Broadlands Nature Center

06/04/2020

One of our friendly ducks in what is perhaps an unwise place to nest - in one of our hanging baskets in front of the Nature Center. Rest assured, we will follow protocol to keep her and her ducklings safe!

05/28/2020

Love Broadlands? Cheers Sports is selling t-shirts with our logos! 100% of the proceeds will benefit Comfort Cases, a non-profit organization supporting children in foster care. Visit our website for information about Community Outreach, and click the link to purchase a t-shirt https://www.broadlandshoa.org/about-broadlands/outreach/. Foster children are greatly impacted by the pandemic so let's help Comfort Cases ensure these kids are well taken care of!

05/21/2020

College and High School SENIORS -Congratulations for everything you've accomplished! We are proud of you!!

05/11/2020

Need updates on Broadlands amenities or services during the COVID-19 stay-at-home order ? Check our website at broadlandshoa.org for updated information. If you are unable to locate what you need, please email us at [email protected] or call at 703-729-9704 and we'll be sure to respond as soon as possible. Our animals miss visitors so we hope you enjoy this photo of our resident snake!

04/30/2020

Have you signed up for the Broadlands Blast? When you do, residents get timely or once a week emails indicating HOA news, important reminders, and Broadlands events. Signing up is easy! Visit our website at broadlandshoa.org and look for the logo on the right side. Type in your email address to be automatically added to the Broadlands Blast!

04/20/2020

Our dove enjoying her day today at the Nature Center!

04/13/2020

Hopefully the Easter Bunny made his way around Broadlands yesterday! The Nature Center bunnies are enjoying the rainy/stormy day inside and are happily hopping about in their enclosure. They miss everyone and hope you are all staying safe and social distancing properly!

04/06/2020

The animals at the Nature Center miss having residents visit them, but rest assured they are being well taken care of! Our water dragon Seraphina is enjoying the sunny day today!

04/01/2020

Inside Loudoun

This is a great video of our FABULOUS neighborhood!! Thank you for highlighting Broadlands!

BROADLANDS!

04/01/2020

Broadlands Nature Center's cover photo

03/31/2020

Broadlands Nature Center

03/09/2020

If you weren't already planning to come and join the community celebration of the Full Moon...make it your extemporaneous plan now. The Full Worm Moon marks the time that the worms are coming up from the once frozen ground, opening up the soil for the roots of trees and flowers to thrive for spring. It's gonna be stellar (as are the free S'mores). We gather at 6pm and stay until the crowd goes home. https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/news/20200306/worm-moon-is-back-when-to-enjoy-its-peak-of-bright-rotundness

03/09/2020

These 10 National Parks Wouldn’t Exist Without Women

I'm a day late for International Women's Day. But here ya go!

From Joshua Tree to Great Sand Dunes, these 10 special places are protected today thanks to their female champions.

03/07/2020

One of the things you learn working at a nature center for years...most migratory birds travel in the darkness!

03/05/2020

Wildflower power! Urban meadows take root across Poland’s cities as eco-entrepreneur battles for a greener future

Wildflower power! Urban meadows take root across Poland’s cities as eco-entrepreneur battles for a greener future

Those who dream of gazing out onto a blossoming meadow in their back garden or seeing a wild sea of poppies in front of their work space have had their dreams turned into reality thanks to the concerted efforts of Łąki Kwietne, a firm based just outside of Warsaw.

02/29/2020

Birding Culture

Shared from MARS Wildlife Rescue Centre

02/22/2020

Mighty Girl Art

Here's the official announcement! Mighty Girl Art (formerly housed in Reston the last decade) has relocated their Summer Session to the Nature Center! June 22-26th Daughters (and Moms if you like to accompany) are invited to join in the outdoor magical creative process with our incredible friend and Master Naturalist Wendy. Wendy has created public art at the Nature Center these last five years with me and has supported our Youth Naturalist programs and 4-H programs as my side-kick chief lead these many years. She is an artist extraordinaire and I can't express how thrilled I am that she is willing to do her summer session at our location. Spots are limited to 12 so sign up now! https://mightygirlart.com/

Mighty Girl Art™ is an art empowerment workshop for girls (and moms) located in Northern Virginia.  We live in a society where a girl's self confidence is challenged daily by an assault of images which suggest that they are somehow not good enough the way they are. Mighty Girl Art™ empowers you...

02/19/2020

Ecopsychology: How Immersion in Nature Benefits Your Health

So excited for Reston artist and Mighty Girl Art entrepreneur to be teaching at the Nature Center this summer!!!

A growing body of research points to the beneficial effects that exposure to the natural world has on health, reducing stress and promoting healing. Now, policymakers, employers, and healthcare providers are increasingly considering the human need for nature in how they plan and operate.

02/12/2020

Nearly Half of Honey Tested Contains Mostly Rice Syrup, Wheat Syrup or Sugar Beet Syrup

We will harvest more in a couple months. Until then...just FYI

Honey makers are secretly “watering” down their honey with cheap syrups that have been impossible to detect until now. A new testing method has revealed nearly half of the honey sold in Australia, one of the world’s largest exporters of honey, is diluted with cheap sweeteners like rice syrup, ...

02/10/2020

Should Children Be Taught How To Grow Food As Part Of Their Schooling?

Should Children Be Taught How To Grow Food As Part Of Their Schooling?

Our children live in a fast-paced society, and their life has become much easier than the one we were used to. I know countless applications that can do their tasks and assignments instead of them, and they can type just a few words on their computers and find everything they need, without having to...

02/06/2020

Savour Soil Permaculture

01/30/2020

This Saturday at 10:30 am at the Nature Center come and explore our newly donated rock collection. It's our first Rock Club event and we'd love to have you. Free event, all ages, come with ideas for what you would like to learn and hear about places we will go rockhounding!

01/14/2020

Ocean Conservation Society

Climate change.

12/30/2019

Kids in Britain help test the power of soup to fight a serious disease: Malaria

Food as life saving medicine

Researcher asks students at his children’s school to bring in samples from family recipes.

12/17/2019

Herbalists Without Borders

Elderberry syrup is available at the nature center potions table now.

Elderberry Supplementation Reduces Cold Duration and Symptoms in Air-Travellers

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4848651/?fbclid=IwAR0c8B02EdXzm2s9xSTb4StBB0s46HOpGHuaak_7PvmVcdBoJJ9drFn2aCw

12/14/2019

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Take care of one another...a message for the season.

12/13/2019

Minions Quotes

12/13/2019

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Craft Fair inside the Nature Center Saturday starting at noon! Come and enjoy our many herbal remedies made with our very own honey and beeswax. And if you appreciate the bee...school yourself. The same pesticide that is causing their collapse is destroying the reproduction of fish in our waterways.

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12/13/2019

Decorating an Outdoor Edible Tree for the Animals - Wilder Child

Decorating an Outdoor Edible Tree for the Animals - Wilder Child

How to decorate a tree with edible ornaments for the animals this holiday season

12/12/2019

Every day this San Francisco Church provides the homeless with blankets and 'sacred sleep' in its pews

All of the buildings of the world look different and precious and strong and sturdy when you don't have a reliable roof. When we are in our tent and a storm comes I think where's a McDonalds or where's a Target or a library (libraries are for the win, but they don't stay open late enough). Sacred sleep indeed.

"This is a place where I experience grace deeply."

12/11/2019

Home - Native Plants Finder

For all of you planning what you will plant in the spring (my favorite thing to do during the winter) use this incredible resource to discover which native plants thrive at your zip code. Native plants feed hundreds of pollinators and mammals that have co-existed with them for millions of years. And there's an abundance of choices. It's one of the easiest ways to be a hero for wildlife.

DATA UPDATES IN PROGRESSFind the best native plants to help wildlife  — based on the research of Dr. Doug Tallamy. Want to learn more?

12/06/2019

Santa is in the house tonight! Don't miss the potions table that is stocked with Frankincense perfume, Myrrh salve, Mistletoe Spray, homemade soaps, our own beeswax candles, and teas for a merry season (strengthening teas for Santa's elves and anti-anxiety teas as well).

12/06/2019

Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed

Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed

For the first time plants have been recorded making sounds when stressed. The sounds differed when they were injured or thirsty, a finding that could help farmers

12/04/2019

Mending Clothes as an Act of Rebellion

Mending Clothes as an Act of Rebellion

I have often wondered when it was that Western society collectively decided that visibly mended clothes were a mark of reduced status. Of a life worth less. Where a patch or a darn was certainly no…

12/03/2019

12 Photos That Prove We Have No Idea How Food Grows

12 Photos That Prove We Have No Idea How Food Grows

Talk about being disconnected from Mother Nature! Most people are completely surprised when they realize they can't recognize these weird foods.