A HUGE Thank You to all our 

Volunteers

Exhibitors

and

Attendees

for making this year's event a success!

Welcome, Banana Express!

Welcome Banana Express! 

Playing for us at Painting Purcellville Green for the first time!  

Kool Earth USA

Kool Earth USA will be bring their earth-friendly fashions to the event this year!  

Did you know you could ask a Master Gardener?

Loudoun County Master Gardeners:  Our mission is to educate Loudoun County residents about safe, effective and sustainable landscape management practices. We are volunteers who have received extensive training under the auspices of Virginia Tech and the Loudoun County Cooperative Extension office to provide unbiased research-based horticultural information to the community.

We serve the community through our Help Desk, Gardening Clinics, Demonstration Garden, Speaking Engagements and Special Events

Loudoun Targets Lyme

Loudoun Targets Lyme is a program provided by Loudoun County designed to educate residents about Lyme Disease.

Loudoun County Public Schools - Energy & Environment Program

The team from the Loudoun County Public Schools - Energy & Environment Program joins us again this year!

Free water, rolling right off your roof - capture it in a Rain Barrel!

Loudoun Soil and Water Conservation District is bringing their rain barrel workshop to this year's Painting Purcellville Green.  Look for them in the parking lot outside the building - for $55 they'll provide you with everything necessary to assemble your very own rain barrel!  

Click here for a registration form:  Purcellville Registration Form.

Sustainable Loudoun

Sustainable Loudoun's mission is to promote the development of a local community economy based on environmental stewardship and the sustainable use of resources.

Artist, Antonella Manganelli, comes to Painting Purcellville Green

Antonella Manganelli, an artist born and raised in Naples, Italy, will bring her beautiful work to this year's Painting Purcellville Green.

"For me, art is a way to love, a way to interact, 

a way to cry, a way to laugh; 

art is a way to live. "  

~ Antonella

The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy

This year, The Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy will be providing us with two different programs.  They will be taking kids on nature hikes to explore Dillon's Woods (at Fireman's Field across the street from the Town Hall) and making a presentation about their Monarch Butterfly Campaign.

Lightyears ahead? We think so!

Why Clean Green?

For those of us at Lightyear, cleaning green isn’t simply an idea−it’s a lifestyle. We believe in the principles of stewardship, hard work, and integrity for the goal of creating a healthy, safe, and natural living and work environment. As stewards of the world we’ve been given, it’s important to us not only to care for the natural environment, but also for yours. Please join us in choosing to live clean by living green.

Special Thanks to Franklin Park Arts Center!

The Franklin Park Performing and Visual Arts Center is Western Loudoun County's premiere venue for music, art, dance and theatre.  Every year, the Center's Manager, Jeff Stern, generously donates his time and energy to provide music at Painting Purcellville Green.  

Slash the Trash!

This year, we welcome Anna and her Slash the Trash  project - an initiative to reduce town-wide trash landfill usage by educating and encouraging reduction in trash generation and an increase in recycling.  Anna will be hosting an Art Competition at Painting Purcellville Green.

Fair Trade Winds - Great Products, Greater Impact

Fair Trade Winds is a family-run business committed to helping alleviate global poverty and increase social responsibility through fair trade. The store seeks to empower consumers to become an integral part of a cooperative effort that benefits farmers, artisans, and the environment.
Come to their table and discover beautiful products that promote the world's craftspeople and their products.

Monarch Butterflies: one of our most precious resources.  

Elizabeth Evans recently traveled to Mexico with a group from the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and will be presenting "Monarch Magic" at Painting Purcellville Green at 10:00 am.  Trust us, you will be so happy you saw it!

Bittersweet Design Studio

  

Bittersweet Design Studio - Beautiful items handmade by local artist, Elizabeth Pickett.  Elizabeth creates the loveliest things, from jewelry to scarves to handmade cotton washcloths - all of them fun, creative and eco-friendly.  Be sure to stop by her table, you'll be so pleased that you did!

Plant a tree, or two, or twenty ...

The mission of the Tree & Beautification Commission is to enhance the quality of life in Purcellville through stewardship of the Town’s community trees. This Commission was established in November 2004 to develop tree preservation and enhancement ordinances; to advise the Town on policies, standards, and guidelines for a tree management program; and to advise and educate citizens about trees.

For the children, The Nature Generation has a gift

The Nature Generation is a 501(c)(3) environmental nonprofit that inspires and empowers youth to make a difference. We reach our nation’s youth through innovative environmental stewardship programs in literature, science and the arts..

Purcellville Community Market - best market around!

Purcellville Community Market is proud to provide Purcellville and the surrounding community a place to buy nutritious, healthy, fresh, local food; to enable farmers to obtain fair prices for their products; to educate the public about food nutrition and preparation; and to create a figurative “town square” where people in the community reconnect with their neighbors as well as the people who work the land and produce food.  We're thrilled to partnering with them again at the Painting Purcellville Green event!

Changing the world, one roof at a time

Meet Solar Odyssey, Inc. - a Solar Electric and Solar Hot Water design and installation company.

With over 30 years of experience in the local construction industry, they are experts in implementing renewable energy solutions.  As a family owned business, they provide a level of attention and assistance that is rare in the industry. 

Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic? Watch and find out!

The Purcellville Committee on the Environment will be showing the award-winning film, "Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?" at this year's Painting Purcellville Green.  

We guarantee you'll be surprised just how plastic your life really is ... 

click below to see the trailer:

Bag It: Is Your Life Too Plastic?

For The Kids!

  Children’s Activities at Painting Purcellville Green

We’re expecting a busy day at the Children’s Activities corner of the 

^5th Painting Purcellville Green sustainability event!

The directors of the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy’s popular youth Nature Camps will lead small groups on mini nature explorations of downtown Purcellville.

The 5 R’s -- a group of Round Hill youth dedicated to the principles of reduce, reuse, recycle, repair, and repeat – will help children create whimsical and wearable arts and crafts made from recycled materials, including crayons, bottle caps, bottle cap magnets, and soda tab chains

A representative of the The Nature Generation will be testing children’s knowledge of the environment in a hilarious Jeopardy-style game called  Eco-Logic.  

The Round Hill Arts Center will be back this year with its popular face painter and 

other activities for children.

And the challenging Recycle Toss game will be back, too, with prizes for good aim!

Painting Purcellville Green 2013

5th Annual Event:  April 20, 2013

9 am to 1 pm

at the 

Purcellville Town Hall

221 South Nursery Avenue

Purcellville, VA  20132

For more information, email:  anne@solarodysseyinc.com