www.millersvillenativeplants.
Friday, March 11, 2011
Native Plants in the Landscape
This looks like a great conference on using native plants. It's in Millersburg, PA, which is not to far from our area.
www.millersvillenativeplants.
www.millersvillenativeplants.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Native Plant Sales in Northern Virginia -- Updated and Expanded List
We've added some new native plant sales to the list
Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Seedling Sale
In Progress Now
Two packages are available:
The Deer Resistant Shrub and Small Tree package is offered for $15.95 and includes two each of the following species: Red osier dogwood, Silky dogwood, Serviceberry, Spicebush, and Pawpaw.
The Wildlife Friendly Tree Package sells for $10.95 and is ideal for common areas or larger suburban yards. The tree package includes two each of the following: Black oak, Sycamore, and American hornbeam.
**All seedlings are native to Northern Virginia**
To download an order form, please visit our website at: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/orderform_2011.pdf
For pictures of the mature species offered in the packages please visit our website at:http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/seedlingsale.htm
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nick Kokales by phone at (703) 324-1420 or by e-mail at nicholas.kokales@fairfaxcounty.gov.
US National Arboretum Lahr Symposium and Native Plant Sale
Sat., March, 26th. The Visitor Center @ USNA is undergoing a major remodeling so this year the sale and syposium is being held at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in MD. The plant sale usually has 6 or so vendors and is open to the general public (not just symposium attendees, although attendees have an hour or so of shopping before the general public).
Green Spring Gardens Garden Markets
9am-1pm Saturdays April 2nd and April 9th
VA Native Plant Society will have a booth behind the Horticulture Center during the sale and sells only natives -- discounts to VNSP members.
Rust Nature Sanctuary
April 9, 2011 from 10am to 5pm
Featuring:
Nature by Design
Hill House Farm & Nursery
For more information contact: Ann Garvey at 703-669-0000 ext5
Rust Nature Sanctuary,
802 Childrens Center Rd., Leesburg, Virginia 20175.
Huntley Meadows Eco-Savvy Expo
April 10 - Noon-4pm
Huntley Meadows Park
3701 Lockheed Blvd
Alexandria, VA
703-768-2525
Native Plant Sale by Nature by Design, Bee Boxes, Rain Barrels, Native Seed Mixes and How-to Presentation
Parkfairfax Native Plant Sale
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 9:00-2:00
3601 Valley Drive, Alexandria, Virginia 22302.
15-20 vendors. There is also a sale in the fall.
Sunday, May 15th, 10 am to 3 pm
Spring Plant Sale event at their Wild Plant Nursery in Springfield -- see the website for location. In partnership with Arlington Regional Master Naturalists
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Native Plant Sales in Northern Virginia
Native plant sales are popping up all over! Here's a listing of some upcoming ones in or near Northern Virginia:
US National Arboretum Lahr Symposium and Native Plant Sale
Sat., March, 26th. The Visitor Center @ USNA is undergoing a major remodeling so this year the sale and syposium is being held at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in MD. The plant sale usually has 6 or so vendors and is open to the general public (not just symposium attendees, although attendees have an hour or so of shopping before the general public).
Green Spring Gardens Garden Markets
9am-1pm Saturdays April 2nd and April 9th
Local growers provide you with shrubs, native plants and wildflowers, ornamental grasses and unusual perennials and annuals. Friends of Green Spring (FROGS) receive 10% off in the Garden Gate Plant Shop. The Green Spring Master Gardeners available at each Garden Market. Plant shopping and free gardening information and freshly brewed coffee – what a great way to spend a Saturday morning!
Rust Nature Sanctuary
April 9, 2011 from 10am to 5pm
Featuring:
Nature by Design
Hill House Farm & Nursery
For more information contact: Ann Garvey at 703-669-0000 ext5
Rust Nature Sanctuary,
802 Childrens Center Rd., Leesburg, Virginia 20175.
Huntley Meadows Eco-Savvy Expo
April 10 - Noon-4pm
Native Plant Sale by Nature by Design, Bee Boxes, Rain Barrels, Native Seed Mixes and How-to Presentation
Huntley Meadows Park
3701 Lockheed Blvd
Alexandria, VA
703-768-2525
Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District Annual Seedling Sale
Two packages are available:
The Deer Resistant Shrub and Small Tree package is offered for $15.95 and includes two each of the following species: Red osier dogwood, Silky dogwood, Serviceberry, Spicebush, and Pawpaw.
The Wildlife Friendly Tree Package sells for $10.95 and is ideal for common areas or larger suburban yards. The tree package includes two each of the following: Black oak, Sycamore, and American hornbeam.
**All seedlings are native to Northern Virginia**
To download an order form, please visit our website at: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/orderform_2011.pdf
For pictures of the mature species offered in the packages please visit our website at:http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/seedlingsale.htm
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Nick Kokales by phone at (703) 324-1420 or by e-mail at nicholas.kokales@fairfaxcounty.gov.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
It's Amphibian Time!
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| Wood frog pair mating; note eggs released by female. |
Late winter and early spring are prime times for amphibian breeding. Wood frogs, spotted salamanders, Jefferson salamanders, spring peepers, toads, pickerel frogs and other amphibians are now mating in temporary wetlands called vernal pools and similar habitats around Northern Virginia. If you have a small pond on your property and are near sources of amphibian, you might attract some of these critters to use it for mating and egg laying. If you want amphibians, though, you can't have fish because the fish will eat amphibian eggs and larvae.
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| Spotted salamander. |
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Audubon at Home at Belle Haven Elementary School
Take a look at this article at http://bellehaven.patch.com/articles/belle-view-elementary-school-to-create-outdoor-classroom, written by ASNV's Conservation Chair Glenda Booth, about our visit to Belle Haven Elementary School yesterday and their plans for an outdoor classroom. This is an exciting opportunity for the Audubon at Home Wildlife Sanctuary program! (http://www.audubonva.org/index.php/wildlife-sanctuary-program-)
Monday, January 31, 2011
Launching Audubon at Home Blog
Welcome to the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia's Audubon at Home blog!
We hope that you will find this blog to be a useful exchange for ideas, tips, techniques, and strategies for creating native habitat at home. We also hope that you will share your experiences, wildlife observations, epiphanies, joys...and frustrations as you develop wildlife habitat in your favorite space. We invite our Audubon at Home Ambassadors and Wildlife Sanctuary Program participants to send in items, including photos, for posting. Of course, anyone is invited to visit the blog and comment (appropriate comments only, please).
If you are not a part of our Audubon at Home community and want to learn more, please visit the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia website at www.audubonva.org and click on Audubon at Home. While you're there, be sure to check out our Wildlife Sanctuary Program. We'll help you get started on creating a certified Wildlife Sanctuary at your home, school, or other property you own or manage in Northern Virginia.
We'll also use the blog to pass on useful and interesting information about habitat gardening and the wildlife that uses it, relevant classes, workshops, and presentations in the region, and updates about the Audubon at Home program in Northern Virginia.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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| Make space for wildlife! |
If you are not a part of our Audubon at Home community and want to learn more, please visit the Audubon Society of Northern Virginia website at www.audubonva.org and click on Audubon at Home. While you're there, be sure to check out our Wildlife Sanctuary Program. We'll help you get started on creating a certified Wildlife Sanctuary at your home, school, or other property you own or manage in Northern Virginia.
We'll also use the blog to pass on useful and interesting information about habitat gardening and the wildlife that uses it, relevant classes, workshops, and presentations in the region, and updates about the Audubon at Home program in Northern Virginia.
We look forward to hearing from you!
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