Meet our Staff: Head of Facilities and Infrastructure Skip Glascock talks Caring for Oak Spring
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Head of Facilities and Infrastructure Skip Glascock talks about what goes into updating and preserving Oak Spring’s historic buildings.
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Blog Posts
A Curious World
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Read about some of the most unique and beautiful natural history volumes in the Oak Spring Garden Library collection.
Read MoreThe Dirt on Dirt
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In honor of international World Soil Day, read our tips for taking care of the ground beneath your feet.
Read MoreOak Spring Announces 2020 Stacy Lloyd III and Eliza Moore Fellows
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Read about the outstanding 2020 recipients of our Stacy Lloyd III and Eliza Moore fellowships.
Read MoreMeet our Staff: BCCF manager Christine Harris talks heirloom crops
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In honor of the upcoming food-centric holiday season, we talked with Biocultural Conservation Farm manager Christine Harris about heirloom crops, and the importance of thinking about what you eat.
Read MoreLearning from the past
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Read about 18th century artist and naturalist Mark Catesby and his monumental catalogue of America’s flora and fauna, which is housed in the Oak Spring Garden Library.
Read MoreA Creative Fall: Recent artists in residence discuss their time at Oak Spring
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Sometimes, the best way to communicate about the environment - whether it be a dire issue such as climate change, or simply to share the beauty of a wildflower - is through art. Read about how our four fall 2019 resident artists did just that during their six weeks at OSGF.
Read MoreMeet our Staff: TJ Sherman talks stewarding Oak Spring land
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We sat down with Head of Project Management and Planning TJ Sherman to chat about long-term plans for the foundation’s land, current conservation projects, and the importance of sharing knowledge.
Read MoreArt at Oak Spring
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A summary of recent, current, and future art-related activities at Oak Spring.
Read MoreThe World’s Most Monstrous Plants
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To celebrate Halloween, we compiled a list of the most monstrous plants we could think of - some myth, and some very real.
Read MoreOut in the Community
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While Oak Spring has been a bustle of on-site activity – from artist residencies, visiting researchers, farm harvests, and more – we are also doing a lot of work beyond the borders of our stone walls and split rail fences. Explore below to read about just a few of our recent public engagement opportunities.
Read MoreAll about apples
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Read about the Bio-Cultural Conservation Farm’s recent adventure canning apples in Farmville, VA, as well as some fun facts about the fascinating fruit.
Read MoreEver-changing: tending Bunny Mellon’s garden in the fall
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OSGF head gardener Judy Zatsick takes us through the main residence’s formal garden, and talks about what goes into bedding it down for the colder months.
Read MoreBack to nature: OSGF landscaping talks conservation, current projects
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For Oak Spring’s landscapers, ensuring that the land is primed for native species has meant transforming hundreds of acres of former horse pastures into wild meadow and forest. While not an easy task, it has been one full of surprises, challenges, and opportunities for study and experimentation. Here are some of the current projects they’ve been working on.
Read MoreTraditional agricultural, land-management methods promote biodiversity, sustainability
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In honor of Indigenous People’s Day on October 13, we are highlighting several traditional farming and land management methods, used by native peoples throughout the Americas for thousands of years, that we are proud to utilize at OSGF.
Read MoreThe Future of Farming: BCCF team member shares thoughts on the job
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In honor of National Farmer’s Day, we spoke to newest BCCF team member Caitlin Etherton for her thoughts on the job.
Read MoreWorking with Nature: Using Native Plants in Ecological Landscape Design
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Check out these ecological landscaping tips from award-winning ecological landscape designer Larry Weaner’s Wednesday night lecture in Middleburg.
Read MoreHarvesting History: Biocultural Conservation Farm Welcomes First Pumpkin Crop
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Did you know that one of the first documented instances of pumpkin cultivation in the U.S. was in 1582? Read about the history of October’s iconic squash - now being harvested at our Bio-Cultural Conservation Farm - in our latest blog post!
Read MoreSeptember Curated Artists in Residency Program
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Click here to see our artists in residency, who spent two weeks exploring landscape and biodiversity this September.
Read MoreWomen Authoring Change at Oak Spring
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We are excited to announce a new residency program in partnership with Hedgebrook– a literary arts nonprofit that supports women writers whose stories and ideas shape our culture now and for generations to come.
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