by Ashley Thompson, Director of Education and Interpretation “Trees are nature for all of us.” – First Grader, Montpelier Elementary...

“Now Letter-Writing is, to me, the most agreable Amusement and Writing to you the most entertaining and Agreable of all Letter-Writing”...

On June 7, the blueberries weren’t quite ripe yet. A few weeks before, eight students lovingly weeded and side-dressed the blueberry...

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Protecting the space-time continuum isn’t normally a task trusted to elementary school kids. However, on the Eco-Explorers: Colonial Time...

Cognizant of worldwide ecological and food security challenges, the Accokeek Foundation has begun taking action to meet these challenges...

Serving as a source of drinking water for more than five million residence and as a home to a plethora of local plants and animals, the...

This past weekend, Permaculture course participants studied Natural Building and Passive Solar Energy at the Ecosystem Farm in Piscataway...

Hiking in Piscataway Park just got better!  Last month, thanks to a collaboration between the Accokeek Foundation, the Potomac Heritage...

The term, Permaculture, was coined by Bill Mollison, an Australian scientist, research professor, and author, who borrowed the concept...

“With it being so hard to make a living as a farmer, is it just the will to do it that keeps people farming?” That was just one of the...

Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have the important job of creating regulations that keep our food safe. Sometimes...

by Andrea Jones, Director of Programs and Visitor Engagement The issue Each year the average American family of four throws away $2,200...

April 16, 2016. It was a peaceful morning on the Potomac River. The sun was shining, there was hardly a breeze to ripple the river’s...

In like a lion and out like a lamb. No, I’m not talking about the month of April, but last Saturday’s annual Lattes with Lambs event at...