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silver sping neighborhood: The Backyard of Backyard Bounty from the Back Alley in Downtown Silver Spring, Maryland - 05/27/11 05:12 AM
This backyard backs to an alley in the McNeill's neighborhood of Silver Spring, It was a cool thing to watch this small back yard space transfomed into such an abundant oasis, in a neighborhood that is just 2 blocks from the Downtown Silver Spring CBD.
This was really a bare small backyard just a few years ago. Every inch of space has been used cleverly, (even part of the alley) for the landscape and plantings. Even though there is a lot of space used for gardening, there is still a driveway to the garage and a large gazebo used for outdoor dining and fun.
It is still early in … (0 comments)
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silver sping neighborhood: Long History of the Old Riggs - Thompson House in Downtown Silver Spring - 04/28/11 02:50 PM
The Riggs - Thompson House was built in 1858 by George Washington Riggs. The house was used as a country estate and working farm that was known for it's "fine blooded" cattle.
The estate was originally sited on over 140 acres facing what is now Georgia Avenue. Imagine a property that originally stretched from Georgia Avenue in the front, to past Sligo Creek in the back and from Colesville Road to present day Bonifant Street on the sides. The house was accessed by a long drive from Georgia Avenue (then called Westminster Road). The driveway is now the present day Pershing Drive. The original GW Riggs house was brick, built in the Second … (1 comments)
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silver sping neighborhood: Comeback of the Tulip Magnolia - 04/20/11 11:48 PM
My old tulip magnolia was badly damaged several years ago in a wind and snow storm. It was so sad to see the branches split off all the way down to the bottom of the trunk and even sadder to have to have such an old pretty tree of over 20 feet chopped back and almost all the way down. I never dreamed it would return, grow or bloom again. This year I was rewarded with a much smaller tree but healthy and in full bloom!
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silver sping neighborhood: Wordless Wednesday - Camellia Blooms in Silver Spring, Maryland - 04/13/11 06:01 PM
The Camellia Bush is finally blooming. It's very late this year. This camellia is usually blooming by sometime in February. I heard that the woman that owned my house way before me was best friends with a woman that lived three doors up from me. Both women are now deceased but they had a love of gardening and "the South". The lady that lived in my house was from South Carolina and her Camellia Bush is planted at the back of the house. It is unusual because it has white with fushia striped flowers and on the same bush flowers that are solid fushia. The … (5 comments)
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silver sping neighborhood: Burnt Mills Hills Silver Spring - A Lush Mature Neighborhood with Elegant Homes on 1 to 2 Acre Plus Lots - 02/25/11 11:46 AM
Lush Majestic Settings in a coveted hidden community of only 60 estate homes. Burnt Mills Hills is a quiet pastoral neighborhood of rolling hills, lush indigenous and mature landscaping with Acre+ lots. Burnt Mills Hills was developed by the R. E. Latimer Land Company in the early 1930's after purchasing the land from the McCeney Family and others. The first and main road through the Burnt Mills Hills subdivision is McCeney Avenue. The oldest house is a 1856 Farmhouse, that predates the development.Silver Spring's best kept secret is this sylvan setting off of Route 29 (Colesville Road). It's hard to believe this subdivision is so close to the new Urban area … (4 comments)
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silver sping neighborhood: 3 Ways to celebrate Fat Tuesday, Pancake Day or Paczki Day in Silver Spring, Md - 02/24/09 03:27 PM
Today is Fat Tuesday, Shrove Tuesday and Paczki Day,the time we all Fatten ourselves up before tightening ourbelts and giving up things for Lent. Below are 3 "recession proof" Ways to celebrate Fat Day on the cheap in Silver Spring, Md Number 1 Head straight to the WOODMOOR Pastry Shop for some of their famous, divine, decadently outrageous Paczki and or pick up one of their fantastic King Cakes for dessert. After a couple of these, you won't need any dinner or pancakes for a long time. Number 2 There are several Silver Spring and Takoma Park Churches with Pancake Suppers tonight: Church of the … (2 comments)
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silver sping neighborhood: Silver Spring Real Estate and Home Sales in Woodside Park - 11/20/08 08:10 AM
One of the Most Popular Older Silver Spring Neighborhoods, Close-in Woodside Park has an interesting history. This Mature, Densely Wooded Neighborhood is accessible to Downtown Silver Spring and the Silver Spring Metro Station. Located inside the Beltway and just over the Washington DC line in Maryland, this gorgeous old subdivsion of charming homes has larger than average lot sizes. With sweeping lawns, the lot sizes are some of the largest you will find in the 20910 zip (close-in) area of Silver Spring. The Woodside Park Civic Association is an active group of residents that represent the neighborhood's interests in urban planning and other political issues, … (0 comments)
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silver sping neighborhood: Silver Spring Md Real Estate Market Report - Clifton Park Village - 10/08/07 01:27 PM
Clifton Park Village is a older, small neighborhood of 62 single family homes that connects to the Montgomery Knolls Subdivision in Silver Spring, Md 20901. In this mature, established area with tall towering trees and Shady streets, the homes are quaint, mostly frame, mostly cape cod style homes built in the late 1930's to early 1940. Some of the houses have been restored and added onto in recent years and because a lot of the homes are frame they are painted a rainbow of different colorsReport is for Real Estate Activity in the last 6 months, April - October 2007
2 Active ListingsBoth Listings are priced at $420,000Average Time on … (3 comments)
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