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.
Sunday, May 5th
11-4 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
Entomologist to speak about ticks and tick-borne diseases
Details to be announced.
Market Day
Wicomico Parish Church
Saturday, October 6th
8 am - 12 noon
Wicomico Church, VA
Buy plants from the
Northern Neck Native Plant Society
Sept. 14-16, 2018, William & Mary School of Education
On Thursday July 5th at 10 am to Noon, Bette and Roger Gruben invite NNNPS members and friends for a walk in the woods
On Wednesday, May 16th, we will be traveling to Meadowview Biological Research Station south of Fredericksburg to visit a site dedicated to the preservation and restoration of rare wetland plants, habitats and associated ecosystems on the coastal plain of Maryland and Virginia. Meadowview’s particular area of specialization is the endangered habitats of bogs and seepage wetlands that contain pitcher plants. We will have a presentation by Dr. Phil Sheridan, the founder and a director of Meadowview and a driving force for longleaf pine and pitcher plant preservation in Virginia. There will be a minimal amount of walking but bring a camera. There should be opportunity to purchase plants and related items.
We will meet at 10 am at Meadowview which is located at 8390 Fredericksburg Turnpike, Woodford, VA 22580. It is about 80 miles north of Kilmarnock. For more information or car pooling, contact Kevin Howe at 571-232-4592.
The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society (NN VNPS) is offering two FREE walks for members and the public to see orchids and other spring-blooming wildflowers in Chilton Woods, a Virginia State Forest located in Lancaster County.
The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society (NN VNPS) is offering two FREE walks for members and the public to see orchids and other spring-blooming wildflowers in Chilton Woods, a Virginia State Forest located in Lancaster County.
Travel to northwestern Fauquier County to see one of the largest (millions!) Great White Trillium displays in the world! This area is resplendent with many (often rare) wildflowers and trees, including native orchids and a variety of wildlife to observe.
The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society (NNNPS) invites its members and the public to a short meeting followed by a field trip to see native “spring bloomers”.
Contact Kevin Howe for more information.
