It’s early on a Wednesday morning at Arlington House. The rising sun slides light through the headstone-studded hillside and into the old kitchen garden. The plot that once fed Confederate General Robert E. Lee is undergoing a revival. At the helm is Sandy Newton. She and a friend started volunteering about six years ago to…

The chill and misty gray sky made it a perfect Saturday morning to stay in neutral, let the bed keep its hold for a little longer. Hardy Park still needed tidying up, and enthusiasts from the surrounding Foxhall Community slipped themselves into drive on April 30, 2016 to get the work done as planned. They…

Whatever becomes of the politics of Egypt’s “Arab Spring,” the future of the country’s blooms certainly appears bright, colorful and clear. Really clear. So it seems through the eye of Amr Mounib, whose compelling flower photographs from Egypt are on exhibit at The Jerusalem Fund Gallery Al-Quds in Washington, D.C., located at 2425 Virginia Ave.,…