Upcoming Events
There are always a ton of great conservation events happening throughout the Piedmont. Scroll down to learn more--
05 March 2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute 1500 Remount Rd, Front Royal, VA 22630, USA
Come learn about the Virginia Working Landscapes program! This will be a great opportunity to network with landowners, land managers, VWL citizen scientists, natural resource professionals and service...
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Cost: Free |
06 March 2015 7:00 pm
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The Hill School Sheila C. Johnson Performing Arts S Madison St, Middleburg, VA 20117, USA
Join Land Trust of Virginia, Goose Creek Association and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters for a film screening of Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The event will take place...
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Cost: Free |
07 March 2015 8:00 am - 14 March 2015 6:00 pm
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George Mason George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
On March 7th – 14th, 2015, the Mason Sustainability Institute (MSI) will be hosting a 72-Hour Permaculture Design Certificate Course, taught by Wayne Weiseman of the Permaculture Project LLC....
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Cost: 1100 USD |
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08 March 2015 2:00 pm
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Morven Park 17263 Southern Planter Ln, Leesburg, VA 20176, USA
Join the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and landscaper John Magee, owner of Magee Design, as he shows us how to set up a habitat garden in our yards and then, if we choose, get it certified through the ...
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Cost: Free |
09 March 2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Warrenton Visitor's Center 33 North Calhoun Street, Warrenton, VA 20186, USA
*Due to the overwhelming interest in this event, we have decided to move the location from Orlean to the Warrenton Visitor's Center.We have reached maximum capacity for this event. We will make every...
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Cost: Free; please register USD |
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12 March 2015 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Culpeper Board of Supervisors, Meeting Room 302 North Main Street, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA
Have you ever wanted to start your own home based food business? Are you interested in selling food items at a farmer's market? Are you a producer and want to know more about selling value-added produ...
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Cost: 5 USD |
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12 March 2015 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
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Reva Fire Hall 18230 Birmingham Rd, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA
Local Harvest (Meyer Foods Group LLC) has been distributing locally-sourced beef (humanely raised, natural, antibiotic and hormone-free Angus) to Mid-Atlantic Wegman’s grocery stores, and their progra...
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Cost: Free USD |
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14 March 2015 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
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Daniel Technology Center at Germanna Community Col 18121 Technology Drive, Culpeper, VA 22701, USA
Join Virginia Cooperative Extension for a full day of presentations and workshops geared to help both large and small acreage landsowners become better stewards.Over 1,000 Virginia forest owners have ...
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Cost: $40/person; $70/couple USD |
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16 March 2015 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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Warrenton Visitor's Center 33 North Calhoun Street, Warrenton, VA 20186, USA
Join us for a workshop for horse owners which will focus on tools and techniques for enhancing small acreage grazing systems. Bridgett McIntosh, Equine Extension Specialist at the MARE Center, will be...
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Cost: Free; please register USD |
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18 March 2015 8:00 am - 19 March 2015 5:00 pm
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Double Tree by Hilton 990 Hilton Heights Road, Charlottesville, VA 22901, USA
Virginia has embraced the farm to school effort since 2007 when Virginia’s General Assembly passed a House Joint Resolution requesting that partner organizations work towards advancing farm to school ...
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Cost: $40 USD |
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22 March 2015 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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Tri-County Feeds Conference Room 7408 John Marshall Hwy, Marshall, Va. 20115
Join the Piedmont Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society for their 2015 Winter Speaker Series! Topic: Our Spring Wildflowers and Their Western U.S. Relatives Speaker: Marion Blois Lobstein is Pr...
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Cost: Free USD |
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28 March 2015 8:00 am
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BRCES Education Center 11661 Harpers Ferry Road, Purcellville, VA 20132, USA
On the fourth Saturday of each month (except December), the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy (LWC) leads a free bird walk at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship (BRCES). This beautiful 900...
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Cost: Free |
29 March 2015 8:00 am
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Paragon Village 12 & Splitsville Fredericksburg, VA
In 2015, Friends of the Rappahannock is partnering with the Piedmont Environmental Council and Trout Unlimited to bring the Wild and Scenic Film Festival back to Fredericksburg for the 4th year in a r...
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Cost: 10 at the door USD |
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29 March 2015 2:00 pm
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Lord Fairfax Community College - Fauquier Campus 6480 College Street, Warrenton, VA 20187, USA
a presentation with Gary Fleming, Vegetation Ecologist a the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation’s Natural Heritage Program.Sponsored by The Piedmont Chapter of the Virginia Native Plan...
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Cost: Free |
11 April 2015 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Thornton Gap Primitive Baptist Church Sperryville, Rappahannock County
Thorton Gap Primitive Baptist Church
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Historic ResourcesJoin The Piedmont Environmental Council, Rappahannock Historical Society and Dea...
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Cost: Free; registration required USD |
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