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This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

an illustrated exploration by Casey Harlow

When we started talking about meadows, we couldn’t get this scene from the movie I Heart Huckabees out of our minds.

“Albert Markovski: No, I’m not. I’m talking about not covering every square inch of populated America with houses and strip malls until you can’t even remember what happens when you stand in a meadow at dusk.
Bret: What happens in the meadow at dusk?
Albert Markovski: Everything.
Mrs. Hooten: Nothing.
Albert Markovski: Everything.
Mrs. Hooten: Nothing.
Albert Markovski: It’s beautiful.
Tommy Corn: It’s beautiful.”
—I Heart Huckabees, 2004

Grassland habitats are disappearing at an alarming rate, and we felt that the loss of those spaces was not only tragic for the flora and fauna that thrive there, but for the people that might never experience the energy and life that meadows provide. So we asked ourselves this same question: What DOES happen in a meadow at dusk? Is it everything? Is it nothing? Should we care what happens in a meadow at dusk?

Let’s start our exploration in Piscataway Park and focus on three specific park ecosystems: the “Food Forest,” savannah pasture, and meadows.

Are you ready to have a hand in our meadow experiment? You can start by saving the date for the 2018 DoMore24 campaign. From noon on May 17 through noon on May 18, the Accokeek Foundation has a goal to raise $6,500 for a “Meadow Fund” to support the meadow. Each Donation will fund soil sampling, purchase seeds, provide volunteers with tools and safety equipment, and support wildlife inventories. Learn more at domore24.org/meadow.

This post is a reprint of a post that originally appeared at Accokeek Foundation.

an illustrated exploration by Casey Harlow

When we started talking about meadows, we couldn’t get this scene from the movie I Heart Huckabees out of our minds.

“Albert Markovski: No, I’m not. I’m talking about not covering every square inch of populated America with houses and strip malls until you can’t even remember what happens when you stand in a meadow at dusk.
Bret: What happens in the meadow at dusk?
Albert Markovski: Everything.
Mrs. Hooten: Nothing.
Albert Markovski: Everything.
Mrs. Hooten: Nothing.
Albert Markovski: It’s beautiful.
Tommy Corn: It’s beautiful.”
—I Heart Huckabees, 2004

Grassland habitats are disappearing at an alarming rate, and we felt that the loss of those spaces was not only tragic for the flora and fauna that thrive there, but for the people that might never experience the energy and life that meadows provide. So we asked ourselves this same question: What DOES happen in a meadow at dusk? Is it everything? Is it nothing? Should we care what happens in a meadow at dusk?

Let’s start our exploration in Piscataway Park and focus on three specific park ecosystems: the “Food Forest,” savannah pasture, and meadows.

Are you ready to have a hand in our meadow experiment? You can start by saving the date for the 2018 DoMore24 campaign. From noon on May 17 through noon on May 18, the Accokeek Foundation has a goal to raise $6,500 for a “Meadow Fund” to support the meadow. Each Donation will fund soil sampling, purchase seeds, provide volunteers with tools and safety equipment, and support wildlife inventories. Learn more at domore24.org/meadow.