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Pavilion Lake, Ashburn Village’s most popular destination, is home to at least 25 species on the Virginia Invasives List. These invasives are crowding out and taking over the native trees, bushes, and flowers there. So for the next 12 months, we will focus on creating an invasive-free lake in the heart of our HOA.
On November 23, we will tackle the invasive bradford pear, mulberry, autumn olive and bush honeysuckle encircling the lake.
You will learn to identify these invasive plants and use hand tools to cut them to the ground and treat them so they stop spreading. The more people we have, the more small to medium sized trees/shrubs we can remove.
(The Pavilion Lake Invasive-Free Challenge will continue throughout fall and winter and into next spring with additional workdays to remove invasive bushes and vines most easily handled during non-growing months.)
When: Sunday, November 23: 1PM - 3PM
What to bring: Hand pruners, loppers, pruning saws if you have them. Not required. Participants may work with herbicides (applied via daubers), so personal protective equipment (safety glasses and nitrile gloves) will be provided. Also, you must wear a hat, long sleeves, long pants, and closed-toe shoes. Sunglasses and gardening/work gloves will be useful.
If you have any issues/questions registering below, please emailTracy Whittington at nabertj@gmail.com or text her at 412-848-2850.