This Week at Ivy Creek

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Sunday, March 24 | 11:30am

Virginia Festival of the Book: Love for the Land

Brooks Lamb--author, farmer, and advocate--discusses farmland loss from suburban sprawl, rampant agricultural consolidation, and racial injustice among farmers of color in his new book Love for the Land. Brooks is the Land Protection & Access Specialist at American Farmland Trust where he works extensively in Tennessee and Virginia.

This will be an outside event. Attendees will need to bring camping chairs or blankets to sit on. 


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Wednesday, March 27 | 6:00pm

Women’s History Month Celebration: Elizabeth “Babs” Conant- Living in Conviction

Babs’ most enduring and visible legacy is Ivy Creek, whose existence began with her pursuit of saving this area from development.  Camille Cox, her wife of 38 years, will discuss the activist life of this remarkable woman during the years prior to and following her time in Charlottesville, as she followed other leadings of particular benefit to women.

Registration: https://app.donorview.com/nvJrX


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Thursday, March 28 | 10:00am

Little Naturalists

Introduce your three- to five-year-old to nature! Trained guides explore topics such as food chains, hibernation, how trees grow and more with three- to five-year-olds and their accompanying adults. The program starts indoors for 20-30 minutes where the children engage with the guides through reading nature centered books and doing a hands-on activity related to the learning in the book. This is followed with a short hike on one of the ICNA trails. Little Naturalists meet  on the second Mondays and fourth Thursdays of the month. Gatherings are held from 10:00 to 11:30 am. We prefer that people preregister for these programs. The link to register for the fourth Thursday in March (3/28) is here.  Siblings are also welcome to attend.

Little Naturalists follow the weather cancellation policies for Albemarle County Schools.  When the schools are closed or there is a late opening, the Little Naturalists will not meet on that day.


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About Ivy Creek

Scenically shadowed by the Blue Ridge Mountains, the Ivy Creek Natural Area (ICNA) is a 219-acre preserve bordering the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir in Charlottesville, Virginia.

With seven miles of trails traversing a mix of upland woods, pine stands, fields, streams, and shoreline, ICNA is an ideal site to learn about the rich natural history characteristic of Central Virginia.

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