Text excerpt from City Nature Challenge Website: What is the City Nature Challenge? The City Nature Challenge is an effort to explore urban nature and document biodiversity in cities around the world. Over 60 cities in 14 countries worldwide are planning to participate. It’s time to show how much biodiversity is in our backyards in Fairfax County! Join the …

Keeping our yards weed-free: It’s more than just a desire to “keep up with the Joneses” and not have the ugliest yard in the neighborhood. I would argue that most suburban homeowners in our area strive to maintain a beautiful yard because it is a pleasure to come home to a blooming weed-free paradise after …

Happy Spring! Start planning your non-invasive plantings now…. Like litter, invasive plants negatively impact the environment. Invasive plants, particularly ground cover like ivy and clematis, often have very little root structure and therefore when they cover large areas, fail to prevent erosion. Sediment then gets into our streams and creates poor water quality which impacts …

Mom’s Organic Market Herndon Grand Reopening Join us for the Grand Re-Opening of Mom’s Organic Market in Herndon, featuring local tastings, henna art and more. Clean Fairfax is pleased to be in attendance at the grand re-opening of Mom’s Organic Market in Herndon, VA. There will be a Naked Lunch – an all organic eatery …

Conservation Assistance Program Funding Assistance for Conservation Work on Homeowner and Community Association Property Have you ever thought about improving your community’s common lands by installing a rain garden to capture runoff, incorporating native meadow or tree and shrub species into your landscaping, or even installing porous pavers on a portion of your parking lot? …