Tuesday, September 8 | 9:30am

Plant a Meadow

Help expand the Historic River View Farm farmhouse meadow while learning how to create a Piedmont Virginia old field meadow. We'll be installing new plants to expand this evolving meadow full of native grasses and flowering plants for wildlife and habitat restoration.

Bring work gloves and a small digging tool if you have them. Be prepared to be on your knees. Enjoy butterflies, bird song, and formerly planted meadow flowers in full bloom while we work!

Register for the September 8th plant a meadow morning here. 

Wednesday, September 9 | 9:30am

Plant a Meadow

Help expand the Historic River View Farm farmhouse meadow while learning how to create a Piedmont Virginia old field meadow. We'll be installing new plants to expand this evolving meadow full of native grasses and flowering plants for wildlife and habitat restoration.

Bring work gloves and a small digging tool if you have them. Be prepared to be on your knees. Enjoy butterflies, bird song, and formerly planted meadow flowers in full bloom while we work!

Register for the September 9th plant a meadow morning here.

Friday, September 11 | 7:00pm

Second Fridays Under the Stars

Under The Stars is scheduled for the second Friday of every month in 2026.  Learn about upcoming celestial events in a short lecture given in the education building at 7:00 PM.  Afterwards, go outside where local area amateur astronomers will help point out constellations, planets, nebulae, star clusters, and distant galaxies.  Have a look through telescopes of the Charlottesville Astronomical Society, or bring your own. Telescopes will be in the field next to the parking lot at the Ivy Creek Natural Area.

Cloudy skies cancel.

Although this event is free and open to the public, we ask that you contact the Charlottesville Astronomical Society at ivycreek@cvilleastro.com if you plan to attend.  Only if at least one visitor makes contact and confirms attendance, can the CAS guarantee that they will be at Ivy Creek for their presentation and telescope observing session. Note that the CAS does not inform Ivy Creek of their decision; please contact ivycreek@cvilleastro.com if you have questions.

Saturday, September 12 | 10:00am

Farm and Barn History Hours

Join us for the opening of the barn at Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm on September 12 from 10 AM - 12 PM. This was the showpiece of the working farm known as River View Farm. It is also one of the reasons that River View Farm is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, along with the contributions of the Carr/Greer family to their community. Come and learn about the family, their work, and the historic equipment used on the farm.

Saturday, September 12 | 2:30pm

Ivy Creek Foundation Annual Meeting and Ivy Talk

Join us for the Ivy Creek Foundation's Annual Meeting and Ivy Talk! Open to the public, this meeting includes a meeting of the Ivy Creek Foundation Board and a report from our new Executive Director, Shawn Halifax. Join us to learn more about the organization and meet our leadership! The Annual Meeting will conclude with an Ivy Talk by Liz Sargent, a historic landscape architect, on the work and research she did to complete our new Cultural Landscape report, which details centuries of Ivy Creek's history.