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Creating Thriving Native Plant Spaces Meadows in the Making
Join us on March 27 at 7pm/ET for an engaging webinar to discover how you can transform your land into a thriving habitat with native plants! In this webinar, local experts and passionate landowners will share their experiences in creating native meadows and small-scale native gardens. Learn about the benefits of native plants, practical steps for getting started, and real-life successes from people who have turned their own spaces into flourishing ecosystems. Whether you have a backyard, a few acres, or just a small garden bed, you’ll gain valuable insights and inspiration to bring more biodiversity to your land.
Learn from expert Maddie Bright, executive director of Earth Sangha, who will share tips, tricks, and best practices to create your own thriving native landscape. Join us and be part of the movement to restore native landscapes!
Land, Lives, and Local Action: Addressing Invasive Species Together
Discover the Impact of Invasive Species and How You Can Make a Difference!
Join us on Wednesday, January 29 at 4pm/ET for a webinar exploring the far-reaching impacts of invasive species across Virginia—on our landscapes, our communities, and our shared future. Hear firsthand from an inspiring panel of experts, including urban conservationists, lifelong farmers, and passionate advocates, all working on the front lines of this critical challenge.
Through our panelists’ unique stories, you’ll gain valuable insights into the struggles and solutions for tackling invasives. Learn practical ways to get involved, from simple actions in your own backyard to community-level efforts that make a lasting impact.
Our panel will include multi-generational farmers Billy Paul Mays and Rev. Eugene Triplett; Margaret Fisher, a leader with PlantNOVA Natives; and Jennifer Soles, an invasive species specialist with Arlington County.
Whether you’re a curious beginner or a seasoned naturalist, this is your chance to connect, learn, and be part of the solution. Let’s protect our natural spaces together!
A recording will be sent after the webinar, so if you can’t attend live, please register to receive the recording.
Conscious Cooking: A Roadmap to Reducing Kitchen Waste
Join Sustainability Matters to learn how you can create a more eco-friendly kitchen, saving yourself money and reducing food waste!
Growing Green: A Guide to Sustainable Landscaping at Home
Learn how you can start growing pollinator-friendly native plants at home.
Green Gifting: Tips for Low-Waste Holiday Celebrations
Learn how to sustainably decorate, gift, and celebrate this holiday season - all while saving yourself money and reducing your waste production.
Wild Wellness: A Webinar on the Medicinal Properties of Native Plants
Learn how to identify, harvest, prepare, and use medicinally a few common native plants in the Virginia and wider U.S. east coast area.
Green Thumb, Green Home: Sustainable Houseplant Care
Believe it or not, houseplants aren’t the most eco-friendly hobby, but maybe they can be! From Sustainability Matters’ Kenny Barnes, learn how to sustainably grow, style, and care for all of your favorite houseplants.
What's Up With Recycling?
Recycling demystified, and what you can do to help. Find out why you can't recycle many plastics or glass anymore, and what you can do to help the situation, from industry experts.
Greener than Grass: edible landscaping in small spaces
You don't need acres for an eco-friendly garden. Learn to grow your own food in small spaces: containers, raised beds, or that sunny patch by your front door.
Greener than Grass: native gardens for small spaces
You don't need acres for an eco-friendly garden. Learn to grow pollinator-friendly native plants in small spaces.
Living with Spotted Lanternfly
The worst invasive insect in 150 years is here, threatening crops, trees, and human quality of life. Get the down and dewy on spotted lanternfly, what it’s like to live with the invaders, and what you can do to slow the spread.
In the Weeds: Realistic Weed Management
Weeds can drive you nuts. Learn to optimize weed management for both your mental health and the environment.
Preserving for the Perplexed: Chutney & Salsa
Take a trip around the world with us, and learn to make the coolest condiments.
Preserving for the Perplexed: Yogurt
Who says fermentation can't be fun? With us, preserving is both easy and uproarious. Learn to make dairy AND vegan yogurts!
Preserving for the Perplexed: Pickles
Preserving problems got you in a pickle? Never fear! With our team’s easy techniques, you’ll soon be cool as a cucumber.
Native Gardens for Your Woodland Neighbors
If you've always wanted to discuss gardening with an opossum, now is your time. Join us for a virtual workshop on wildlife-friendly woodland garden design.
Grow Your Dinner, for Beginners: Part 3 of 3
Third and final session on growing and harvesting vegetables straight from your garden, even on a very limited budget!
Grow Your Dinner, for Beginners: Part 2 of 3
Second session in the series about how to grow and harvest vegetables straight from your garden, even on a very limited budget!
Grow Your Dinner, for Beginners: Part 1 of 3
Learn how to grow and harvest vegetables straight from your garden, even on a very limited budget! Registration signs you up for all three sessions in the series.
Volunteer Information Session
Looking for a fun, eco-focused volunteer activity? Come work with us! Join us for an overview of Sustainability Matters and what our volunteers do, tell us what interests you, and find out where you can plug in (virtually and/or in person).
Vegetable Gardening for the Perplexed
Caught the gardening bug? But maybe those "victory gardens" aren't turning out quite as planned...or you're even more ambitious for 2022. Get the secrets of success just in time for spring!
Volunteer Information Session - VIRTUAL
Looking for a fun, eco-focused volunteer activity? Come work with us! Join us virtually for an overview of Sustainability Matters and what our volunteers do, tell us what interests you, and find out where you can plug in (virtually and/or in person).
Greener than Grass: a Sustainable Landscaping Workshop
Turfgrass is America's #1 “crop”...yet has no ecological value whatsoever. Learn to landscape more sustainably, replacing your lawn with no-mow alternatives that offer food and beauty to pollinators, wildlife, you, and your family.