Friends, thank you to everyone who joined our February events! As we head into a busy spring, we’re excited to get out into the community and connect with you. Plus, our second webinar of the year is coming up at the end of March. 

Stories and Strategies for Growing Native Spaces Webinar

Join us online March 27 at 7pm/EST for an engaging webinar to discover how you can transform your land into a thriving habitat with native plants!  Local experts and passionate landowners will share their experiences in creating native meadows and small-scale native gardens. Learn about the benefits of native plants, practical steps for getting started, and real-life successes from people who have turned their own spaces into flourishing ecosystems. Whether you have a backyard, a few acres, or just a small garden bed, you’ll gain valuable insights and inspiration to bring more biodiversity to your land. 

Learn from expert Maddie Bright, executive director of Earth Sangha, who will share tips, tricks, and best practices to create your own thriving native landscape. 

We'll send a recording after the webinar, so even if you can’t attend, please register to receive it.

Check out our archive for past webinars. We highly recommend watching the Greener than Grass series prior to Meadows in the Making.

Sowing Community Together

Our Winter Seed-Sowing Workshop at Rappahannock County Park was a tremendous success! Gardeners of all experience levels came together with excitement to learn the simple, low-maintenance technique of winter sowing in milk jugs. Led by our knowledgeable educator, Taylor, the workshop was both informative and inspiring.

Participants explored the park’s beautiful pollinator gardens, collected native seeds, and learned about ongoing efforts to restore vital pollinator habitats, led by park volunteers, Bonnie and Mike. Best of all, everyone went home with free seeds, new skills, and a few like-minded friends! 

A huge thank-you to all who joined us—together, we're sowing the seeds for a greener future. We are so grateful to the PATH Foundation for their continued support in making events like this possible.

We’ve seeded the Vienna LOVE Meadow

On a balmy Saturday in February, we gathered for one of our joyful seeding parties, this time on the land we cleared on the historic W&OD Trail. The native meadow will grow next to the LOVE sign in the heart of Vienna. 

We’re hoping the baby turtle and snake we met last fall will enjoy this restored native habitat, along with many other critters. We’re looking forward to counting the meadow's plants and bugs in the future, and we’ll keep you posted when we need help to ensure the native meadow takes hold.

We’re so grateful to the Community Foundation for Northern Virginia Environment Fund for making this project possible. Now we’re raising funds to maintain the meadow and plant more along the trail. Please consider making a donation to Making History Bloom.

Meet Taylor!

If you’ve attended a Sustainability Matters workshop or educational event in the last year, chances are you’ve met Taylor, our enthusiastic and dedicated Environmental Educator. With a background in environmental science and a passion for teaching, Taylor creates programs that inspire individuals of all ages to take meaningful steps toward sustainability. From leading school visits to organizing hands-on conservation programs, Taylor ensures that sustainability is not just a concept, but a practical and realistic opportunity to make the world better.

She brings energy and passion to our EcologiGALs and Guardians of the Green program, where students dive into local ecosystems through exciting, hands-on field experiences. By transforming learning into an adventure, Taylor sparks curiosity, inspires exploration, and empowers young minds to become passionate stewards of conservation in their own communities.

Learn more about our education programs and how you can contribute at sustainabilitymatters.earth.

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