Field Trip to The Nature Conservancy’s Voorhees Preserve November 1 from Noon – 3:00. The Voorhees Preserve contains 720 scenic acres along the Rappahannock River in Westmoreland County and is part of a network of stunning conservation lands along the River. With over 4 miles of hiking trails, it is truly a treasure.
Bonita has scheduled the final work day for the OCHG on Oct. 24 from 10-12.
Bonita has scheduled a work day on Sept. 25 from 10-12.
We will be weeding and tidying up the garden. Bring your own hand tools, gloves and water.
On Sunday, Sept. 7th, the annual Fall Native Plant Sale at Good Luck Cellars on Good Luck Road in Kilmarnock will run from 1pm until 3 pm. Knowledgeable native plant Society members and landscape designers will be on site to answer all of your native plant questions – right plant, right place.
We had more plants than ever this year so you don’t want to miss this opportunity to buy hard to find and even a few state-rare plants, carefully nurtured and grown by our members.
Fall is a wonderful time to spruce up your garden or property with some native plants. If you wish to color your life with birds and butterflies, native plants are a must The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society will be holding their annual Fall Native Plant Sale at Good Luck Cellars on Good Luck Road in Kilmarnock. Cruise the natives then enjoy some wine, live music on the porch or food each day.
Members Only Sale!
NNVNPS is holding a Members-only Presale on Friday, Sept. 5th from 2:30 – 4:30. If you are not a member but would like to attend and have first choice, you can join on our website or simply come to the Membership Tent on Friday and become a member.
May 31 – 9 am to Noon
Cat Point is a wonderful example of a Tidal Freshwater Marsh, protected by the refuge and the Rappahannock Indian Tribe. This field trip follows the April 17th NN VNPS program presented by biologist Maeve Coker on freshwater tidal marshes Join us to see the spectacular flora and fauna of a Freshwater Tidal Marsh and how critical this habitat is for all.
Meet: Cat Point Creek Refuge, 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw – enter refuge and meet at first building you encounter – the Lodge.
Come join the fun - we need your help!!!
Please come help pot up a large order of gorgeous native plugs arriving from Mid-Atlantic Nurseries late next week. We have some really fabulous species – Milkweeds galore, Cinnamon ferns, compact Coastal Joe-pye-weed, Cardinal Flowers, Great Blue Lobelia, Sweet Goldenrod and more! We have several hundred plugs arriving, so many hands make quick and fun work!
Please bring a trowel, garden gloves or any tools you prefer. We will supply pots and potting soil. We will have 60 bareroot plants to pot up.
Look forward to seeing you on May 20 at 1 pm!
See member’s email for address of Gruben’s Birdhouse.
May 15 – 1:00 to 3:00 Hickory Hollow Field Trip – Lancaster - Open to all
A walk at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve is a wonder anytime but when the Kentucky Lady’s Slipper orchid is in bloom it is a very special sight. We believe this should be in bloom along with False Hellebore, Redring (or White) Milkweed, Large Twayblade orchid, Summer Bluet, Partridgeberry, and more!
Meet: Hickory Hollow Parking Lot, Regina Road off Rt. 3 in Lancaster
Pop Up Garden Clean Up Shiloh School Native Plant Garden
Corner of Shiloh School Rd. and Balls Neck Rd., Kilmarnock, VA
9:30am-11:30am
This Friday April 25
Spring is finally here and next week should be a great time to visit our early floral friends at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve in Lancaster. Next week’s weather forecast is sunny to mostly sunny with some rains forecasted but Thursday the 10th looks just perfect for spring botanical walk. We will meet in the Hickory Hollow parking lot at 1 pm.
Our first Potting Party is this Tuesday, April 8th at 10:00 am the Gruben’s “Bird House” .
Please bring a trowel, garden gloves or any tools you prefer. We will supply pots and potting soil. We will have 60 bareroot plants to pot up.
Volunteers also needed beforehand (April 8) at 8:45 – 9:45to come divide some Wild Strawberries at Betsy’s house.
Please come help divide some Wild Strawberry plants from my garden to take to the Grubens to pot up for the Strawberry Festival in May. Bring a trowel and gloves.
Our September Meeting will be at The Tides Inn on Sept. 19th featuring a new, hands-on Shoreline Program led by Horticulturist, Matt Little and Ecologist, Will Smith.
This is the Northumberland-Lancaster Spring 2024 Butterfly Count. This is the fifth year for the spring count for the NNK.
Please join the Northern Neck Chapter of the VNPS for an informal field trip to Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve in lieu of our May Meeting on May 16th at 1:00pm. We will meet in the parking lot on Regina Rd, Lancaster; parking is limited so carpooling is recommended.
Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society invites Members and their friends to a Spring Walk at Hickory Hollow, Sunday, May 7, 2023 at 1 pm, to learn about Hickory Hollow and its many rare and wonderful plants and spring wildflowers.
Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society invites Members and their friends to a Spring Walk at Hickory Hollow, Sunday, April 30, 2023 at 1 pm, to learn about Hickory Hollow and its many rare and wonderful plants and spring wildflowers.
On April 6 from 9:00 am to noon a joint VNPS and NN Master Naturalist project have a garden work day.
On March 28 from 9:00 am to noon a joint VNPS and NN Master Naturalist project have a garden work day.
New Year’s Day is the perfect day to get outside and start the New Year off naturally and focused on plants. A number of years ago our Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society started a New Year’s Day Walk at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve but the scourge of Covid forced that to be canceled for the past few years. But alas, the Walk has been reinstated this new year for Sunday, Jan. 1 at 1 pm with the co-sponsorship of the NN Audubon. The temperature is predicted to be in the fifties.
Old Court House Garden Cleanup. March 29, 10am, Old Court House Garden, Heathsville. Watch for more details from Bonita Russell.
Be sure to visit the NNNPS Fall Native Plant Sale, being held this year at Dug In Farms off of Fleets Bay Rd every day from Sept 18 – Oct 10 to find beautiful Northern Neck native plants to grace your gardens. Native Plant Society experts will be on hand Saturday morning during the sale from 9:00-12:00 to help you pick the perfect plants for your garden.
A special emphasis on the NNNPS Plant Sale are Shoreline Plants. Dug In Farm will be having a variety of Shoreline Native Plants for sale and is now accepting orders for them. Please see Carolyn at Dug In for more information.
The actual in-the-field butterfly count will take place on May 25th and follows the North American Butterfly Association’s count protocol as well as COVID-19 protocols. This citizen science data project began in 1993 and collects data from over 450 sites. It is similar to the oldest continuing citizen science project in the US (119 years), the National Audubon Society’s Christmas Bird Count. Details on this butterfly count will be provided at the workshop as well as in local papers next week.
The workshop will help in the identification of our local spring butterflies that may be seen during the actual count the following week. Further, life cycle and host plant information will be presented for the butterflies. The goal is to help all attendees improve their skills at identification and understanding of our local butterflies and their native host plants.
Be sure to visit the NNNPS Fall Native Plant Sale, being held this year at Dug In Farms off of Fleets Bay Rd every day from Sept 19 – Oct 10 to find beautiful Northern Neck native plants to grace your gardens. Native Plant Society experts will be on hand Saturday morning during the sale from 9:00-12:00 to help you pick the perfect plants for your garden.
Free and open to the Public - the Northern Neck Chapters of the Virginia Native Plant Society (NNNPS) and the Master Naturalists (NNMN) will lead a field trip in Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve on January 1, 2019 meeting at 2:00 in the parking lot.
The Northern Neck Chapters of the Virginia Native Plant Society and Audubon Society are holding a joint clean up at Hickory Hollow Virginia Natural Area Preserve on Saturday, November 9th from 10 am to noon with a one hour nature walk afterward – open leadership. This is open to the public.
NNNPS will visit the Norfolk Botanical Garden (NBG), Virginia’s largest, during peak spring bloom, on Thursday, May 16th.
