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  • Native Tree Giveaway at Orvis Leesburg

    Orvis Store Leesburg 1614 Village Market Blvd SE #110, Leesburg, Virginia

    Pick up a tree on your next shopping trip to the Orvis store in Leesburg. We'll be giving away free native trees, courtesy of Piedmont Environmental Council and Friends of the Rappahannock April 5 @ 1-5 p.m. Species include white oak, flowering dogwood, serviceberry, and witch hazel. Questions? Contact Linnea Sherman at [email protected].

  • Best Practices for Solar Development

    Virginia Military Institute 500 Anderson Drive, Lexington, Va

    The Piedmont Environmental Council's Senior Energy and Climate Advisor, Ashish Kapoor, will join a panel on Best Practices for Solar Development at the Environment Virginia Symposium. There will be a discussion April 10 at 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. title "Sun and Soil: The Promise of Agrivoltaics in Virginia" about the potential for dual use […]

  • a patch of green and purple bluebells

    22nd Annual Bluebell Walk: In Tribute to Mike Stevens

    Bonny Brook Farm 8446 Old Dumfries Road, Catlett, Virginia, United States

    Join PEC's Julian W. Scheer Fauquier Land Conservation Fund for a walk along the banks of Cedar Run in tribute to Mike Stevens.

    Free

  • Northern Albemarle Conservation Speed Dating Workshop

    Montfair Resort Farm 2500 Bezaleel Drive, Crozet, Virginia

    Join us April 23 in Crozet, Va. to meet with people who can help facilitate your land management practice and conservation goals.

    Free

  • Cville Bike Month: Family Bike Day

    McIntire Skate Park 151 McIntire Park Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Looking for a chance to let your little ones explore the joy of cycling in a safe and positive environment? Family Bike Day will have it all May 4.

  • Birding Walk at Roundabout Meadows

    Mt. Zion Historic Park 40309 Little River Turnpike, Aldie, Virginia

    Join PEC for a birding walk through the Roundabout Meadows pastures and meadows, Saturday, May 9.

  • Cville Bike Month: Free Bridge Lane Bikefest + Riverfest

    Come explore the county’s newest car-free open space: Free Bridge Lane! It’s the perfect place for people of all ages to walk, bike or roll – especially for learners. Albemarle County will be offering e-bike demonstrations, kids' bike safety lessons, and more on May 10! Don't forget to bring your kids’ bikes if they'd like […]

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    Cville Bike Month: Bike2Work (or Anywhere!) Swag Appreciation Station

    601 West Main Street Charlottesville

    Are you interested in biking to work – or maybe curious about it? Let us encourage you during your morning commute – or ride – with free swag, free snacks and even a quick tune up. We'll be set set in front of Shenanigan's Toys on West Main Street in Charlottesville from 7:30 - 9:30 […]

  • Spring Nature Walk at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

    Piedmont Memorial Overlook Paris, Virginia

    Join us for a spring nature walk at PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook to learn about native plant identification, pollinators, songbirds and meadow management! PEC’s Wildlife Habitat Restoration Coordinator, October Greenfield and Plantings for the Piedmont Program Coordinator Linnea Sherman will lead the walk.

  • Solarize Virginia Webinar Series

    Solarize Virginia 2025 runs from April 15 through July 15! This free informative webinar will discuss the benefits of solar, how our solar campaign works, and how we as a community can come together for a brighter future.

  • Wildflower Walk at Roundabout Meadows

    Mt. Zion Historic Park 40309 Little River Turnpike, Aldie, Virginia

    Join Dr. Andrea Weeks, Associate Professor and Director of the Ted R Bradley Herbarium at George Mason University, and Gilberts Corner Farm and Land Manager, Dana Melby, for a morning walk along the Old Carolina Road Trail and through the meadow while learning about wildflowers and PEC’s approach to restoring the meadow. All skill levels […]

  • Solarize Virginia Webinar Series

    Solarize Virginia 2025 runs from April 15 through July 15! This free informative webinar will discuss the benefits of solar, how our solar campaign works, and how we as a community can come together for a brighter future.

  • Piedmont Mobility Alliance: June 2025 Meeting

    Sentara's Community Health and Outreach Center 920 E High Street, Suite 102, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Join the Piedmont Mobility Alliance's next meeting June 6 on East High Street in Charlottesville to work together to create a better-connected community.

  • Virginia Black Bear Festival

    Main Street Standardsville 40 Celt Road, Standardsville, Virginia

    The Virginia Black Bear Festival is a free community event celebrating nature and mountain outdoors in Greene County, Shenandoah National Park and the Appalachian Trail.

  • American Kestrel Ecology

    Blandy Experimental Farm 400 Blandy Farm Lane, Boyce, Virginia, United States

    Join us to learn about conservation efforts to provide nesting habitat for American Kestrels across the Virginia Piedmont and Shenandoah Valley. October Greenfield, Wildlife Habitat Program Manager for The Piedmont Environmental Council, will present on American Kestrel ecology and conservation challenges, followed by a field walk to learn about monitoring nest boxes. What to expect: […]

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    Grassland Bird Walk at Whisper Hill Farm

    Whisper Hill Farm 7127 Maple Hill Farm, Scottsville, Virginia

    Join the Piedmont Environmental Council and the Piedmont Virginia Bird Club for a morning grassland bird walk Sunday, June 15 at Whisper Hill Farm in Scottsville, Va.

  • Birding Walk at Roundabout Meadows

    Mt. Zion Historic Park 40309 Little River Turnpike, Aldie, Virginia

    Join PEC for a birding walk through the Roundabout Meadows pastures and meadows, Friday, June 20.

  • Solarize Virginia Webinar

    Solarize Virginia Webinar Series

    Solarize Virginia 2025 runs from April 15 through July 15! This free informative webinar will discuss the benefits of solar, how our solar campaign works, and how we as a community can come together for a brighter future.

  • Healthy Streets Healthy People

    Booker T. Washington Park 1001 Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States +1 more

    Stop by Booker T. Washington Park in Charlottesville to engage with more than 40 booths and activities featuring raffle prizes, music, field day games for children, cooking demonstrations, free trainings including Stop the Bleed and Bystander CPR, free Narcan and safety supplies, free container gardening, and local community leaders. This event is sponsored by UVA […]

  • Picnic & Paddle with PEC at Montfair Resort Farm

    Montfair Resort Farm 2500 Bezaleel Drive, Crozet, Virginia

    Join PEC at Montfair Resort Farm Saturday, July 12 from 12-5 p.m. for a unique summer day dedicated to enjoying the outdoors and learning about conservation work in the region – we’ll have a birding walk, informal chats about landscape-scale conservation and expanding public trails including the Three Notched Trail.

  • Birds and Breath: Grassland Meditation Session

    Panorama Natural Burial 3550 Reas Ford Ln, Earlysville, VA 22936, Earlysville, Virginia

    Join Piedmont Environmental Council's Virginia Grassland Bird Assistant Lauria McShane and Amber Ellis of Find Your Nature for a grassland meditation session at Panorama Natural Burial Sunday, July 13.

  • Native Meadow Walk at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

    Join The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) and Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes (VWL) for a native meadow walk at PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook to learn about native plant identification, pollinators, songbirds, and meadow management!

  • PEC Presentation on Data Centers

    Rappahannock County Library 4 Library Road, Washington, Virginia, United States

    RLEP invites you to hear from PEC President Chris Miller about the explosive data center boom in Northern Virginia and its potentially significant impact on Rappahannock County.

  • Mobility Alliance Meeting + Social

    Decipher Brewing 1740 Broadway Street, Charlottesville

    Gather at Decipher Brewing to talk walking, biking and getting outside with the Piedmont Mobility Alliance Friday, Aug. 8!

  • Nature Photography Walk at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

    Bring along your camera or smartphone for a collaborative photography walk and learn with PEC’s Hugh Kenny and October Greenfield. Hugh and October will guide participants in how to take their best nature photos while enjoying the beauty of the Piedmont Memorial Overlook.

  • Bird Box Workshop

    Building Goodness Foundation 128 Carlton Road, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Join Building Goodness Foundation to learn how to build a nest box and do your part to boost bluebird conservation efforts in Virginia. Attendees will be building the boxes to support the Piedmont Environmental Council's work to regrow grassland bird populations. All participants will also get to take one box home. No construction experience is […]

  • Two men stand in front of a barn, holding a sign that says "This property is permanently protected by a conservation easement"

    Generation NEXT Workshop: Landowner Legacy Planning

    Generation NEXT, a program of the Virginia Department of Forestry and Virginia Cooperative Extension, exists to help landowners and their families engage in legacy planning for their rural land.

  • Free Bridge Lane Workshop

    Sentara Martha Jefferson Outpatient Care Center 920 East High Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Free Bridge Lane Workgroup convenes monthly to coordinate implementation of the car-free promenade along the Rivanna River in Albemarle County.

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    Nature Journaling Workshop

    Montfair Resort Farm 2500 Bezaleel Drive, Crozet, Virginia

    Join the Piedmont Environmental Council and Botanical Artist Lara Call Gastinger at the Montfair Resort Farm Thursday, Sept. 4 for an nature journaling workshop.

  • Albemarle Data Center Community Meeting

    The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Join us for a community meeting Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 6-8 p.m. to hear from Julie Bolthouse, PEC’s Director of Land Use and one of the leaders of the Virginia Data Center Reform Coalition, about data centers’ environmental impacts and how advocating for regulations at the state and local level and transparency can achieve better outcomes for communities.

  • Loop de Ville Trail Fest + 3 Mile Walk

    Rivanna River Company 1520 East High Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Take part in the annual celebration of the beloved Rivanna Trail in Charlottesville (and National Public Lands Day). There are a wide-variety of hikes, runs, and bike rides of various distances, including the full 20-mile loop or half-loop. All activities will begin and then conclude with a finish line celebration at the Rivanna River Company. […]

  • Piedmont Mobility Alliance Meeting / Social

    Three Notch'd Craft Kitchen & Brewery 520 2nd St SE, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Join the Piedmont Mobility Alliance at Three Notch'd in Charlottesville Sept. 30 for drinks and discussion about the Week Without Driving and next year's Active Mobility Summit.

  • Conservation Funding Workshop & Social

    Powers Farm and Brewery 9269 Redemption Way, Midland, Virginia, United States

    You’re invited to this free workshop to learn more about sources of funding and technical assistance for conservation and land management! Join friends, neighbors and staff from the John Marshall Soil and Water Conservation District, Fauquier County’s Department of Agricultural Development, the Natural Resource Conservation Service and The Piedmont Environmental Council for an evening at Powers Farm & Brewery.

  • The WildRoots Festival

    Forrest Green Farm 2317 Evergreen Rd., Louisa, Virginia, United States

    Engage with nature through outdoor activities, wild edibles, foraging, hunting, and outdoor skills at this free event in Louisa, VA!

  • Tree Planting at Chancellors Rock Farm

    Chancellors Rock Farm 2096 Jericho Road, Flint Hill, VA

    Together, we will plant approximately 275 native trees in support of this working farm's commitment to enhance the riparian buffers growing between pastureland and tributaries to the Rappahannock River.

  • 5th Annual Rappahannock River Symposium

    This is an amazing opportunity to collaborate, learn, and connect with others who bring expertise in new research, funding opportunities, and a shared passion for promoting clean water and preserving our watershed. This event is open to a wide range of participants, including local government staff and elected officials, representatives from planning districts, soil and water conservation districts, […]

  • Impact of Data Center Boom on Virginia Communities

    Unitarian Universalist Church of the Shenandoah Valley 6380 Valley Pike, Stephens City, VA 22655

    Impact of the Data Center Boom on Virginia Communities is the subject of a live presentation to be given at UUCSV at 7:00 pm on Thursday October 16 by Julie Bolthouse, Director of Land Use for The Piedmont Environmental Council. This event is sponsored by WISE, the Winchester-area Interfaith Stewards of the Earth, and all interested persons […]

  • Charlottesville Wild & Scenic Film Festival

    Piedmont Virginia Community College - Dickenson Fine Arts and Performance Center 501 College Drive, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Living Earth School is hosting the Wild & Scenic Film Festival for the fourth year, bringing this call to environmental activism event to Charlottesville. Join us to celebrate the wonder of nature and the connections it brings. The program this year features adventurous documentaries and short films on nature with the theme: Earth Care, […]

    $15 – $25

  • Salubria’s Oktoberfest & History Faire

    Historic Salubria 19173 Salubria Ln, Stevensburg

    This festive event at Historic Salubria in Culpeper County, on Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., will transform the scenic grounds into a lively celebration of Virginia’s past and present.

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    Fall Foliage Festival at Sky Meadows State Park

    Sky Meadows State Park 11012 Edmonds Ln, Delaplane, Virginia, United States

    Enjoy the beauty of fall in Virginia at the Fall Foliage Festival at Sky Meadows State Park in Paris, VA on October 18 and 19, 2025.

  • TEDxWarrenton: Unscripted Futures

    PEC's Senior Energy & Climate Policy Advisor Ashish Kapoor will be speaking at this year's TEDx event. Topic: Real Change Begins in the Radical Middle

  • Tree Planting at Courts of St. Francis

    Courts of St. Francis St. Francis Court, Purcellville, VA

    Together, we will plant approximately 75 native trees and shrubs in support of this residential community's commitment to protect the Purcellville waterways that flow into the Potomac Watershed and ultimately to the Chesapeake Bay.

  • Community Farm Heirloom Corn Grinding Demonstration

    Burwell Morgan Mill 15 Tannery Ln., Millwood, Virginia, United States

    Join PEC at the Burwell Morgan Mill as we grind our heirloom Hopi Blue Corn, grown at PEC's Community Farm at Roundabout Meadows, into cornmeal and grits.

    Free

  • Tree Planting at The EcoVillage of Loudoun County

    The EcoVillage of Loudoun County Hickory Shade Lane, Lovettsville, VA

    Together, we will plant approximately 220 native trees and shrubs to enhance the "common land" stewarded by this rural community just a few miles from the Potomac River. 

  • Corpse Botany Walk at the Piedmont Memorial Overlook

    Join The Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC), Smithsonian’s Virginia Working Landscapes (VWL), and Sustainability Matters for a corpse botany walk at PEC’s Piedmont Memorial Overlook to learn about native plant identification after meadow species have gone to seed!

  • Virginia Bluebird Society’s 2025 Annual Meeting & Program

    The Center at Belvedere 540 Belvedere Boulevard, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Virginia Bluebird Society will hold its Annual Meeting on Saturday, Nov. 1 in person in at The Center at Belvedere in Charlotteville and via Zoom.

  • Halloween Bike Ride

    Charlottesville Community Bikes 917 #D Preston Avenue, Charlottesville, Virginia

    Get your costume, scare up some friends and join the Piedmont Mobility Alliance for a free, fun, relaxed and social bicycle ride through the streets of Charlottesville!

  • Chesapeake Watershed Forum

    National Conservation Training Center 698 Conservation Way, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States

    PEC's October Greenfield and Linnea Sherman will be speaking about opportunities for expanding the conservation toolbox.

  • Two male volunteers smiling at camera while planting trees on a hillside.

    Tree Planting at Rappahannock County Park

    Rappahannock County Park 7 Park Ln, Washington, Virginia, United States

    Together, we will plant approximately 150 native trees and shrubs to enhance the riparian buffer along the Rush River, a tributary of the Rappahannock River watershed.  

  • Conservation Open House in Etlan

    Ducard Vineyard 40 Gibson Hollow Lane, Etlan, Virginia

    The community is invited to a free, open house at Ducard Vineyards to mingle with each other and conservation practitioners in the area including the Piedmont Environmental Council, the Virginia Grassland Bird Initiative and the Shenandoah National Park Trust. We hope to meet Etlan landowners and managers and share about the many resources and support […]

  • Piedmont Mobility Alliance: December 2025 Meeting

    Water Street Center 407 East Water Street, Charlottesville, Virginia

    The Piedmont Mobility Alliance is a coalition of organizations, agencies, businesses and groups who share a vision of a better-connected community for walking, biking and other forms of active transportation […]