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Plant This, Not That (Virtual)

Jan 9, 2023

Julie Borneman, owner of Watermark Woods native plant nursery, will be speaking on why and how best to use native...

The Native Garden in the Fall

Oct 1, 2015

Vol. 20 Issue 3, Fall 2015 By Nan McCarry and Nancy Reaves, Audubon at Home Ambassadors Did you know that...

Common Milkweed: A Plant of Many Virtues

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Vol. 20, Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Donna Quinn Common MilkweedPhoto by Nicole Hamilton Common Milkweed’s story is also a...

Want to Grow Perennials from Seeds?

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Here’s an excellent article (with photos) that has the how to’s: http://nativeplantwildlifegarden.com/growing-native-perennials-from-seed/ Great Spangled Fritillaries Head out to your garden now and...

Gardens – A Winter Refuge

Dec 1, 2013

Vol. 18 Issue 4, Winter 2013 By Emily Bzdyk In the late fall, plants die back and leaves litter the...

Planting Milkweed Seed

Sep 19, 2013

Don Davis from Ontario passed along this great information – especially click on the video embedded in the article. Ilse...

Collect Milkweed Seeds….without the fluff!

Sep 16, 2013

Mona Miller put together this excellent video on how to collect Common Milkweed seeds with fantastic tips on how to...

Woodling Family Monarch Waystation

Jul 12, 2013

At the Unitarian Universalist Church of Loudoun, the largest fund raiser is the spring “Service Auction” in which members offer...

Check out the Monarch Waystation at Morven Park!

Jun 28, 2013

Lori Berry led her troop, Cadette troop 458, in creating a wonderful Monarch Waystation right at the entry way to...

Paxton Campus Creates Amazing Monarch Waystation!

Jun 28, 2013

Here’s one of the latest Monarch Waystations that was just created here in Loudoun!  What a wonderful design! On Saturday, June...

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