Build a Tree
Celebrating our last week of camp with a little “tree building”!
Make your voice heard!
There’s still time to provide input to help guide the future of NOVA Parks! Northern Virginia residents, businesses, visitors, and community organizations are asked to review the Draft 2023-2027 Strategic Plan and provide feedback online by 5 p.m. Monday, July 11. Responses will take only a few minutes and will help inform NOVA Parks' upcoming priorities. Visit novaparks.com/StrategicPlan to view the plan and provide feedback.
We’re going to need a bigger boat!
Potomac Overlook’s first ever Florafest kicks off this Sunday, May 1st! Join us for an event all about gardening, pollinators, native and invasive plants, and how you can help keep our park beautiful! Free to participants of all ages and no reservations required. Meet at the nature center anytime between 1-4pm. Click the link below for more information!
https://www.novaparks.com/parks/potomac-overlook-regional-park/events/florafest NOVA Parks
Potomac Overlook’s first ever Florafest kicks off on Sunday, May 1st! Join us for an event all about gardening, pollinators, native and invasive plants, and how you can help keep our park beautiful! Free to participants of all ages and no reservations required. Meet at the nature center anytime between 1-4pm. Check the event link below for more information:
https://www.novaparks.com/parks/potomac-overlook-regional-park/events/florafest
Spring is here and the Easter Bunny is back at Potomac Overlook with their new egg hunt! Join us anytime on April 9th-10th and 12th-17th between 11am and 4pm for a different kind of egg hunt for you and your family! $8 per participating child, paid the day of at the nature center. Hop on over!
Spring is here and the Easter Bunny is back at Potomac Overlook with their new egg hunt! Join us anytime on April 9th-10th and 12th-17th between 11am and 4pm for a different kind of egg hunt for you and your family! $8 per participating child, paid the day of at the nature center. Hop on over!
Spring is here and the Easter Bunny is back at Potomac Overlook with their new egg hunt! Join us anytime on April 9th-10th and 12th-17th between 11am and 4pm for a different kind of egg hunt for you and your family! $8 per participating child, paid the day of at the nature center. Hop on over! #novaparks #happinesshere #springbreak #easterbunny
Spring is here and the Easter Bunny is back at Potomac Overlook with their new egg hunt! Join us anytime on April 9th-10th and 12th-17th between 11am and 4pm for a different kind of egg hunt for you and your family! $8 per participating child, paid the day of at the nature center. Hop on over! NOVA Parks
Tadpole update: our wood frog tadpoles are continuing to grow and their activity has really picked up! They continue to swim around the tank and are feeding on algae and plant matter. #woodfrogtadpoles #novaparks
Tadpole update: the wood frog eggs in our tank have hatched and we have tadpoles swimming about! Over the next week they’ll begin to grow, their tails will fully develop and their activity will increase. #woodfrogs #tadpoles #novaparks
Warmest Thoughts and Best Wishes for a Wonderful Holiday and a very Happy New Year.
Looking for a great gift for a nature lover this holiday season? Try our popular “Adopt an Animal” campaign! For just $50, you can symbolically “adopt” one of our lovable animals at the nature center and help us continue to provide them quality care. In return, you will receive a plush of that animal, a “Thank-You!” card in the mail from your critter with their photo, and your name will be displayed as a certified sponsor! Stop by the nature center to learn more and make your adoption today! 🦉 🐍 🐢 NOVA Parks
Santa’s sleigh crashed and now he needs your help! From December 18th to 22nd, go on a scavenger hunt and find Santa’s missing Helpers! Explore our park and locate the Helpers so they can get back to the North Pole in time. Appropriate for families and children of all ages. $5 per child. Check in at the nature center anytime between 11am and 3pm to pick up your scavenger hunt! NOVA Parks
THIS JUST IN: Santa’s sleigh crashed and now he needs your help! From December 18th to 22nd, go on a scavenger hunt and find Santa’s missing Helpers! Explore our park and locate the Helpers so they can get back to the North Pole in time. Appropriate for families and children of all ages. $5 per child. Check in at the nature center anytime between 11am and 3pm to pick up your scavenger hunt! NOVA Parks
Meet our Animal of the Week: Yoshi the American Toad!
Frogs and toads use their eyes to help them swallow food. They close and push their eyes downward which then pushes their meal further down their throat. Watch as Yoshi closes and opens their eyes during this mealtime!
Our Adopt an Animal Campaign has returned for another season! Help support ongoing animal care and receive your very own plush of one of our lovable critters. Stop by the nature center to learn more and make your adoption today! NOVA Parks
What a sight! Our Park Naturalist managed to capture these videos of a truly wild encounter: a European Hornet attacking and eating a species of dragonfly! These non-native hornets are quite large, and the worker seen here was likely an inch and a half long. They typically feed on large insects and pack quite a wallop with their sting. Luckily the individual here was fully focused on its prey! NOVA Parks
Easter Egg Hunt at Potomac Overlook!