April 25, 2026
Covering Annandale, Bailey's Crossroads, Lincolnia, and Seven Corners in Fairfax County, Virginia
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Tag: trees

Join the tree rescue extravaganza

#environment, #trees, #volunteers

Volunteers are hoping to rescue as many trees as possible during the Spring Tree Rescue Extravaganza March 21-April 12. Community members are invited to join the effort, which is hosted by Fairfax Tree Rescuers PRISM (Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management). Enjoy a spring day outdoors and get some fresh air while protecting native trees … Continued

Free trees available to Fairfax County residents

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The Fairfax County Urban and Community Forestry Division has teamed up with the Arbor Day Foundation to give away native trees to county residents. The initiative is aimed at expanding the tree canopy on private property, while helping residents reduce energy costs and improve neighborhood resilience. The trees are available on a first-come, first-served basis. … Continued

Free trees available for community groups

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Fairfax County’s Urban and Community Forestry Division is offering free trees to community-based organizations. The program, offered in partnership with Casey Trees, is aimed at helping volunteer groups, civic associations, and faith-based organizations obtain high-quality, professionally grown trees suitable for planting. “This opportunity focuses on increasing tree cover in economically disadvantaged communities, which typically do … Continued

Board expands landscaping requirements

#trees, #zoning
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 23 adopted changes to the Zoning Ordinance on landscaping. The amendment increases the requirement for landscaping in parking lots, adds provisions on street frontage landscaping, establishes shade structure requirements for parking lots, and makes other changes. Currently, landscaping in a parking lot must cover at least 5 … Continued

VDOT to reduce tree loss on Braddock Road

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The Virginia Department of Transportation has reduced the amount of tree loss in the Braddock Road Multimodal Improvements Project, agency officials announced at a recent community meeting. The project would create 10-foot-wide shared-use paths along both sides Braddock Road, as well as intersection improvements at Ravensworth Road, Wakefield Chapel Road/Danbury Forest Drive, Rolling Road, and … Continued

Opinion: The Braddock Road project is not really ‘multimodal’

#Braddock District, #pedestrians, #transportation, #trees
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The following commentary by Annandale resident Michael Perel is a lightly edited version of a piece originally published in the Washington Post. Concerns about Arlington’s “missing middle” zoning proposal resonate with me. The proposal, which would not result in affordable housing for families, demonstrates how misleading and unsupported some public policies can be when they … Continued

Volunteers rescue trees choked by vines

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Northern Virginia’s oldest and best-loved trees are in mortal danger. Unless people can get rid of the vines choking their trunks, the trees will die. Tree Rescuers, an outreach program that educates the public about the risks of non-native vines, is saving trees and spreading life-saving information throughout neighborhoods. The program is part of Plant … Continued