Are you a Northern Neck senior passionate about native plants, conservation, or sustainability?
The Northern Neck Native Plant Society (NNVNPS.org) wants to support your education!
Who can apply: Graduating seniors residing in the NNK of VA, attending Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond, or Westmoreland County public or private schools.
Read MoreThere are several native plant sales around the region and the state, and we want to spread the word. Our Northern Neck Chapter of VNPS annual plant sale will be held on Sept. 12 and 13. Join and come shop on the popular Member-only Sale, Friday Sept 11 from 2:00 – 4:00 at Good Luck Cellars in Kilmarnock. All funds support our mission to educate the public on the value of native plants and conserving them in nature. SAVE THE DATES!
Read MoreA huge thank you to all our 40 or so volunteers and our many members and the public who came to shop and support our Annual Fall Plant Sale. This is our primary fundraiser to raise funds to support our many educational programs, field trips, free Guide to the Native Plants of Northern Neck and other brochures, our Demonstration Gardens, Scholarships and book donations for Libraries to name a few of our most popular programs.
Read MoreDear NN Native Plant Members,
Today is the day!!! Members only Pre-Sale is at 2:30 – 4:30 at Good Luck Cellars. We have an absolutely spectacular lineup of plants and all the volunteers works so hard to set up the Sale are drooling over 2000+ the gorgeous plants we have ready for your shopping pleasure.
Read MoreNo early sales
Plants will sell out fast. There may not even be many left on Sunday
This list will not be updated during the sale
Updated 9/3/2025
Please make a copy of this list and bring it to the sale to buy your dream plants
There are several native plant sales around the region and the state, and we want to spread the word. Our Northern Neck Chapter of VNPS annual plant sale will be held on Sept. 5, 6 and 7. Friday, Sept 5 is a member only sale. It will be held again this year at Good Luck Cellars in Kilmarnock. All funds support our mission to educate the public on the value of native plants and conserving them in nature.
Read MorePlease find the scholarship criteria for a graduating senior sponsored by for the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Contact Ted Munn (contact info below) if you have any questions; email preferred.
The purpose of this scholarship is to recognize an outstanding student graduating from a High School, either public or private in the Northern Neck. The graduating senior must exhibit a desire to continue studies in a recognized College, University or Community College with a focus on the environment, conservation, botany or any discipline that is geared toward bettering our Commonwealth with an emphasis on flora of the Northern Neck.
Read MoreThe NN VNPS Meeting on Feb. 20, 2025, was presented by Johnny Townsend, the Senior Botanist for Virginia’s Division of Natural Heritage. His program was on the Latest and Greatest Botanical Finds in Virginia. Fabulous program about many recently discovered strange and rare native (and a few non-native) plants in the Commonwealth.
Read MoreIn celebration of our successful annual Hickory Hollow Skunk Cabbage walk on January 1, 2025, NNVNPS is reposting this Plant of the Month from December 2020.
Skunk Cabbage Flower with spadix, Jan 1, 2025. Photo by Kyle Langford
Read MoreOur Purpose: To encourage the conservation of Virginia’s native plants. To educate the public about native plants and to encourage their preservation and cultivation.
Read MoreWe enjoyed a wonderful venue, perfect weather and sold more plants and earned more than ever before over the three-day sale! Our Total Gross proceeds for the Sale totaled a stunning $11,223.07. We sold around 1400 beautiful native plants and nearly sold out by the end of Saturday.
Read MoreWe want to thank all of our loyal members, new members and the general public who crowded into our Native Plant Sale. You far exceeded our expectations today with enthusiasm and zeal for native plants. Although we started with nearly 1400 plants (more than ever) we have nearly sold out. We do have a very few plants left. We will be at Good Luck tomorrow at 1pm to sell the few remaining plants and handout Guides and literature.
Read MoreNot a member? Do we have a deal for you? Come join our Chapter on Friday or any time this weekend and take home a free American Beautyberry shrub for your own garden until they run out!
Read MorePlant an Oak for Earth Day... “Oaks are the quintessential wildlife plants: no other genus supports as many species of Lepidoptera thus providing more types of bird food, than the mighty oak... The value of oaks for supporting both vertebrate and invertebrate wildlife cannot be overstated.”
Doug Tallamy, Bringing Nature Home -How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens.”
What can you do to promote Biodiversity on your own property? …
From the April 2024 Newsletter
Read MoreThe 2024 VNPS Plant of the Year is the beautiful White Turtlehead, Chelone glabra. This fall blooming wildflower graces wet areas around the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula. Read more about this beautiful plant at Wildflower of the Year 2024 White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra) -Virginia Native Plant Society (vnps.org).
You can order the new VNPS 2024 White Turtlehead Tee shirts at: https://www.bonfire.com/store/vnps/
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