Walker Nature Center
Elfrieda Walker, Larry Craft, Jim Cleveland, and Susie Jones are standing in the woods with fall leaves covering the ground. Groundbreaking of the Vernon J. Walker Nature Education Center. Photo by Warren Mattox. January 1987.
1971 Notes from the Nature Center
2020 Photograph by Bob Haukness
Elfrieda Walker, Larry Craft, Jim Cleveland, and Susie Jones are standing in the woods with fall leaves covering the ground. Groundbreaking of the Vernon J. Walker Nature Education Center. Photo by Warren Mattox. January 1987.
Named after Vernon J. Walker, Reston's first Open Space and Nature Center Director (1967-1982), this center provides environmental education for all ages and fosters good environmental stewardship in the community. Walker educated Restonians by writing Nature Newsnotes, giving workshops and providing advice. In 1975 a small building was built. The Nature House we know today opened in 2009 and located on Glade Drive. It was designed by Wayne Hughes.