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Filtering by Tag: native plants

Rokeby Meadow Restoration: Then and Now

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In December of 2023, the Biodiversity Conservation Team cleared and seeded two acres of land on Rokeby Farm. This was part of an ongoing project to restore portions of the pasturelands of Oak Spring to native grassland meadows. After clearing, a seed mixture of native perennials, annuals and grasses were sown. The typical period of establishment is two to three years but in just one season there’s already been signs of success— from the initial seed mix of 20-25 species, 18 were recorded!

Click through the photos below to see the progress of the meadow over time in its first year of growth.

Starting from scratch

Early Spring

Summer transitioning to Fall

Throughout the season, Biodiversity Conservation intern, Sarah Krementz helped to conduct vegetation surveys to understand what species were present in the meadow.

All photos by our Head of Biodiversity Conservation, Charlotte Lorick.

categories Biodiversity
tags Biodiversity, biodiversityconservationteam, native plants, meadow, plants

Wildflowers of Georgetown

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The Oak Spring Garden Library holds books from vast parts of the globe. You can take a tour of the flora of Australia, China, Brazil and more. There are other volumes that take the focus to a more local scale, like Wildflowers of Georgetown. This work highlights the spring plants found in Georgetown, DC; some of which are in flower right now across the region. Read below to learn more about this latest digital introduction and to hear from our Head of Biodiversity Conservation on why it’s a gem of a resource.

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tags Oak Spring Garden Library, library, botanical art, flowers, native plants, wildflowers, women artists

Inviting in Nature: The Rokeby Habitat Garden

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Summer is a time that’s bursting with activity. The landscape is full of soaring butterflies, buzzing bees, and a host of birds and other critters. In this guest blog post, written by our Biodiversity Conservation Manager, learn about the creation of the Rokeby Wildlife Garden, which supports Oak Spring’s flora and fauna, and get a few tips on how to start your own wildlife garden.

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categories Garden, Biodiversity
tags native plants, plants, wild, gardens, garden, wildlifegarden, Biodiversity

Nature's Thieves

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As we enter into late summer, the landscape and gardens of Oak Spring are lush and green. There are a few exceptions emerging right now however that defy all our assumptions of what a typical plant looks like. These opportunists are dependent on other plants (or in some cases mushrooms) to get their nutrients and thus don’t produce chlorophyll. In our latest blog, read about some weird and fascinating parasitic plants that thwart conventions in order to survive. 

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categories Biodiversity
tags plants, PlantStories, Nature, native plants, natural history, Biodiversity

A Wildlife Garden for all Seasons

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Our landscapes and gardens are integral to humans, offering up an immediate opportunity for us to connect with nature. Increasingly, we are incorporating more native, local flora in our designs and plantings at OSGF, which creates better habitats for insects, wildlife and more. Read to learn more about the process of creating the Rokeby Wildlife Garden (which will be the first of many) and a few of the species that were planted.

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tags Biodiversity, biodiversityconservationteam, native plants, wintergarden, rokebywildlifegarden, wildlife, wildlifegarden, scarlet beebalm, butterfly milkweed