6320 Hanover Ave
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Our grounds are an Audubon at Home Certified Wildlife Sanctuary, and include a one-acre urban forest with pollinator gardens spread throughout the property. We also maintain a Certified Monarch Waystation and are on the Homegrown National Park map. Our property also features many mature White and Red Oak trees as well as Willow Oaks, Red Maples, several young Redbud Trees and a nice colony of Sassafras Trees.
The Monarch Waystation features Common and Swamp Milkweeds and Butterfly weed. It includes many native nectar plants -- Joe Pye Weed, Early Goldenrod, New England Asters, Orange Coneflowers, 2 kinds of Mountain Mint, Frost Asters and more. We have organically grown nectar plants as well, including Zinnias and Lantana.
Throughout our grounds we have pollinator gardens that include Zinnias, Scarlett Beebalm, Mountain Mints, Blue Mistflower, Butterfly Weed and more. A 1/4 acre slope beside the church received a Conservation Matching Grant from the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District last year to stabilize the area with native plants and shrubs and protect the mature Oak Trees threatened by erosion.