Ellanor C. Lawrence Park

Big Rocky Run at Centreville Road, downstream of Fair Oaks Mall	Feedeth Not the Wild Beasts of Thy Stormwater Ponds...	late spring in the eastern deciduous forest	Walney cheese factory
native materials used for house at Walney	Walney Pond - not a natural feature	water lillies - hardy, but native?	trail over Big Rocky Run

• American Planning Association City Parks Forum - How Cities Use Parks for Green Infrastructure
• Fairfax County Aerial Photography Viewer (search for 5235 Walney Road)
• Fairfax County Digital Map Viewer (search for Map Grid 54-2)
• Fairfax County Park Authority - Ellanor C. Lawrence Park
• Library of Congress - Civil War Maps
• A map of Fairfax County, and parts of Loudoun and Prince William Counties, Va., and the District of Columbia
• Smokehouses: Foursquare and Stolid, These Buildings Were a Hardworking Adornment to the Colonial Backyard
• Stream Corridor Restoration

Topics to Explore

- who was Ellanor C. Lawrence? what was Walney?
- who settled this land first? when? why?
- why did the English settle on Big Rocky Run? why did they settle the Walney area when they did? why did English, instead of Spanish, French, Germans, or Dutch, settle Walney?
- who "owned" the land and sold it to the first English settlers? in what county was Walney located?
- what crops were grown at Walney? was slavery essential to the economics of agriculture?
- why didn't the farmers cut down every tree in this stream valley to grow crops? why is there a forest at Walney now? why are there so few plants growing under the trees on the forest floor?
- why was it economical to produce milk/cheese at Walney? why did it quit being economical?
- where is the "headwaters" of Big Rocky Run? where is the "mouth" of the stream? where does the water end up, ultimately?
- what's wrong with feeding the ducks?
- what makes a duck wild vs. tame? what makes a place wild vs. tame? what males a person wild vs. tame?