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Marie Butler Leven Preserve   Arboretums are gardens that focus on trees, and the Park Authority's arboretum focus' on native trees! With the assistance of Earth Sangha, a local, not-for profit organization that is interested in restoring practical environmentalism to Fairfax County, an arboretum is being grown on the Marie Butler Leven property. Begun in April 2004, the 20-acre Marie Butler Leven Preserve in McLean, Virginia is currently being transformed into an extensive native plant collection, organized to form a living field guide for the plants of Fairfax County. Some projects that are planned for the Preserve include: Installing a native pollinator garden with the assistance of high school volunteers Creating a demonstration rain garden with the assistance of partners from Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District and Virginia Department of Forestry with a grant from the McLean Citizen's Association Recreating an Oak-Hickory forest with specimens of every species of oak and hickory native to our region Planting a natural spring with a variety of native plants that might give homeowners an idea of what to do in their own gardens