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Rooting DC is the District’s central meeting ground for District residents, nonprofits, businesses, and government entities looking to grow gardens and a healthier food system in the nation’s capital
This annual, day-long event started in 2007 as a small gathering of about 150 urban gardeners and has grown into an annual event with hundreds of attendees from across the region.
The event features educational workshops, exhibitor booths, local eats, networking space, and valuable community-building where local growers and food-systems stakeholders share their knowledge and learn more from one another.
Rooting DC 2026
Thanks to all who made the 20th annual Rooting DC a resounding success, from presenters to exhibitors to attendees! View the photo gallery here.
Rooting DC 2026 Presentations
Gardening strategies and techniques
- Blackland Farms – Build Your Own Greenhouse Using Household Items
- DC Department of Parks & Recreation - Growing Strategies to Increase Production and Decrease Maintenance
- Washington Gardener Magazine/GardenDC Podcast – Seed Saving: Basics and Beyond
- Cultivate the City - Carnivorous Plants and Bog Gardens
- Farm Forage Feast - Beneficial Weeds for Your Garden
- Love & Carrots – Tomatoes: From Planting to Harvest
- Elements of Nature Urban Farm - Maximizing Small Space: Sustainable Gardening in Urban Environments
- GrowFlo - Growing Food In Small Spaces
- Cultivate the City - Container Gardening, Hydroponics and Vertical Farming for Small Spaces
- Sennel Gardens - Utilization of Vacant Lots for Gardening and Farming
- Forested LLC – Creating Food Forests
- Bloom - Amending Your Soil for a Healthy Garden
Health, Wellness & Culinary
- Felice HD – Growing Good Looks
- Felice HD – Houseplants for Healthy Indoor Air
- Little Red Bird Botanicals – Medicinal Herbs in the City
- ReaLeaf Tea Shop & Herbal Apothecary – The Ladies of the Garden and their Medicinal Benefits
- City Blossoms – Garden Gastronomy: Cooking with Youth and Community
- A Vegan Life, Inc. - The Benefits of Sprouting
Sustainable Resource Management & Conservation
- Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay – Why is Everyone Talking About Native Plants?
- DC Natives - Planting Your Pollinator Garden
- Department of Energy and Environment - Catch the Rain: Your Guide to Rainwater Harvesting
- Dandelion Foodscapes, LLC - Urban Rainwater Harvesting
- DC Responsible Rat Management - Zero Waste and Rat Management: Child-Safe Ways to Stop Rats
Food Systems & Policy
- DC Fair Food - Is Your Food Fair?
- 16th Street Greens - From Anacostia to the Table
- DC Government Agencies - Rooted in Resources: Connecting You to DC Government’s Farm, Garden, & Food Programs
- Rooting DC Past Presentations
Contact Information
For any questions regarding Rooting DC, contact [email protected].