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Creating Habitat for Native Bees
Pollinator garden at PEC’s office in Warrenton, VA. Photo by Paula Combs. You don’t have to be a genuine beekeeper to help our native bees. You can create a place for them to thrive right in your backyard garden. First, ...
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Capturing the Rain: Green Infrastructure Options for HOA Common Areas
Rain garden planting at Rady Park in Warrenton, VA. Photo by Marco Sanchez. Many residents frequent common areas that are managed by homeowners associations, churches, or local governments. How these entities manage their public landscapes can have a profound effect ...
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Video Updates from PEC’s Larson Native Plant Garden
Photo by Hugh Kenny Since we can’t come together and host our usual spring tours of The Piedmont Environmental Council's Larson Native Plant Garden, Doug Larson, for whom the garden is named, will keep us up to speed with continued ...
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The Piedmont Memorial Overlook
The view from PEC's Piedmont Memorial Overlook. From The Piedmont Memorial Overlook, atop the Blue Ridge Mountains in Fauquier County, you look out at the heart of the northern Virginia Piedmont, a verdant agricultural landscape stretching 17 miles between the ...
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President’s Letter – Spring 2020
PEC’s Marco Sanchez and Friends of the Rappahannock’s JoEllen Santulli at a tree planting in Orange, VA. Photo by Hugh Kenny. Dear Friends, Rumor has it, the idea for Earth Day was first announced at the Airlie Conference Center in ...
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