Welcome to the Woodlands Stewardship Education Center
Discover the Woodlands Stewardship Education Center at Ellanor C. Lawrence Park. This innovative center educates the community on the Fairfax County Park Authority's stewardship efforts to preserve natural and cultural resources and inspires visitors to be land stewards at home.
Explore technologies like reclaimed materials, solar energy generation, rainwater collection and reuse, and wastewater treatment. The center demonstrates sustainable practices that can reshape our relationship with the environment.
Designed to meet the rigorous standards of the Living Building Challenge, the center is a model of sustainability. It uses its structure, design, systems, materials and operations to teach principles of resource stewardship and sustainable choices in water, energy, site use and building methods.