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URL:https://vnps.org/shenandoah/events/shenandoah-chapter-fall-native-plan
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SUMMARY:Shenandoah Chapter Fall Native Plant & Seed Swap & Sale
DESCRIPTION:Where? Oakdale Park (Bridgewater\, VA)\, shelter #3\n\nWhat do 
 I need to do if I have plants I want to swap? Pot them up\, and label them
  with the common and botanical names\, if you can. (See below if you need 
 help IDing your plant.) Please only bring plants free from diseases and in
 vasive pests. Please also clearly label cultivars.*\n\nWhat if I don’t h
 ave anything to swap? Can I still come? Yes! You don’t have to bring an
 ything\, or even take any plants home if you don’t want to. The chapter 
 will have plants for sale and there are always extra plants that need a ho
 me!\n\nI won't have any plants but could bring seeds... but I'm not sure h
 ow to harvest them. Can you help? Yes! Check out this webinar by Issac Mat
 lock on seed harvesting and storage.\n\nWhat makes something a “native
 ” plant? Native plants are trees\, shrubs\, flowers\, and grasses that 
 grew in Virginia before Europeans arrived. They are adapted to local soil 
 and climate\, so they’re easy to grow and maintain\, requiring little wa
 ter after they are established\, and no fertilizer.\n\nNative plants provi
 de a host for larva\, pollen\, nectar\, seeds\, and habitat for insects\, 
 birds and other wildlife. They support the full life cycle of many insects
 --for example\, Monarch butterflies may flock to a butterfly bush (a non-n
 ative\, invasive shrub) for its pollen\, but Monarch caterpillars only rec
 ognize milkweed as food. Eighty percent of a hummingbird’s diet is insec
 ts and spiders. Chickadees will only eat caterpillars when breeding\, so n
 eed extensive host plants around them to raise their young. It’s all con
 nected.\n\nMy grandmother planted this beautiful groundcover I have--it’
 s native\, right? It might be--or it might not. Many plants that are non-
 native have been in the U.S. much longer than we realize: Japanese honeysu
 ckle was first planted this side of the Atlantic in 1806. English ivy was 
 introduced in the early 1700s. Even apple trees aren’t native to the U.S
 .\; they first arrived with French Jesuits in the 16th century.\n\nNeed so
 me help IDing your plant? If you have an Android smartphone\, Google Lens
  can identify plants. On your iPhone\, take a picture and tap the info but
 ton at the bottom of the screen\, then look for the leaf icon. Seek is ano
 ther free plant ID app. On Facebook\, the Virginia Native Plant Society G
 roup helps with general plant IDs and determining native status.\n\n*The 
 Virginia Native Plant Society encourages wild-type\, straight species plan
 ts wherever possible. Read their statement and find more resources on cult
 ivars and the ecological benefits of cultivars vs. straight species here.
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Shenandoah,Plant Sales
LOCATION:Oakdale Park\, 134 Mt. Crawford Ave\, Bridgewater\, Virginia\, 228
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