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Michelle Obama starting a new veggie garden at the White House with some helpers from a local elementary school. (The White House / Joyce N. Boghosian)

Ginkgo Gardens
Washington

Johnson's Flower and Garden Center
Washington

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Maryland

Alden Farms
Bealsville

American Plant Food Garden Center and Nursery (Organic Gardening section)
Bethesda

Behnke Nurseries
Potomac

Behnke Nurseries
700 Watkins Park Drive
Largo

Behnke Nurseries
Beltsville

Bittersweet Hill Nurseries
Davidsonville

How not to grow vegetables (and a couple of successes)

Johnson's Florist and Garden Center
Gaithersburg

Johnson's Florist and Garden Center
Kensington

Johnson's Florist and Garden Center
Olney

Kinzie Farms Nursery
Bethesda

Meadows Farms Nursery
Clarksburg

Roozen Nursery
Ft. Washington

Interest in vegetable gardening is booming. You might be interested in another aspect of growin' veggies, that can be done in cold weather... hydroponic gardening. This video shows a commercial operation, which is a lot different from growing vegetables at home, but it gives a good overview of what it's like. Also, the little Aerogarden, which has been advertised on TV a lot, is a small automated hydroponic system. It doesn't seem like good value for growing vegetables. But it could be good for a child to learn about how plants grow. And it would be a convenient way to always have fresh culinary herbs.

Virginia

Betty's Azalea Ranch
Fairfax

Burke Nursery
Burke

Campbell & Ferrara Nurseries
Alexandria

Craven's Nursery
Fairfax

DeBaggio Herbs
Chantilly

Garden World of Virginia
Fairfax

Greenspace Unlimited
Alexandria

Hybla Valley Nursery
Alexandria

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Lakeridge Nursery and Garden Center
Woodbridge

Meadows Farms Nursery
Annandale

Meadows Farms Nursery (Landscape Nursery)
Chantilly

Meadows Farms Nursery
Chantilly

Meadows Farms Nursery
Fairfax

Meadows Farms Nursery
Falls Church

Meadows Farms Nursery
Herndon

Meadows Farms Nursery
Vienna

This shows how well lettuce grows indoors. You could probably grow a lot of it, organically, maybe with the help of artificial lighting, all year long.

Meadows Farms Nursery
Woodbridge

Merrifield Garden Center
Fairfax

Merrifield Garden Center
Falls Church

Nature By Design (offering primarily native plants)
Alexandria

Nicholls Gardens
Gainsville

Silverbrook Nursery & Landscaping
Lorton

Windy Hill Plant Farm
Aldie

Wolf Trap Nursery
Vienna

New crops are being used to produce biodiesel in unlikely places around the world

Garden Rant with Takoma Park ranter Susan Harris

map of area community gardens

DC Urban Gardeners

Check out Washington Post Community Plot Lines.

Post article about turning your lawn into a low maintainance garden

Here's an interesting article about a hydroponic greenhouse in West Virginia that grows about 150,000 heads of lettuce each year. This shows the viability of this type of operation in this part of the country.

more innovative thinking:

Rooftop hydroponic gardening in Montreal

Institute for Simplified Hydroponics has a mission is to support efforts to introduce simplified hydroponics to reduce hunger and poverty.

Food prices are soaring. At a global scale, food scarcity is a growing concern. Starting a vegetable garden is no longer just a fun thing to do, it might just be one of the most patriotic things we can do.

In World War II, people proudly grew "Victory Gardens" to help make sure the country had enough food.

a video of a garage top vegetable garden in Pennsylvania; the home owners have done an amazing job of creating an oasis in the middle of the city

a video of a beautiful rooftop vegetable garden in Taiwan

Here's a good look at the amazing variety of veggies that can be grown in containers.

flowers in bloom at Green Spring Garden Park in Annandale, VA

If you love gardening, be sure to visit Green Spring Gardens Park in Annandale. VA. They have every variety of plant imaginable there. They also have examples of small townhouse gardens with a good sense of sanctuary and privacy.