Think Spring!

This year’s theme is Native Plants for Butterflies and other Pollinators. Our native insects need your help. Please put Saturday, April 20 on your calendar and make some room in your garden for plants that support them.   Doors will open at 9:45 am. Thank you!!

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New Quarter Park Plant Walk – Annual Meeting Oct 7 2018

Doug DeBerry’s walk in New Quarter Park for the Annual Meeting was an outstanding learning experience, great fun, and very productive. For several hours we were asked to look closely and try to identify most every fern, forb, grass, shrub, or tree we saw in an effort to create a list of species –ours totaled…

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Native Plants in Downtown Williamsburg Annual Meeting Oct 6 2018

Click photo to enlarge A few photos from the “Native Plants in Downtown Williamsburg” walk which was part of the line-up of field trips and walks for the 2018 Annual Meeting & Conference It was led by Phillip Merritt, landscape architect and past-president of the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society Pictured…

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Fall Fruits and Nuts

Persimmon: Diospyrous virginiana Mockernut Hickory: Carya tomentosa Pignut Hickory: Carya glabra Strawberry Bush: Euonymus americana

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2018 Nature Camp Scholarships!

Five local organizations are now accepting applications for scholarships for the Summer 2018 sessions of Nature Camp at Vesuvius, Virginia, in the George Washington National Forest. Applicants need only submit one application to be considered by these five organizations. Nature Camp is a two-week, co-educational, academic camp that emphasizes education in natural history and environmental…

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Nature Camp Scholarships from the John Clayton Chapter

The John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is now considering candidates for scholarships for the Summer 2016 sessions of Nature Camp at Vesuvius, Virginia in the George Washington National Forest. Nature Camp is a coeducational, academic camp that emphasizes education in natural history and environmental studies. It is intended for those seeking a…

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Gary Fleming to speak at the November Meeting of the John Clayton Chapter

From the Atlantic coast to the spruce-fir forests at more than 5,700 feet elevation on Mount Rogers, the landscape of Virginia encompasses an extraordinary range of landforms, topography, and biological habitats. In this presentation, “The Ecological Regions and Natural Communities of Virginia”, Gary P. Fleming will explore the large-scale environmental and biotic gradients that influence…

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