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Service Opportunity – Meadowlark Botanical Gardens

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Photos: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens-transplanting

 

The Natives Team at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, which includes several Fairfax Master Naturalists, has gotten off to a great start this spring, in spite of the crazy up-and-down weather.  Projects we have worked on include:
1.  Transplanting into pots native seedlings that were grown from seeds collected last year in the gardens.  We will be transplanting the seedlings into the ground later this year.

Photos Meadowlark Botanical Gardens-transplanting

2.  Creating a new trail that will connect existing native areas and allow for managing invasives in the surrounding woods.

Photos Meadowlark Botanical Gardens-trails

3.  Planting American chestnut trees, sourced through the Virginia Department of Forestry’s chestnut research and reintroduction program, which is cross-breeding chestnut trees for blight resistance in the hopes of bringing back a species that once dominated the forests of eastern North America.

Photos Meadowlark Botanical Gardens-planting

Several other projects are in the works, and we could use some help!  Most of the team usually volunteers on Tuesday mornings, but volunteers would also be welcome on other weekday mornings.  If you would like to join us, please reach out to Meadowlark’s volunteer coordinator, Emma Werthmann at
ewerthmann@nvrpa.org and tell her you are interested in the Natives Team.

MOTHtober Fest at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens, October 17th

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Photo: Io Moth by Judy Gallagher

 

Friday, October 17, 2025
8:30 pm – 10:30

Fee: $7.00

Register here!

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
9750 Meadowlark Gardens
Vienna, VA 22182 United

Organizer: (NOVA Parks)
Discover the magic of moths at MOTHtober FEST! Experience a unique nighttime adventure celebrating these fascinating nocturnal pollinators with Roving Naturalist Matt Felperin and Ana Ka’ahanui of Capital Nature. Using bed sheets and black lights, you will attract, observe, and identify a variety of moths while learning why these, often-overlooked, insects are vital to our ecosystems.

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens needs our help!

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Photo: Courtesy of MEADOWLARK BOTANICAL GARDENS

Address: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
9750 Meadowlark Gardens Ct,
Vienna VA 22182

Meadowlark Botanical Gardens need people to help with the native plant garden.

Just bring a willingness to participate and learn! They have volunteers ranging from little to no experience in gardening to former professionals. There is no expectation or requirement on hours, but they hope to have volunteers participate at least once or twice a month for a few hours. Many volunteers come once a week in a very regular fashion.

In many cases there is a fear that they do not know enough to begin assisting at the gardens and that is simply not the case. Their team is here to help all volunteers get more comfortable working in the gardens.

You can find the online information as well as the inquiry form here.

If you are interested in more of a single, group day approach, that will require a bit of coordination with the lead horticulturist, Charlies Bruce, to coordinate the details of the day/time. If that is something you are more interested in then they can connect you with Charlie soon!

Thanks,
Jeff Hill
(703)-255-3631 ext. 102