A neighborhood in bloom

Published: Sep. 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - It takes just one person to start a movement.

In one Washington, D.C. neighborhood, Kathy Sykes started planting. Then she recruited her neighbors to help plant flowers that keep bees, butterflies and birds alive.

Those pollinators keep food on your table. Now, she’s hoping people across the country might do the same.