Judy Dority

Judy Dority Alexandria, VA Volunteer at Huntley Meadows Park

Length of Service: 4 years Native Plant Gardener,

Herbarium Assistant, Resource Naturalist, Roving Trail Naturalist

In Judy Dority’s four years at Huntley, she has quietly risen as a steadfast, reliable, creative, and committed volunteer. She began as a Native Plant Gardener and hit the ground running. She’s taken ownership of the Native Plant Garden, researching, designing and planting with native pollinator plants. She rarely comes by the park without a new plant in hand and a trowel in her pocket and has changed the face of the Norma Hoffman Visitor Center, drawing in both visitors and pollinators with gorgeous, interesting plants. Dority is always willing to get her hands dirty, no matter what the project is, and she welcomes efforts by outside groups interested in doing beautification or support projects, such as watershed cleanups and invasive plant removal workdays. She supports Natural Resource Management by locating and identifying plants within the park, and she now volunteers in an interpretive role, too, helping to educate visitors as a Roving Trail Naturalist.