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/
Read MoreThe purpose of this scholarship is to recognize an outstanding student graduating from a High School, either public or private in the four Northern Neck Counties: Lancaster, Northumberland, Richmond Co., and Westmoreland. 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 MoreNew Year’s Day is the perfect day, to get outside for a stroll and start the New Year off naturally and focused on our native flora and fauna. A number of years ago the Northern Neck (NN) Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society began a New Year’s Day Walk at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve in Lancaster County.
Read MoreIn watching more detailed weather forecasts this morning I realize that we need to cancel the Plant Sale on Saturday morning. The Tropical Storm threatens too much wind, rain and dangerous storm surge for our members and volunteers to venture out safely on Saturday. (no matter how wonderful and important our native plants are). Please stay safe and careful and VISIT US ON SUNDAY at Dug In for the final day of our sale.
Read MoreOur fall sale has been extended throughout the weekend. We will be at dug in farms on both Saturday and Sunday mornings to help folks purchase the perfect palette of plants for their gardens. Yes, we know we are in for a BIG tropical storm and the weather is supposed to be windy and rainy all day long Saturday, so we have extended our sale to all day Sunday. Please join us to shop on Sunday as well as Saturday while the weather let's us! But above all be safe!
Read MoreMark your calendar for Saturday, September 16, as the first day of the Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society (NNVNPS) Annual Native Plant Sale. The sale will begin at 9 am Saturday morning and continue through Saturday, September 23. Again, this year, the Native Plant Sale will be held at Dug In Farm on Fleets Bay Rd, off Rt. 3 in White Stone.
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