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Keeping It All Connected
Plein Is Recharging the American Horticultural Society
American Horticultural Society
Saving the Parkway’s Trees
National Park Service forests are at risk of failure in the national capital region and beyond.
English ivy is one of the most invasive and destructive plants in the region.
Our Very Necessary Insects in Mount Vernon
Advice: cut lawns in half, plant native plants and trees, remove invasive plants, minimize use of pesticides, reduce light pollution.
Insects
A New View of the Landfill
Grassland at the I95 landfill provides habitat for ground-nesting birds and other wildlife.
Landfill
Learning to Love Amphibians and Reptiles
They may not be cuddly, charismatic or cute to many humans, but amphibians and reptiles are fascinating and important.
For 2024 Meals, Think Virginia
Traditional Virginia foods can brighten your table and your tales.
Think Va
The Value of Dead Wood
Tree snags are “a gourmet restaurant,” that is, from a bird’s perspective, Larry Cartwright told a group of Northern Virginia Audubon at Home ambassadors on Feb. 20 in a Zoom meeting.
Fairfax County’s Streams Are in Trouble
82 percent of Fairfax County’s streams were in very poor, poor or fair condition biologically in 2020.
Five volunteers spent Friday morning jabbing a long-handled mesh net into a stream bottom, scraping the streambanks, scooping up submerged woody debris and rubbing smooth round rocks in the stream’s riffles.
Mount Vernon Farmers Market Vendors Become Familiar ‘Locals’
They get up before dawn every Wednesday from May to December and load up tables, tents and boxes, crates and coolers filled with meats, baked goods, fruits, vegetables, plants and other wares.