Tag: parks
Archers take 26 deer in local parks so far during 2015-16 hunting season
Since Fairfax County’s deer hunting season started Sept. 12, 26 deer have been “harvested” in parks in the Annandale/Mason area. According to data provided by Katherine Edwards, wildlife management specialist with the Fairfax County Police Department, archers certified by the county have reported the following results for local parks: Accotink Stream Valley Park: 5 deer … Continued
Trail in Wakefield Park will be paved
The Cross County Trail near Americana Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority is planning to pave a 7,800-foot stretch of the Cross County Trail in Wakefield Park between Braddock Road and Americana Park in Annandale. The public is invited to a meeting on the project Oct. 15, 7 p.m., at Kings Glen Elementary School, 5401 … Continued
Repaving work on Cross County Trail to start next week
Repaving work on the Cross County Trail near Lake Accotink is scheduled to start Sept. 21, the Fairfax County Park Authority announced Sept. 9. The project includes repaving the trail from Braddock Road to a point approximately 5,200 feet south, repaving an existing trail connection to the Danbury Forest community, and replacing an existing wooden … Continued
Scene around A-Town: A dragon lurks in Luria Park
You never know what strange creatures you might find in an Annandale park.
Deer sharpshooting approved for Annandale Community Park
Deer at Annandale Community Park. The Fairfax County deer hunting program is expanding again this year. Two new parks have been added in Mason District for bow hunting – Bren Mar Park and Turkey Cock Run, both in the Alexandra area – and for the first time sharpshooting will take place in Annandale Community Park. … Continued
Tibetan monks perform healing ceremony in Annandale park
The monks in Luria Park. Tibetan Buddhist monks chanted, blew extremely long horns, and poured sand from a mandala sand painting into Holmes Run in Annandale Sunday afternoon. The ceremony at Luria Park was the culmination of a mandala project, which had the theme of healing. After spending a week creating a mandala painting from … Continued
Free concerts in Annandale continue through the end of August
Polka time with the Continentals at Ossian Hall Park. Polka and waltz music was on tap at Ossian Hall Park in Annandale Saturday evening as the Continentals played old-world favorites on accordion, sax, and drums, including songs in German and Polish. The Continentals was founded in 1972 as a German oom-pah band by Mike Surratt, … Continued
Free summer concerts four nights a week
A little rain didn’t stop the Cool McFinn show Wednesday night. Spotlight by Starlight outdoor concerts are under way, offering free shows four nights a week in Mason District all summer long. The first Spotlight show on a cold drizzly evening June 3 at Mason District Park featured traditional Celtic music by the Cool McFinn … Continued
Eakin Park project raises concerns about threat to frogs
A frog in Eakin Park. [Photos by Gary Rubin] Preparation for a construction project near the pond in Eakin Park in Annandale has raised alarm bells that the frogs who breed in a vernal pool nearby might be danger. Gary Rubin, who lives near Eakin Park, says his children enjoy watching the frogs and tadpoles … Continued
Trucks bring potential scouts to Mason District Park
Boys love trucks, so the Old Dominion District of Boy Scouts of America assembled a collection of trucks – fire trucks, a cement mixer, steam roller, recycling truck, and more – to attract families to Mason District Park Saturday to encourage them to sign up for scouting. This is the second Touch-a-Truck festival and the … Continued
Farmers markets open in May
Good stuff from the market at Wakefield Park. The farmers markets operated by the Fairfax County Park Authority offer many varieties of exceptional, locally grown vegetables and fruit and artisanal food products – along with the opportunity to meet the people who produce them. There are two markets in the Annandale/Mason area. The Annandale Farmers … Continued
Neighborhood comes together to raise funds for new playground
This old playground will be replaced. The Olde Forge and Surrey Square neighborhoods in Fairfax are getting a new playground, thanks a grant from Fairfax County, donations from local businesses, and a huge amount of work by local residents. The design for the new playground. When Olde Forge resident Joanne Elder’s son was a toddler … Continued
Volunteers needed for meadow project at Americana Park
This grassy field at Americana Park will be transformed into a meadow. Annandale’s Americana Park is getting a facelift. A grassy field in the park that is subject to frequent flooding will be transformed into a meadow while invasive species will be replaced with native plants. Friends of Accotink Creek (FACC) is spearheading a planting … Continued
Boardwalk renovations at Luria Park to start in a few weeks
Holmes Run near Luria Park. The Fairfax County Park Authority plans to begin construction within the next month of the second phase of the boardwalk renovation project at Luria Park and Holmes Run Stream Valley Park near the Holmes Run Acres neighborhood. Workers will demolish approximately 320 feet of boardwalk deck and railing and install … Continued
Eakin Park neighbors consider forming friends group
Park needs a refresh. Residents of neighborhoods near Eakin Community Park would like to see improvements in the park, but with no money available from Fairfax County, they are considering forming a friends group to coordinate volunteer projects. The park is in Fairfax, just outside Annandale, and encompasses a portion of Accotink Creek and the … Continued