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Summer Class Registration Begins May 15
Summer Class Listings Online Now!
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listings, check class enrollment and register with a few clicks of
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Internet registration offered daily, 5am to 11pm
CAMPS: Come Out to Play
RECenter Membership Pass Sale
Take 12 Steps for Health
The Take 12 program is free
and anyone can participate at any time. This program is
designed to:
- Help you accomplish healthy goals each month, with tips to keep you going for the duration
- Give you access to information - free workshops are available each month on different healthy topics
Summer Entertainment Series
Salute the summer season and our armed forces bands at this year's summer entertainment series in Fairfax County parks! Military bands from the Army, Navy and Airforce will perform at various park locations, and the price is right: the concerts are free! For performance dates, times and locations, and to see a list of other artists performing in parks this summer, turn to the Summer Entertainment Series web page.
Farmers Markets
Experience the Pick of the Crop with Farmers Markets
There's nothing like the taste of a fresh tomato or a juicy peach to bring out the flavor of summer. From May to November, Fairfax County's 11 farmers markets come to life with a feast for the senses. The vibrant colors of freshly picked fruits and vegetables contrast with the fragrant perfume of cut flowers. The aroma of freshly baked bread and pastries floats across the market while patrons savor samples of creamy artisan cheese. You will also find fresh eggs, meats and other edible delights along with gardening plants of all sizes.
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Birding Takes Flight
If you’re not looking up this spring, you may be missing one of the
greatest shows on earth. Birds will be flocking back north from their
winter homes in Central and South America, and Fairfax County gives
bird watchers a spectacular view.
Upcoming Nature Classes
Learning Social Graces
Whether
you're age 5 or 105, good manners never go out of style. Back in the
day, a course in courtesy may have been called charm school or
finishing school. These days, the timeless teachings in proper public
behavior, from shaking hands to table manners, are being taught to
kids and "tweens" enrolled in Park Authority etiquette
classes.
Family Fun: Mini Golf
Looking for an affordable tropical adventure the whole family can enjoy? Set sail for Jefferson Falls Miniature Golf Course at Jefferson District Park in Falls Church. The newly-renovated mini golf course features a misty, tropical wildlife theme complete with a palm tree, an alligator head and swans.
Getting 'Hooked' through Camps
Head to a waterfront park in Fairfax County this summer, and there's a good chance you'll run into Liam Bellucy, an unassuming 13-year-old angler who has been reeling in fish for a decade.
"I was around 3 or 4 years old," he said while recalling the thrill of his first big catch on a fishing trip with his father in Florida. "It was a bass that weighed four pounds."
It was an exciting day for a little boy, but he says he really got hooked at age 8, after learning various fishing techniques at his first summer camp at Riverbend Park.
"He fell for it hook, line and sinker," his mother, Patty Bellucy, said. "The first camp was a week. Then he signed up for two weeks, then five weeks. It really teaches him perseverance and patience."
- Park Authority Board Approves Kingstowne Master Plan (5/16/12)
- Update: Monticello Park Master Planning News (5/8/12)
- Update: Bren Mar Park Master Plan Revision (4/19/12)
- Salona Task Force Updates (4/13/12)
- Riverbend Park Master Planning News (3/26/12)
- Project Update: Langley Fork Park Master Plan (2/24/12)
- Hartland Green Park (Merrilee) Master Plan Approved (2/1/12)
- Monticello Park Master Plan Update (1/25/12)
- Friends & Family Gather to Rename Park, Honor Gil McCutcheon
- Sully Foundation, Park Board Honor Margaret Peck For Decades of Service
- Officials, Neighbors Gather to Celebrate Mount Eagle Park
- Walney Visitor Center Celebrates 30th Anniversary
- Large Field of Runners Joins Healthy Strides Community Race
- Athletic Field Renamed in Honor of Lt. Col. Gary F. Smith
- Wakefield Skatepark Expansion Begins
- Hidden Pond Envirothon Teams Qualify for Regional Contest
- Students Clear Invasives at Church Community Park
About
this time next summer, the Fairfax County Park Authority will find
itself in the national spotlight when it hosts a major United
States Golf Association event at Laurel Hill Golf Club: the 2013
U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. What a thrill it will be to
see the most accomplished amateur golfers from across the United
States compete in the prestigious championship here in Fairfax
County. Since 1989, the winner of the U.S. Amateur Public Links
Championship has been invited to compete in the Masters Tournament,
and one former Championship contender, George Archer, went on to
win the Masters. Several others have gone on to win golf’s four
other major professional tournaments, including U.S. Open winners
Tommy Bolt and Ken Venturi, and British Open champion Tony Lema.
USGA standards are extremely high, and the selection of Laurel Hill to host an event of this caliber speaks very well of the course and the competitive challenge it offers. The selection is especially meaningful to us because our mission is to give members of the public access to the best facilities possible, and this endorsement reinforces our belief that we are accomplishing that mission.
Laurel Hill opened in October 2005 on the property that once housed the District of Columbia Department of Corrections facility at Lorton. Its professionally designed layout includes multi-tiered elevation changes, extensive bunkers and an unusual variety of green complexes on rolling, tree-lined terrain crisscrossed with streams and dotted with ponds. Over the course of the next year, our staff will be working with the USGA to prepare for the event, which will take place July 15-20, 2013. In the meantime, stop by and see for yourself what makes Laurel Hill the destination of champions.
Peter Furey
Golf Enterprises Manager
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