafe. The poets read their works at a fun reception for them at the New Deal, which event was timed to celebrate the National Poetry Month. This [...]
Got Plants for Sunny Site on Ridge Road?
Here’s another neighborhood gardening project – a sunny corner between 5 and 7 Court Ridge. What was bare mulch is now a garden, with dozens of Asters and Black-eyed Susans donated by neighbors, plus Iris and Hostas moved from other spots on the same property. But there’s still bare ground – got anything to contribute? [...]
How to Turn a Yard into a Garden
Here’s a very typical yard in Old Greenbelt, especially the larger ones on the ends. Just turf and hedge,nothing else. But with more plants than I have room for in my small yard two doors down, I’ve been eying this prime location and finally asked the homeowner if I could create plant some of my [...]
A Yahoo Group for Greenbelt Gardeners!
Gardeners and gardener wannabees of Greenbelt, join your dirty-nailed neighbors in Greenbelt’s very own Yahoo Group for gardeners. This email group will be used to ask and receive advice, ask for or offer free plants, spread the word about garden events and useful links, offer rides to the Arboretum, and much more. Local email groups [...]
Q&A with Yoga Instructor Karl Gary
Next up in our series of interviews with the yoga instructors of Greenbelt is a Q&A with Karl Gary. He’s a gentle and meditative form of Yoga at the Mowatt Memorial Church, 40 Court Ridge Rd. Greenbelt. Monday nights, Friday nights 7:00 – 8:15 pm and Saturday morning 8:30 – 9:45 am. Please check out [...]
Clothes Closet Tips for GHI Homes
By Fashion and Style Blogger Alison Gary Living in GHI, we have our own special needs and issues, especially when it comes to storage. When I moved into my two-bedroom frame in 1999, I was moving from a two-bedroom apartment I shared with my sister. You would think moving from an apartment to a house [...]
Tram Ride in Patuxent Refuge
When I first posted about Greenbelt’s neighbor, the Patuxent Research Refuge, I determined to come back sometime when the trams were running. Which I did recently, and here’s my short report. Just outside the Visitor’s Center, there’s some fine viewing. Our guide was a charmer named Jim who kept his last name to himself – [...]
Q&A with Yoga Instructor Christine Romero
Next in our series of interviews with Greenbelt’s yoga and fitness instructors is Christine Romero, who teaches yoga classes at Greenbelt’s Community Center for the SAGE program of Prince George’s Community College. Q: What types of yoga were you trained in? My practice began in 1992 at St. Mark’s Yoga Center on Capitol Hill, where [...]
What’s Happening at the Library in March
Curious about the library that’s right in our midst (and two blocks from my house!) I got nosy and was granted interviews – first, with Kathleen Teaze, director of the library system for all of Prince George’s County, (photo here) and later with Ellen Utley, manager of the Greenbelt Branch (photo coming). The result of [...]
