Chapters in Virginia

We are adding a Mosquito Bucket of Doom workshop and demonstration.   We plan to have kits available for purchse.  Details to follow soon.

Bring your extra seedlings, houseplant propagations, and garden volunteers to share! No plants listed on the DCR Invasive species list will be allowed. 

We'll plan to set up at 1:30, and swap plants starting at 2pm. 

Learn propagation techniques from Ian Caton, owner of Wood Thrush Native Nursery and a local legend in the native plant world, located just down Hwy 221 in Floyd, VA. If you're not sure where you've heard of Ian before, check your Plant Virginia Natives SWVA guide - he has contributed to the first iteration of the guide and some of the great photos of native plants come from his observations.

Ian will be sharing what he knows about propagating native plants using cuttings, and we can't wait to learn how to multiply our native garden favorites for future seasons.

Read a little about Ian here, or check out Wood Thrush Natives' website.

https://www.lwladesign.com/people/ian-caton/

https://woodthrushnatives.com/

Yellow House Natives is a new native plant nursery in Berryville, VA.  They have graciously offered to host us for a tour and answer questions. (and maybe do some plant shopping! :-D) We'd love to carpool or meet you there! Please RSVP by letting us know on the FB event or email us at [email protected] 

Free, open to the public, and geared to "do it yourself" gardeners. 

In this interactive online presentation, Wild Ones Greater Richmond Virginia Chapter Director Janit Llewellyn and Chapter President Sharon Lamberton will host designer Pete Corbino of District Native Plants, who created the Wild Ones Native Garden Design for Richmond, Virginia. 

Together we'll walk through key elements of Pete's design, introduce design concepts, and conduct some brief exercises with downloadable tools available through the Plant Virginia Natives initiative that you can use to better understand your planting site, consider your design priorities, and find the "sweet spots" where the sample design can best contribute to your own planting goals.  

Wild Ones sample garden designs--including the design for Richmond--are available for download from Wild Ones at https://nativegardendesigns.wildones.org/.

Links to the downloadable resources will be provided to registered participants ahead of the meeting so you can have them handy during the presentation.  The presentation will be recorded and posted later to the chapter's YouTube channel. 

Our chapter's book club is open to both chapter members and non-members, and you are welcome to join at any time. We meet quarterly to discuss an inspiring or informative book that relates to gardening with native plants. During the meeting we participate in a guided discussion led by a volunteer member of the club. The tone is friendly and informal, and at the end of each meeting the participants suggest titles and take a quick poll to select the next book.  

This quarter's  selection is The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass).

If you enjoy reading and talking about books, consider joining our Book Club! Simply write to the chapter at [email protected].  We will be glad to add you to our list of Book Club participants and send you the link to our next Book Club meeting!