Fairfax ReLeaf

08/24/2026

Need a little help figuring out how to manage invasive on your land? Check out these helpful guides!

👏🏻 Congrats to the Virginia Natural Heritage Program for producing two new guides on managing invasive plants!

🌿 Each guide offers step‑by‑step strategies, helpful visuals, and links to additional resources. Both are available for free download on the Department of Conservation and Recreation website, with printed copies also available.

👇🏼 Access the guides at the links in the first comment.

Virginia Natural Heritage Program

06/02/2026

A great event and partnership with other organizations!

To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Peace Corps, the Northern Virginia Returned Peace Corps Volunteers proposed a commemorative tree-planting project to the Fairfax County Park Authority’s Inv…

06/02/2026

This month, watch out for these two problematic invasive plants in our area.

05/31/2026

They're baaaack! 🪰 👀 Have you seen spotted lanternfly nymphs in your area? They begin hatching in April.

These invasive insects feed on more than 70 plant species, so check around your yard. If you find any, squash, stomp and smash on sight. 🥾

Another important measure is to remove any invasive tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) on your property. See the comments for resources on tree of heaven ID and treatment methods.

05/21/2026

Send a message to learn more

05/14/2026

Webinar on 6 invasives later this month

🔥 We've moved our New Invasive Plant Laws webinar to June -- but we've got a hot topic for May!

🥪 Join us for a FREE "brown bag" webinar and learn about the six "five-alarm fire" plants that are sweeping across Virginia’s landscapes with the potential for ecological devastation.

🔎🪏 We'll focus on how to identify and control these six invasive plants and why it's essential to make them your top priorities if you find them on the land you steward.

👉🏼 Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yqaIVOY4T9WrNBHThs2Oyw

Virginia Invasive Plant Coalition

05/07/2026

🎨 Calling all young artists in grades 4–12! 🌎

Show us how you help create a more sustainable future!

Submit an original piece of artwork demonstrating the climate-friendly actions you take to help inspire our community to act ♻️🌱

🕰️ Artwork is due by May 15, 2026, at 4 p.m.

Winners may receive a $25 gift card and have their artwork featured in future OEEC marketing materials!

More information:
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/topics/2026-youth-art-contest

05/07/2026

Cool bags to give away at distributions and community events thanks to Urban and Community Forestry Division.

04/27/2026

The Huntington Community (Alexandria, VA 22303) and Fairfax ReLeaf teamed up remove an estimated 300 cubic feet of invasives. Twelve determined volunteers removed 30 bags of English ivy. They also removed ornamental bittersweet, vine and bush honeysuckle.

We look forward to this becoming an annual event. Stay tuned for a planting and invasives event in the fall.

04/27/2026

We were pleased to support the Peace Corps 65th anniversary tree planting event through our native tree seedling distributions.