Sheila moved out to Loudoun County in 2009 and started gardening with native plants almost immediately. She serves on the steering committee of the Plant NOVA Natives campaign and is the coordinator for Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s Native Plant Sale. Living just down the road from JK Black Oak Wildlife Sanctuary has lured her into leading work days and citizen science surveys there. Sheila is also a Virginia Master Naturalist with the Banshee Reeks Chapter. Her children’s book, The Native Book of ABCs for Virginia, was published by LWC in 2021.

Contact Sheila at sferguson@loudounwildlife.org.