Spring showers bring flowers and also the annual OHECA beautiful yard contest!  That’s right, it’s time to kick off another friendly competition and show off all of that hard work you’ve been putting into your gardens.  We’ve eliminated the monetary awards and made all residents of Orange Hunt Estates eligible for nomination regardless of whether or not they are dues paying OHECA members.  Now that everyone is eligible, we hope to have a whole new crop of homes in contention for that prized yard sign and a full year’s worth of bragging rights!  Please send nominations to Angela Blackwood at 
angelanoelle1982@gmail.com by Friday June 2nd.

We are also always looking for judges to help in awarding the scores, so if you are available at any time that weekend to participate in judging, please also reach out with your name and email address and Angela will contact you with further details.  So, get those weeds plucked and sprinkle a little fertilizer and may the best gardener win!

The Orange Hunt Estates Civic Association (OHECA) and Winston Knolls Civic Association (WKCA) are teaming up with Fairfax County Master Gardeners
to offer a free gardening clinic for families in our communities. The event will be held May 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 pm in the Orange Hunt Elementary School parking
lot. Families can drop in at any time during the three program hours. 

The clinic will be conducted by the Fairfax County Master Gardeners Association and
include the opportunity for answering residents’ gardening questions. Below are some popular gardening topics that can be addressed at this clinic.

• Backyard vegetable gardening
• Native plant selections
• Pollinator gardens
• Recommended planting times
• Soil Testing
• Mulching practices

For more information contact Molly Gray at mollyegray1@gmail.com or call 703-850-6990.

Orange Hunt Estates and neighboring Winston Knolls have partnered to sponsor individual yard sales, 8:00 a.m. to whenever. OHECA will advertise the event in advance of the date with signage and social media posts. You may post your own sign the evening before or morning of the event, but please take it down by Saturday evening. There is no rain date, but another community yard sale will be scheduled in the fall.