Comments on: Gardening at the Old Soldiers’ Home

By: Time to Sign Up for AFRH’s Second Season of the Community-Resident Garden Project | Park View, D.C.

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:03:06 +0000

[...] Last year’s gardening experience was unbelievable. Not only was working with the retired soldiers rewarding, but being on the grounds of the AFRH was very Zen-like. It was very easy to forget that one was still in the middle of a major urban environment. [...]

By: Does Your Garden Grow More Than You Need? « Park View, D.C.

Does Your Garden Grow More Than You Need? « Park View, D.C. — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:03:00 +0000

[...] your food budget. With the Wangari Gardens, the community gardens at the Bruce-Monroe Park, and the gardening opportunity at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, residents in Park View have a lot more options to grow their own food than they did even a year [...]

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District Line Daily: Are The Fojol Bros. Racist? - City Desk — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:17:10 +0000

[...] Old Soldiers get a garden. [ParkViewDC] [...]

By: Morning Links: Restoration - Housing Complex

Morning Links: Restoration - Housing Complex — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:36:54 +0000

[...] Old Soldiers get a garden. [ParkViewDC] [...]

By: John H.

John H. — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:37:12 +0000

Ross, AFRH stopped taking applicants for this year after they got more than enough volunteers to pair with residents. There are lots of other ways to volunteer though through Friends of the Soldiers Home.

By: Ross

Ross — Tue, 15 May 2012 17:22:19 +0000

Kent- I reached out to AFRH after your original post and never heard back. I’m still interested in getting involved. Any way I can? Thanks, Ross