City of Falls Church Community Center 223 Little Falls St. Falls Church, VA 22046 Saturday, 10 November 2018 1:30-4:30pm Start with a pile of lumber, a recycled pickle barrel, and assorted screws and bolts, but leave with a fully functioning tumbler composter! Staff from the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District and the City of […]
Hidden Oaks Nature Center is a great place to volunteer! It has welcoming staff, training and support, and flexible scheduling. To top it off, there’s a warm feeling for friendship and belonging, often expressed at volunteer socials and get-togethers. Come join us! Visitor Information Desk – Volunteers needed Saturdays & Sundays, 12-5 pm. Greet visitors […]
Saturday, 20 October 18 10:00am-12:00pm Stonegate Park, Frederick, MD Volunteer opportunity! Do your part to stop pollution and restore our hometown river by spending a fall morning planting trees! Bring your friends and family and join Team Potomac and Stream-Link Education as they plant 200 trees at Stonegate Park in Frederick, MD on Saturday, October […]
The Northern Virginia Conservation Trust‘s fifth annual Nearby Nature photo contest is now live and it’s excited to announce this year’s photo categories! The three photo groups will allow both adult and youth submissions and the competition will be open from now until midnight on October 31, 2018. Full details including submission guidelines, prize donors, […]
Saturday, 10 November 2018 8 a.m. – noon Walt Whitman Middle School 2500 Parkers Ln, Alexandria, VA 22306 Mount Vernon District Supervisor Dan Storck will host his first Environment Expo where we will explore how everyone can help save our planet, with the theme “Saving the Earth One Person at a Time”. The morning will […]
Mount Vernon Government Center 2511 Parkers Lane, Alexandria, VA Sunday. 7 October 2018 4-6 pm Join in a fall planting event in the newly established gardens at the Mount Vernon Government Center! The group will be installing native plants in the front planting beds that were established this past spring. They will also continue with […]
Saturday, 13 October 2018 9-11:30am Multiple locations Do your part to clean up our parks and local waterways by registering to participate in a Watershed Clean Up Day event. Volunteers are needed from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Cub Run RECenter, Hidden Pond Nature Center, Huntley Meadows Park, Lake Accotink Park, Lincolnia Park, Riverbend Park and […]
Ever wonder what’s living in our local streams? Join a stream monitoring team and help gauge local water quality by surveying aquatic organisms living on the stream bottom. Led by certified stream monitors, the teams welcome interested observers and offer an opportunity to explore Northern Virginia’s lovely creeks. NVSWCD Sugarland Run Stream Monitoring Workshop When: […]
Earth Sangha Wild Plant Nursery 6100 Cloud Drive in Franconia Park, Springfield VA Sunday, 30 September 2018 9 am – 12 pm Many folks could not attend last week’s sale so Earth Sangha is having a second sale! Fall is really the best time to visit the nursery. In the Spring, the plants are still […]
Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria, VA 22312 Thursday, 4 October 2018 7:30 – 9 pm Meet Megan Whatton and learn about her work with Habitat Network, which is creating a movement to transform yards and urban landscapes to functional diverse habitat to support wildlife and connect people to nature in communities around the world. […]