News & Updates
- Wildflower Walks at Ivy Creek
The third Saturday of every month, meet at the parking lot kiosk at 9AM. Check Upcoming Events for more information. - Fire Ecology in the Southeastern US
Marie Norwood, a PhD Student in Dr. Carla Staver's lab in the Princeton Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, shared ways that fire shapes, and is shaped by, vegetation, climate, and land management. - Methods for Ecological Restoration at Home
Piedmont Discovery Center team shares hands-on ecological restoration methodologies. - Corpse Botany
Virginia Working Landscapes’ Botany Technician, Natalie Izlar, helps us identify dormant plants. - The Basics of Nature Journaling
Carolyn Duckworth shares the basics of nature journaling for both personal enjoyment and programming and education opportunities. - Calculating the Impact of Leaving Leaves
Interesting article on the current science regarding leaving fallen leaves on your lawn and garden. -
Check out this great new resource from Virginia Working Landscapes.
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- Update your calendar for upcoming local meetings, presentations, lectures, and other events described in the Jefferson Chapter Events Calendar.
- And keep up with Jefferson chapter activities and discussion on our Facebook Page!
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Jefferson Chapter Potting Party
Join us at Full Tilt Farm on Sunday, March 30 at 1PM to pot plants for our annual plant sale! We’ll be potting up member-provided divisions of such sale favorites Celandine Poppy, Green and Gold, Robin’s Plantain, Golden Ragwort, Wild Petunia, and White Wood Aster. Welcomed are other member-donated species…
Leading plant walks at Ivy Creek Natural Area
For the past 20 years or more the VNPS Jefferson Chapter, has co-sponsored plant walks at Ivy Creek Natural Area and Historic River View Farm. It is time to build our schedule for this season and we welcome new walk leaders! Walks are typically the third Saturday each month, March…
The Declaration, Fall 2024
The Declaration, Fall 2024
Requested Recipe: Sugared Cranberries
At our November 11, 2015 Chapter Meeting Betty Truax served Sugared Cranberries and several people asked how to make them. They are easy to make! Put them in a jar with a pretty ribbon and bring as an unusual and tasty hostess gift. — Enjoy! 2 1/2 cups sugar plus extra…
- Common Blue Violet, Viola sororia/communis
- Plantain-leaved Pussytoes, Antennaria plantaginifolia
- Hepatica Heralds Spring
- American Hazelnut, Corylus americana
- Wildflower of the Year 2026: Ghost Pipes (Monotropa uniflora)
- Ebony Spleenwort, Asplenium platyneuron
- Flat-branched Tree-clubmoss, Dendrolycopododium obscurum
- American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana