Volunteer day: Native seedling planting

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Help us plant native seedlings! This is a great opportunity to learn more about how we grow native plants. Please bring water, gardening gloves if desired, and appropriate dress for the weather. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Weather policy: Date and time subject to change dependent […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Plant Propagation

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

We need help repotting some of our native seedlings into bigger pots! Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly will be leading this event and will be happy to answer any participant questions about growing native plants. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: Please bring gardening gloves if desired. […]

Free

*Cancelled* Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

**Cancelled, please check for other volunteer days. Thank you!**   Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! […]

**Cancelled** Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

**Cancelled due to heat** Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Plant Propagation

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

We need help repotting some of our native seedlings into bigger pots! Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly will be leading this event and will be happy to answer any participant questions about growing native plants. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: Please bring gardening gloves if desired. […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Plant Propagation

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

We need help repotting some of our native seedlings into bigger pots! Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly will be leading this event and will be happy to answer any participant questions about growing native plants. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: Please bring gardening gloves if desired. […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Plant Propagation

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

We need help repotting some of our native seedlings into bigger pots! Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly will be leading this event and will be happy to answer any participant questions about growing native plants. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: Please bring gardening gloves if desired. […]

Free

Education Volunteer Information Session *Virtual*

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

***THIS IS A VIRTUAL EVENT*** The Clifton Institute provides around 40 field trips per year to around 1,200 pre-K-12th students from Fauquier County and beyond. During the field trips, students learn about the natural history of the Northern Virginia piedmont and participate in some of our ongoing research projects, such as our Native Grassland Restoration […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Education Volunteer Training – Fall Field Trips

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

*This program is for returning Education Volunteers and/or those who attended the September 12th Zoom program.* We will spend the morning going over the procedures for setting up for field trips, collecting data with children, and spend time practicing identifications for our two fall field trips: Insect Investigation and Grassland Restoration. Volunteers should be prepared […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Invasive Species Removal

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Volunteer Appreciation Barbecue

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

We are so grateful for our volunteers’ help and support. We could not accomplish our mission without you! We would like to thank you by hosting you and your families for an evening at the Clifton Institute. This will be a very casual event. We will provide food and drinks. All you need to bring […]

Free

Volunteer day: Invasive management

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Lawn Lab Grand Opening and Bioblitz

Grace Miller Elementary School 6248 Catlett Rd, Bealeton

This fall the Clifton Institute, in collaboration with Fauquier County Public Schools and the Fauquier County We Need Bees Committee, is beginning an exciting new project: Lawn Lab. This experiment is all about studying what happens to life in lawns that only get mowed once a year instead of every week. Clifton staff along with […]

Free

**Cancelled** Volunteer Day: Invasive Management

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Volunteer Day: Native Seed Collection

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Join us to collect and clean seeds of native grasses and wildflowers for use in our grassland restoration programs! Age: Adults only and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Weather policy: Date and time subject to change dependent on weather. Please check your email for updates on the morning of the event. […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Invasive Management

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Invasive plant species crowd out native plants and provide little to no food for native animals. Come help us remove them to make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free

25th The Plains/Airlie Christmas Bird Count

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Join us for the 25th Annual The Plains/Airlie Christmas Bird Count this December!  Our goal?  Count as many birds as we can in our 15-mile-diameter count circle, which includes a variety of habitats–grasslands, forests, lakes, backyards, and even parking lots.  There’s always a chance for Short-eared Owl and American Tree Sparrow, and counters get to […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free

*POSTPONED to 2/15* Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

This event is officially part of National Invasive Species Awareness Week! We are proud to partner with Blue Ridge PRISM and many community organizations to bring awareness and education about invasive species. Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Tree Trail Cleanup

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

This event is officially part of National Invasive Species Awareness Week! We are proud to partner with Blue Ridge PRISM and many community organizations to bring awareness and education about invasive species. We have a tree trail we use to teach people about native trees and how their phenology is changing over time due to […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free

Volunteer Day: Native Habitat Restoration

The Clifton Institute 6712 Blantyre Road, Warrenton, VA

Come help us make the field station habitat the best it can be! Led by Habitat Specialist Andrew Eberly. All levels of experience welcome. May involve clearing invasive plants, light trail maintenance, or planting, please contact aeberly@cliftoninstitute.org with any concerns. Cost: Free! Age: Adults and children ages 12 and up, accompanied by an adult. Bring: […]

Free