Saturday, April 14th 1.00-4.00 pm, Lake Accotink The Friends of Accotink Creek invite you to join them for a vernal pool exploration led by Mike Hayslett, a passionate and dedicated champion of these special habitats! This is an excellent opportunity to enjoy a lovely spring day in nature, learning about some of our intriguing neighbors like fairy […]
Saturday, May 5 • 1.00 pm – 5.00 pm Free • All Ages • Rain or Shine Walker Nature Center, 11450 Glade Drive, Reston, VA Produced and presented by Reston Association, the Spring Festival is fun for all ages with live animals, fishing activities, craft-making for kids, displays and information from environmental groups, including Fairfax […]
Saturday, 21 April 10.00 am – 4.00 pm Sully Historic Site This is Fairfax County’s official Earth Day and Arbor Day event! Visit with the Fairfax County Park Authority, workshops, vendors and activities and take action to make a “Healthy Planet-Healthy People.” Over 75 vendors, exhibitors, and food trucks will be at SpringFest. Admission is FREE! […]
18-20 May Wintergreen Resort, Route 664 Wintergreen, VA 22958 Register by 20 April to receive an early registration discount Presented by The Nature Foundation, for over 30 years Wintergreen’s Spring Wildflower Symposium has offered the best and most diverse coverage of wildflowers and mountain ecosystems. The setting is unique, with over 30 miles of hiking trails and […]
Join the Alice Ferguson Foundation’s 30th annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup! Volunteer to pick up trash at one of the many participating cleanup sites throughout Fairfax County and beyond, or better yet, get some friends or family together and organize your own cleanup – with bags and gloves provided, of course! The official day of the Watershed […]
Saturday, May 12th 10.00 am to 6.00 pm (8.00 am for a pre-opening bird walk) Mason Neck State Park, 7301 High Point Rd, Lorton, VA 22079 See shows and talks in two tents, including live animal presentations by Reptiles Alive, Secret Garden Birds and Bees, and Wildlife Center of Virginia; and, with luck, there will be […]
Saturday, April 14th, 10.00 am to 3.00 pm Riverbend Park, 8700 Potomac Hills St., Great Falls, VA See the first signs of spring’s arrival, the carpet of Virginia Bluebells throughout the forest! These breathtaking beauties usher in springtime by carpeting the park’s floodplain with their magnificent blooms. The bluebells are so abundant in some areas […]
Tuesday, 8 May, 7.30 – 9.00 pm Green Spring Gardens, 4603 Green Spring Road, Alexandria VA Dr. Robert K. Musil discusses his book Rachel Carson and Her Sisters: Extraordinary Women Who Have Shaped America’s Environment and his explorations of nature throughout the nation’s capital, which resulted in his latest book, Washington in Spring: A Nature […]
Plant NoVa Natives needs many people to staff various tables and other events. Springtime is crazy for environmentalists! Please sign up here. No experience is necessary. Events for kids: · 4/10 School Environmental Showcase at GMU · 4/19 Hayfield ES Math and Science Night · 4/21 Lord of Life Preschool Earth Day Carnival Events for […]
A Talk by Jim Waggener Thursday, 12 April 7.30 pm – 9.00 pm Green Spring Gardens 4603 Green Spring Road Alexandria, VA 22312 Virginia Native Plant Society programs are free and open to the public. Jim Waggener is a naturalist whose military career offered opportunities to travel and observe wildlife, as well as environmental consequences […]