Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
Part 3. Residential Land Use: Lawns
Ever-expanding residential development not only continues to destroy wildlife habitats but affects biodiversity by replacing natural systems with human-made structures surrounded by pollinator– and environment–unfriendly monocultures, lawns. Learn the history of lawns, their environmental impact, and what YOU can do to better manage your lawn. #PollinatorWeek
Tips and strategies for helping your "grocery store" orchid live a long life.
Part 2. Residential Land Use: Impervious Surfaces
Residential development with its impervious surfaces—buildings, patios, driveways, parking lots, roads—causes fragmentation, degradation, and loss of natural habitats, which threaten pollinators and other wildlife. Learn what YOU can do to address some of the environmental problems associated with impervious surfaces. #PollinatorWeek
Part 1. Climate Change
Human-induced climate change and human development constitute the biggest threats to biodiversity and pollinators. Did you know in 2020, global human-made mass exceeded all living biomass? Learn how climate change affects plants and pollinators and what YOU can do to reduce your individual carbon footprint. #PollinatorWeek
Tried and True Native Plant Selection for the Mid-Atlantic
This elegant fern with striking black stalks will not go unnoticed in a shaded garden. Native to moist woods in much of eastern North America, it has a singular growth habit with its fronds held horizontally in the shape of a fan.
Check out this great video about the Extension Master Gardener volunteer work with the Garden Club at Fleet Elementary School in Arlington.
