Meadowlark is a 95-acre botanical garden where beauty, conservation, education, and discovery flourish year-round through ornamental display gardens, native plant collections, walking trails, lakes, cherry trees, irises, peonies, a shade garden, native wild flowers, gazebos, birds, butterflies, and seasonal blooms and foliage. A visitor center welcomes guests and provides interpretation and information about the facility. In 2014, Meadowlark dedicated a new trail connecting the park to the W&OD Trail, approximately 1.25 miles long. The site also includes the Atrium, recognized as a premier indoor garden venue in the Greater Washington area, with trees, a meandering stream, an indoor fountain, a 2,000 square foot skylight, three walls of glass, and space for up to 230 seated or 300 standing guests, along with in-house cuisine from Great Blue Heron catering. Meadowlark also features the Korean Bell Garden, created through the joint efforts of NOVA Parks and the Korean American Cultural Committee, with a handmade pagoda, detailed woodwork, a 6,000-pound bronze bell, traditional Korean architecture, statuary, clay murals, and a growing collection of North East Asian trees and shrubs. In winter, the gardens become the setting for the Winter Walk of Lights, with animated fountains, shimmering lights, and illuminated displays of favorite animals and plants from mid-November through early January. Meadowlark is part of NOVA Parks, a six-jurisdiction Northern Virginia park agency whose holdings include protected waterfront, historic property, a 45-mile paved bike trail, and varied recreational spaces, with nearby destinations including the W&OD Trail, Gateway Regional Park, Tinner Hill Historic Park, Seneca Regional Park, Algonkian Regional Park, and Potomac Overlook Regional Park.
