Photo: Courtesy of Fairfax County Park Authority Clean up Registration for the annual Fairfax County Spring Watershed Cleanup in partnership with The Nature Conservancy and Fairfax County Park Authority is now available at www.nature.org/fairfaxcleanup. This year’s cleanup will take place over several dates at over 20 Fairfax County Park locations. Nearly 600 volunteers are needed to help […]
Photo: Sycamores at Riverbend Park by Ana Ka’ahanui Thursday, April 18, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual Presentation ASNV Member ticket: $15 (Non-member ticket: $25) Registration is REQUIRED. Aquatic ecosystems in the Northern Virginia area are subject to a variety of stresses, most related in some way to urban/suburban land use. Professor Jones will […]
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM Virtual Presentation ASNV Member ticket: $15 (Non-member ticket: $25) Registration is REQUIRED. We’ve all heard amazing facts about bird migration—the long distances that birds travel and the ways that they navigate. But did you ever wonder how we figured all of this out? While working […]
Photo: Plant NOVA Trees Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7-9 pm 7:00-9:00 pm No registration is required. Kings Park Library Conference Room 9000 Burke Lake Rd, Burke, VA, 22015-1683 Questions: jeanneck3@gmail.com Come to this informative event to hear three experts in the field talking about tree care. Information tables will be set up to visit before and […]
Saturday, March 9, 2023 9 am Free Speaker: Sam Hoadley, the Manager of Horticultural Research at Mt. Cuba Center Registration required. Join Sam Hoadley, the Manager of Horticultural Research at Mt. Cuba Center, as he highlights knockout native species and cultivars from their trials. Top performers and favorites of Monarda, Phlox, Echinacea, wild hydrangea, Carex represent some of the best native plants for […]
Photo: FMN Janet Quinn, Hidden Pond stream monitoring *NVSWCD Workshop* Wolftrap Creek Stream Monitoring Workshop When: Saturday, March 2, 9:00am-12:00pm Where: Wolftrap Creek Stream Valley Park/Foxstone Park, Vienna Join NVSWCD for our first stream monitoring workshop of the spring season. This site features a small, shallow stream which usually has a good number of beetles. […]
Image: Courtesy of Clifton Institute Saturday, March 9, 2023 9:00AM – 12:00PM The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Rd Warrenton, VA 20187 Cost: FREE Registration is REQUIRED. It’s winter and that means that rock season is upon us! This year, it would be nice to branch out and check out a whole new geologic province. The […]
Photo: Courtesy of the Fairfax Tree Stewards (FTS) From Brenda Frank, President Join the 2024 Fairfax Tree Steward (FTS) training class. Apply here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1i0hMqcdoOQFlyZkmc-c5lVyL_xsl3lgHLVGk3ajMvIk/edit See information about the training here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1214hruEY5X-9-O7tNzKkkCbd9yqWS5ok3AtarNe5ZfU/edit Current FTS Tree Stewards may audit the classes at no cost for continuing education. The program will accept 20 applicants in order of submission. Enrollment closes on […]
Article and photo by Sarah Mayhew As part of FMN Chapter Project at Mason Neck State Park, FMN budgeted funds in 2023 to assist the Park maintain its pollinator gardens. The Park requested that we use the funds to purchase equipment that will assist with that mission. We delivered a gorilla garden cart, a Stihl battery-operated weed […]
Photo of Wild Rice by Mr. Nelson DeBarros Sunday, March 3, 2023 3:00 PM No registration is required. This is an in-person program (no remote option). Join this presentation on the native plants of Northern Virginia’s freshwater tidal marshes by Nelson DeBarros, a vegetation ecologist with the Fairfax County Park Authority. The talk will cover several […]