Monarch Madness

by Frank Deckert  November 19, 2013  … as written to HMN facebook administrator Kate Guenther On November 7, my wife Gloria and I went to Berkeley Glenn Elementary School in Waynesboro to participate with 60 third graders in a milkweed seed “planting”.  … The day was beautiful, the kids were enthusiastic and many thousands of…

Wildflower Tournament 2014

by Sandy Greene Shenandoah Mountain stretches across Augusta and Rockingham Counties in the George Washington/Jefferson National Forest (North River Ranger District). It is a biodiversity treasure, with native forestland for native species habitat, recreation, hunting, fishing and clean water. The Shenandoah Mountain complex includes the largest roadless area east of the Mississippi (Little River roadless…

Micro-Habitat Demo Garden Chapter Focus Project

Ann, Judy and Eleanor clean out the roots of the old invasive non-native Leatherleaf mahonia at the Kick Off! Hi Headwaters members! I am pleased to announce that the chapter has chosen a volunteer project to be a central focus for our whole chapter in the next 12 months. How did we select a focus…

A Day at the Grand Caverns

by RoxAnna Theiss   … on HMN day of advanced training opportunities on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 It was a great day almost glitch free except RoxAnna couldn’t find where she put the pitchers for making tea and lemonade and had to go buy plastic at the local dollar store.  Of course, as soon as she…