Good News About Monarchs!
Photo by Nicole Sudduth There’s some good news about Monarch butterfly populations. Monarch Joint Venture reports 2018-2019 Eastern Monarch overwintering...
Planting Wildlife-friendly Habitat at Sleeter Lake Park
Apr 23, 2018
Sunday’s planting event at the future Sleeter Lake Park in Round Hill was an incredible success! Sixty people, a mix...
Monarch Container Set-ups
Apr 16, 2018
There are a number of ways to set up milkweed in your rearing house while you raise Monarch caterpillars. The...
Volunteers in Action at Phillips Farm Teaming Up To Plant Trees and Shrubs, Save a Stream, and Protect Pollinators
Oct 1, 2017
Volume 22 Issue 3, Fall 2017 by Rachel Weinstein, Rachel Milburn, Margaret Good and Joe Coleman On Wednesday, May 17,...
Monarch Waystation – Sample 10’x10′ Plot
Jul 21, 2017
This sample 10′ x 10′ plot can be scaled up or down to fit your space – the information is...
Gardening for Wildlife Plant List
Apr 18, 2017
This is a useful and simple to use and read list of trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses, and vines that...
Native Plants for Sustainable Wildlife Habitats
Mar 17, 2017
Learning about the trees, shrubs, vines, flowers, ferns and grasses native to our Northern Virginia region is a journey worth...
Audubon At Home Sanctuary Species
Mar 17, 2017
Amphibians Frog and Toad species Salamanders species Birds American Goldfinch Baltimore Oriole Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Carolina Chickadee Carolina Wren Cedar Waxwing...
About Monarch Butterflies
Mar 12, 2017
Lifecycle After three to five days, each hatches into a caterpillar and eats milkweed. They develop as caterpillars through instars,...
Wildlife Sanctuary Program
Dec 14, 2016
WHO IS ELIGIBLE? The program is open to residential properties, homeowner associations, schools, places of worship, parks and commercial properties and...
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