2009 Growing Native Season

Submitted by: Deanna Tricarico,
Potomac Conservancy Outreach Coordinator ____________________________________________

Each fall, thousands of Growing Native volunteers collect native hardwood seeds to be used for reforestation through out the Potomac River watershed. 
Growing Native is off to a great start this season.  Our first collection event was September 12 at Eidolon Nature Preserve in Berkeley Springs, WV.  The Potomac Valley Audubon Society and other local volunteers came out to collect thousands of seeds, including red bud, black cherry and flowering dogwood. 
There are collection events going on all over the watershed in the coming weeks:

September 26, 2009
10 am – 12 pm
Yankauer Nature Preserve
Shepherdstown, WV

September 26, 2009
9 am
National Public Lands Day at
Blue Ridge Center for Environmental Stewardship
Purcellville, VA

September 27, 2009
10 am – 6 pm
RiverFest 2009 at Historic St. Mary’s City
St. Mary’s City, MD

October 3, 2009
10 am – 12 pm
Cub Run RECenter
Chantilly, VA

October 3, 2009
10 am – 12 pm
Gambrill Park
Frederick, MD

October 10, 2009
10 am – 2 pm
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, VA

October 10, 2009
9 am – 3 pm
Apple Festival at Tayamentasachta Center for Environmental Studies
Greencastle, PA

October 10, 2009
10 am – 12 pm
Bear Branch Nature Center at Hashawha Environmental Center
Westminster, MD