Pawpaw Hunt, McLean VA | Moody Graham

being — McLean, VA

Pawpaw Hunt

Let us hunt then, you and I...

Each year, Moody Graham & friends gather along the banks of the Potomac to spend time together in nature gathering pawpaws. It is an important opportunity to reflect on the year and prepare ourselves for a busy fall. The annual pawpaw hunt reminds us of the health benefits of walking outside, being part of a community, and interacting with local flora and fauna. For the past few years we've had a competition to design a t-shirt to celebrate the hunt.


 

Photos by Moody Graham

Paw Paw Hunt Poem6

Our Hunt

A forager looks up at the trunk of a large decaying tree while collecting pawpaw fruit in the woods
Close view of pawpaw leaves and stem, the broad drooping foliage that marks the tree out in the understory
A forager in a green cap grins over a full tub of freshly picked green pawpaw fruit
A hand holds up a clear bag of gathered pawpaw fruit at the end of the hunt
Pawpaw fruit sorted into a row of small bags laid out on the woodland floor
A forager carries a bucket through open woodland, searching the understory for fruiting pawpaw
A dense heap of green pawpaw fruit, the whole harvest from one afternoon
Looking up into the pawpaw canopy with fruit hanging in clusters against the sky
A forager beside the buttressed trunk of an old tree deep in the woods
A member of the team almost hidden in the dense green understory of a pawpaw grove
Several mesh bags of harvested pawpaw fruit resting on the ground, seen from above
The team spread out through leafy woodland on the hunt, framed by a large pawpaw leaf in the foreground
A hand holds a ripe pawpaw opened to show the soft orange flesh inside
Reaching into the canopy with a long pole to bring down fruit from a mature pawpaw
Two ripe pawpaw fruit held in one hand, green skin blushed with yellow
Paw Paw Hunt_thumbnail image2

Our Team

The pawpaw hunt team gathered behind a park bench piled with the day's harvest, a dog alongside
Two people stretch their arms around an enormous tree trunk, fingertips just meeting
A large group in matching green shirts posed together under the trees at the end of the hunt
Front and back of the annual pawpaw hunt t-shirt
Two foragers pause together in the woods, one in a wide brimmed hat
Two foragers beside a tree in open woodland with the fruit they have gathered
The back of a tie dyed shirt printed for the eighth annual pawpaw hunt
The full group in matching shirts photographed together in the woods
The group gathered on the rocks beside a river and small waterfall, dogs along for the walk
The team crossing a footbridge in matching shirts with three dogs in tow
A large group portrait on the woodland path, families and dogs included
A forager in a pawpaw shirt holds up fruit he has just found in sunlit woods
The group lined up in front of the trees at the end of the day
A forager standing among slender trunks looking up into the pawpaw canopy
Eating a pawpaw straight from the tree in the middle of the woods
A line of foragers in green shirts heading off down the woodland trail
Foragers walking single file along a woodland trail beside the water

Our Hunting Grounds

Great Fall Park Map_editted
Paw Paw Hunt_cover image1

Pawpaw trees on the banks of the Potomac

Type

Being

Location

McLean, Virginia

Prev
Holly Beach Farm
Next
Nothing New Garden

Have a project in mind?

609 H Street NE
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 543-1286
info@moodygraham.com

609 H Street NE
Suite 600
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 543-1286
info@moodygraham.com

Moody Graham Landscape Architecture
All rights reserved.
Certified Business Enterprise
District of Columbia

Moody Graham Landscape Architecture
All rights reserved.
Certified Business Enterprise
District of Columbia

Moody Graham Landscape Architecture
All rights reserved.
Certified Business Enterprise
District of Columbia