Join the Master Gardeners Association of Fauquier and Rappahannock Counties for this native gardening seminar and native plant sale! Agenda: 10:00 am​: Guest speaker11:00 am​: Plant Sale, featuring ​affordable 4” […]

The Northern Virginia Regional Commission is hosting a Safe Walking Summit showcasing community-led programs by Northern Virginia Families for Safe Streets and Bike Walk RVA. We’ll also hear from Professor […]

Women in Agriculture Noontime News and Networking session. Join us from the comfort of your home, backyard, farm, or tractor on July 6 -- come ready to chat, ask questions, and laugh with us.

Come discover why moths constitute about 90% of all the Lepidoptera on the planet: not bad for a group of animals that flew with some of our most well-known dinosaurs! […]

Prince William Soil & Water Conservation District and Virginia Cooperative Extension, Agriculture and Natural Resources will host Renee Hoyos, Director of Environmental Justice at the Department of Environmental Quality for an introduction to the DEQ's efforts in environmental justice and a discussion of water equity and sustainability.

Join Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy at the Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship (BRCES) for this monthly walk and see if we detect signs of the season’s changes beginning to show. […]

Heat is the most devastating aspect of the climate crisis our planet faces. The serious impact of heat on health (both physical and mental); environmental justice, agriculture and the planet, along with other related climate crisis topics, will be discussed by a distinguished panel of experts in a virtual format on Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 6:30- 8:00 PM EDT. Questions and discussion with the panelists are encouraged. This free event is organized by Citizens’ Climate Lobby Charlottesville, and co-hosted by all Citizens’ Climate Lobby Virginia chapters.

Come and see our native Piedmont grassland at its best! This field has never been planted but it’s very diverse. We will be looking for slender lespedeza in full bloom, early goldenrod, and grassleaf goldenrod, among other grassland species. The Clifton Institute's Executive Director Bert Harris will lead this walk through one of our most interesting habitats and teach participants how to identify grassland plants.

The Virginia Conservation Network will be hosting a week of education and content for each of the chapters within Our Common Agenda, including webinars featuring each chapter's authors. These events will highlight and explain the policy suggestions contained within each briefing book chapter while celebrating the people who have worked diligently for months to craft the 2022 Our Common Agenda policy briefing book.

James Madison's Montpelier celebrates Constitution Day, September 18 -- house tours, garden and archaeology tours, a food truck, live music, Mr. Madison onsite, a sale in the Museum Shop, and more! Click here to learn more about this wonderful annual event!

Every fall raptors migrate south along the Appalachian Mountains. Come and witness the peak migration of Broad-winged Hawks. If we’re lucky we might see thousands! The Clifton Insitute's Executive Director and ornithologist Bert Harris will lead the group and discuss how to identify raptors in flight. We will meet at Snickers Gap, where there’s an excellent view of migrating raptors and other birds.

She’s fabulous, funny, and a forager — join Alexis Nikole Nelson (@blackforager) for an exploration of some of the surprising edible plants you can find in D.C. and the Mid-Atlantic region this fall. Alexis will share her foraging history and expertise to help you celebrate the autumnal abundance of plants this season. Summer may have passed, but the foraging fun continues! This event is hosted by the U.S. Botanic Garden.

The in-person field session held at Charlottesville's Azalea Park will cover the identification of common invasive plants and demonstrate manual and chemical control techniques. Specific topics include herbicide safety, using hand tools and power tools safely, and identification of specific invasive shrubs and vines. Space for this event is limited to 35 attendees.

The Virginia Environmental Assembly brings together conservation leaders from across the Commonwealth to discuss Our Common Agenda to protect Virginia’s natural resources. This annual conference is hosted by Virginia Conservation Network, the partnership of more than 150 Virginia environmental organizations, including PEC.

This conference is an opportunity for area real estate agents and appraisers to learn about marketing tools to improve the sale of farmland. The purpose of the conference is to provide realtors with the background knowledge in agriculture, conservation and open space preservation to advise new landowner to the appropriate resources to help them make land management decision. Hosted by Virginia Cooperative Extension, with presentations on conservation easments by Rex Linville and Peter Hujik of PEC.