It’s 2025 Native Plant Sale Time

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.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR.

The state VNPS website lists many native plant sales around the state so you may wish to check them out at

https://vnps.org/events/

Locally, there are three recent vendors of Virginia native plants that have a nice selection of native that you may find convenient.

  • True Value Hardware on Rt. 3 (N. Main Street) in Kilmarnock has begun carrying a variety of natives.  Please support this effort and buy some natives!  This was formerly the Farm and Home hardware store.

    True Value Native Inventory 4-17-25 PDF

  • NNK Native Plant Company a new start up nursery which began last year selling a variety of natives.  You can order online, and they will deliver and further, they hold various sales around Northern Neck including a sale at the Kilmarnock Boys and Girls Club every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm through May 24.  Check out their website for more information and plant availability:

    https://www.nnkplants.com/ 

    and on Facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/people/Northern-Neck-Native-Plant-Co/61560654112403/?_rdr

  • New Leaf Nursery is located on route 200 North, between Kilmarnock and Wicomico Church, 4.8 miles from the center of Kilmarnock. This nursery  had some great native plants last year and donated some gorgeous grasses and other plants for our Fall Plant Sale. Please support them! Member, Jackie Duda, notes that she found: Joe-pye-weed, false indigo, native ferns, false solomon’s seal, and other plants.

    7851 Jessie DuPont Memorial Highway Heathsville, VA

    Facebook:

    1. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063556687828

NEARBY PLANTS SALES

  • May 2 & May 3, 9:00-3:00 pm – Lewis Ginter Spring Plant Sale – some natives – held in parking lot, 1800 Lakeside Ave, Henrico. Website:

    https://www.lewisginter.org/event/spring-plant-sale/

  • May 3,  9:30 – 2:00 -- VNPS John Clayton Chapter (Williamsburg) Well-known annual native plant sale at the Williamsburg Community Center, 401 N. Boundary St., Williamsburg.  Website: 

    https://vnps.org/johnclayton/wp-content/uploads/sites/17/2025/03/flyer.pdf

  • May 3-4 & May 10-11 – 9:00 – 4:30 pm -- Virginia Living Museum’s Annual Native Plant Sale, 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News. They have a member only presale on May 2 from 4-6 pm, you can join then and participate.  Website:

    https://thevlm.org/events/museum-events/calendar/events/native-plant-sale/

  • May 4, 1:00 -5:00 pm – MGACRA Native Plant Sale, Cossey Park, 1601 Kenmore Ave, Fredericksburg.  This is the Master Gardeners Association of the Central Rappahannock Area.  Website: 

    https://www.mgacra.org/

  • May 17, 9:00 - 1:00 pm – Rappahannock Wildlife Refuge Friends, at the pavilion, Cat Point Creek Refuge Unit at 2570 Newland Road, Warsaw. Below are two info sheet buttons – one soliciting plant donations and one describing the sale of native plants – many from the Refuge’s own native plant gardens 

    All sales benefit the Friends group which is a group of volunteers that do a phenomenal job helping the Refuge with such projects as invasive plant removal, maintaining native plants gardens and such. Support them!

    RRVNWR Plant Donations PDF

    RRVNWR Plant Sale PDF

We rely on our members and friends to alert us to any great sales or offerings at our local nurseries. We want to support our NN and regional vendors that sell native plants and thank them for carrying Virginia and Northern Neck Native Plants! 

articleBetsy Washington