The Friends of Sky Meadows
The Friends of Sky Meadows
The Friends of Sky Meadows State Park
"What's our mission?"
The Friends of Sky Meadows (FOSK) is here to protect and preserve the cultural and natural resources of Sky Meadows State Park by supporting conservation programs and partnerships.
Give Local Piedmont:
The Friends of Sky Meadows will need your support!
Early giving starts April 28th - following the 24hr event on May 12th!
To learn more on how you can help protect our lands and educational programs, click the button below:
Become a Friend Today!
Your entrance fee into Sky Meadows supports all of Virgina's State Parks, but with a FOSK membership you'll be able to specifically support us - here at Sky Meadows.
Your membership with FOSK helps to support in park maintenance, continuing the educational and environmental programs, along with sharing the history at Sky Meadows State Park!
Select a memership:
(Purchase online or by mail with a check to: PO Box 43 Delaplane, VA 20144)
Advocate For Your Parks!
This is what we do, this is how we care.
HISTORY
-Upkeeping the Mount Bleak House through on-going projects, such as period curtains and furnishings.
-Aids with sharing and remembering the lands history through programming.
-Creates new partnerships to preserve historical trades & crafts.
NATURE
-Assists with grants to enchance the parks on-going trail maintence.
-Boosts park's pollinator plot program.
-Manages the park's apiary (bee hives).
AGRICULTURE
-Coordinates weekly farmer's market (April-September).
-Maintains historic area vegetable garden.
-Assits with the park's flock of Barred Plymouth Rock chickens.
RECREATION
-Plans annual Crooked Run Wine Festival.
-Assists park as vendor during special events.
-Advocates for State Parks thorugh various legislative bills.
What does our garden grow?
Just some of the items you'll see in our garden this season:
Brandywine tomatoes, Edith's orange tomatoes (saved from last year), green and yellow bell peppers, zucchini, cucumber, lettuce, carrots, garlic, strawberries, popcorn, pole beans, winter squash, plus flowers for monarch butterflies and bees!
GALLERY
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