{"id":709,"date":"2020-08-10T13:06:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T17:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/blueridgewildflowersociety\/?page_id=709"},"modified":"2025-09-24T17:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T21:13:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/blueridgewildflowersociety\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h3>News &amp; Updates<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" role=\"img\" draggable=\"false\" data-src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/15.0.3\/svg\/1f33b.svg\" alt=\"\ud83c\udf3b\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/> Seasons are changing! Read the <a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/blueridgewildflowersociety\/download\/22019\/?tmstv=1758748244\">BRWS Newsletter<\/a> for Summer\/Fall 2025. 24 September 2025<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 View all the photos from our Smart View Walks <\/strong>on April 21 &amp; 22 by Bob Pohlad <a href=\"https:\/\/bob-and-carolyn.smugmug.com\/2024-Smart-View-Wildflower-Hike-with-Blue-Ridge-Wildflower\">on his SmugMug gallery<\/a><strong>. <\/strong>22 April 2024<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 View newly published wildflower photos by Richard Crites\u00a0<\/strong>on the <a href=\"https:\/\/photos.vnps.org\/VNPS-Public-Use-Photos\/Chapters\/Blue-Ridge-Wildflower-Society\">BRWS Smugmug gallery<\/a>. Rich was a great teacher, friend, club leader, and person. Everyone who knew Rich must miss him, his enthusiasm, his knowledge and his sense of humor. 18 October 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/bob-and-carolyn.smugmug.com\/2023-Blue-Ridge-Wildflower-Society-Presentation-Apr-24\/2023-Blue-Ridge-Wildflower-Society-Presentation-BPohlad\/\">View Dr. Bob Pohlad&#8217;s slides<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from his April 24 presentation &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/blueridgewildflowersociety\/events\/blue-ridge-wildflower-society-meeting-2023-04-24\/\">Spring Wildflowers of the Appalachians<\/a>.&#8221; 30 April 2023<\/p>\n\t<iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/page.php?href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\/VirginiaNativePlantSociety\/&#038;tabs=timeline&#038;width=560&#038;height=350&#038;small_header=true&#038;adapt_container_width=false&#038;hide_cover=false&#038;show_facepile=false&#038;appId\" width=\"560\" height=\"350\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" 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