SHR Annual Picnic

Chapter's Annual Picnic and Garden Tour
Saturday, June 6, 12 noon - 3 p.m.
Hermitage Foundation
7637 North Shore Road

Chapter will provide main dish, drinks and utensils.
Members are asked to bring a side dish, salad or dessert to share.
Please RSVP by June 1st to Gail at 410-4066.

Our next chapter meeting will be Thursday, September 24.
Topic: The Hunt for Champion Trees of Virginia.
Look for details in August/September.

Chapter Meeting

South Hampton Roads Chapter Meeting

Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Road

Speaker: John Stewart with the Lafayette Wetlands Partnership

Presentation: Neighborhood Wetlands Stewardship: Case Study on
Colley Avenue

Meetings are free and open to the public.
For additional information call 482-9120.

Look for details on SHR Chapter picnic at the Hermitage in June.

SHR Chapter Plant Sale

Plant Sale
Saturday, May 9
10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Norfolk Botanical Garden
in conjunction with
Prevention Magazine's Health Style Festival
6700 Azalea Garden Road Norfolk, VA
Regular NBG admission rates apply

Shop for Native Plants of the Coastal Plains
For information on plant availability, please call 858-5443.

Look for details on our next Chapter Meeting: Thursday, May 28

May 2nd Invasive Plant Removal Day

Invasive Plant Removal

Saturday, May 2, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Chesapeake Arboretum
624 Oak Grove Road
Chesapeake, VA 23320

What to Wear: Closed toe shoes, long pants, long-sleeved shirts, gloves and eye protection.
What to Bring: Loppers, pruners, shovels, bug spray and water.

We will be working on two trails opposite the farmhouse headquarters and the stewartia grove.

Targets will be English ivy and ligustrum. Be aware that we will be working around poison ivy.

We will be working with volunteers from Chesapeake Master Gardeners, Tidewater Master Naturalists, the Arboretum and Norfolk Southern Corp.

For additional information call 482-9120.

Look for details on our Plant Sale at Norfolk Botanical Garden, Saturday, May 9.

CHAPTER MEETING

South Hampton Roads Chapter Meeting
Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden

Speaker:
Dr. Jeff Kirwan, Virginia Tech Department of Forestry Professor, Extension Specialist and co-author of book, Remarkable Trees of Virginia.

Presentation: Remarkable Trees of Virginia
Learn about the amazing work that went into creating this book that showcases some of Virginia's finest trees.

Dr. Kirwan hopes to have second printing copies of this book available for sale at less than retail
cost.

For information please call 482-9120.
Meetings are free and open to the public.

Look for details on our next plant sale scheduled for Saturday, May 9.

SHR Chapter Plant Sale

Saturday, April 4, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Francis Land House
in conjunction with
Gathering of the Guilds
3131 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23452

Shop for Native Plants of the Coastal Plains.
For further information on plant availability,
please call 757-858-5443.

Look for updates on our next plant sale Saturday, May 9, 2009.

Chapter Meeting

South Hampton Roads Chapter Meeting
Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden

This meeting is for plant sale volunteers. Our annual native plant sales are scheduled for Saturday, April 4 and Saturday, May 9. If unable to attend, please call Nicole Knudson at 858-5443 for volunteer information. Please offer your support for our annual fundraiser.
Next month: Speaker/Presentation, Dr. Jeff Kirwan/Remarkable Trees of Virginia.
For information call 482-9120.