Text and photos by Devin Reese unless otherwise noted Volunteers and their children install mulch for a new trail between plantings. Mt. Jefferson Park and Greenway in Alexandria is a remnant right of way for the Washington and Old Dominion Railroad train line from a time when Potomac Yard was still a wetland (see 1945ContinueContinue reading “Many Hands Make Light of Heavy Work in Mt. Jefferson Park”
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News from the Jerome “Buddie” Ford Native Plant Garden
Text and photos by Dan Huddleston It’s been a couple of years since we last reported on the native plant garden at the Buddie Ford Nature Center. Three years ago, we started revitalizing a native garden that had been strangled into submission by Porcelain berry and other invasive plants. After the invasive plant removal phase,ContinueContinue reading “News from the Jerome “Buddie” Ford Native Plant Garden”
2024 Martin Luther King, Jr., Weekend Nature Volunteering Events
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Domain (Wikimedia Commons). Volunteer to help heal our environment on Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service Weekend, Jan 13-15, 2024. There are many nearby opportunities to remove non-native invasive plants and help restore natural ecosystems, while enjoying time outdoors with community members in our area’s beautiful parksContinueContinue reading “2024 Martin Luther King, Jr., Weekend Nature Volunteering Events”
Seasons of Care for Arlington Central Library Gardens
Text and photos by Devin Reese, unless otherwise noted. Arlington Central Library Native Plant Garden. Photo by Todd Minners. If you take a walk around the Arlington Central Library, you can’t miss the gardens. Even on a fall day when deciduous plants have let go their leaves and annuals have died, the mosaic of treesContinueContinue reading “Seasons of Care for Arlington Central Library Gardens”
DC/Baltimore/N. VA “Cricket Crawl,” August 21st: A Fun Citizen Science Project for the Whole Family!
by Louis Harrell Every year, Discover Life invites citizen scientists of all levels to identify the calls of crickets and katydids in the District of Columbia, the Baltimore area, and Northern Virginia. This year’s annual “cricket crawl” will be on the evening of August 21, 2020, any time after 8:30 pm. It is a particularlyContinueContinue reading “DC/Baltimore/N. VA “Cricket Crawl,” August 21st: A Fun Citizen Science Project for the Whole Family!”
Habitat Restoration Along the W&OD Trail in Falls Church: Sunday, March 30, 10:00 am–12:00 pm
by Jim Hurley Join our friends from the City of Falls Church on Sunday, March 30, 10 am-12 noon, as they begin work to restore the natural area along the W&OD Trail between Grove Ave. and N. Oak St., only a block from where the trail crosses the bridge over Broad St. There are large thickets ofContinueContinue reading “Habitat Restoration Along the W&OD Trail in Falls Church: Sunday, March 30, 10:00 am–12:00 pm”
Seeds of Hope: American Chestnut Replanting
by Catherine Howell As the late afternoon light began to fade and frigid air penetrated gloved hands, the last of the Arlington replanted American Chestnut trees (Castanea dentata) was patted into place on a slope in Glencarlyn Park on a gray day in mid-December, 2013. There, with some serious luck, it could grow into aContinueContinue reading “Seeds of Hope: American Chestnut Replanting”
HOG Pull, Saturday, November 2, 9-11am, Haley Park
HOG Pull, Saturday, November 2, 9-11 AM Meet at Haley Park, 2400 S. Meade St., Arlington, VA 22202 HOG Pull is a continuing project on the first Saturday of each month to reclaim the natural area between Haley Park, Oakridge Elementary School, Gunston Middle School from Invasive Plants. It is a RiP (Remove Invasive Plants)ContinueContinue reading “HOG Pull, Saturday, November 2, 9-11am, Haley Park”
Tuckahoe Park Habitat on the Mend…
by Mary McLean July 2013: Dangerous Plants on the Run! You may have seen the warning signs “Don’t walk off the trail.” Plant specialist placed them to protect pets and people. Arlington County hired Invasive Plant Control (IPC) to help improve Tuckahoe’s habitat. IPC employees are specially licensed and trained. Only the most environmentally suitableContinueContinue reading “Tuckahoe Park Habitat on the Mend…”
September Barcroft Park Habitat Restoration Work Party
by Marion Jordan NOTE THE NEW TIME – THIS IS AN AFTERNOON EVENT Join us on September 21 from 1 – 3 pm for the next Barcroft Park Habitat Restoration Work Party. We will join with Arlington for a Clean Environment (ACE) to help lead volunteers in cleaning up trash in the park. There areContinueContinue reading “September Barcroft Park Habitat Restoration Work Party”