IVY CREEK NATURAL AREA AND THE JEFFERSON CHAPTER , VIRGINIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETYWILDFLOWER WALKIVY CREEK NATURAL AREA1780 Earlysville Rd . Charlottesville , VA 22903Saturday , July 109:00 - 11:30 AM

Ruth Douglas will conduct this wild flower walk , with a focus on the Peninsula Trail . wildflower that are usually in bloom there in mid - summer include : false digitalis , St. John ’s wort , swampland rose - mallow ( a prominent shrub in theHibiscusgenus ) , and pickerelweed ( listed as uncommon in the Inner Piedmont where we are ) . If there is meter , on the way back from the Peninsula Trail we will stop briefly at the Martin ’s Branch delta off the red trail to view plants that grow in that moist area . All participants who are not vaccinate are asked to wear a masque .   In addition , the walk of life will be limited to 20 citizenry , and reservations are required .   Because of paving work , meet at the west conclusion of the parking lot in the island country .

To allow a spot , send an email toJeffersonvnpsfieldtrips@gmail.comwith your name and e-mail savoir-faire .

HEARTFLAME GARDENOPEN TO VISITORS650 Sandy Bottom Rd . Near Elkton , Virginia 22827 ( AdjacenttoShenandoah National Park)Phone : ( 540 ) 298–8684email : inanna@heartflamegarden.com

This three - season , breathtakingly beautiful garden stretch over 2 acres , and is open to the world free people of charge . The garden owners , Inanna and Gabriel Garretson , call for that you call or electronic mail before visiting unless you plan on attending one of theOPENdays where everyone is invite without appointee .   The next unresolved day are 10/10 and 10/17 . Please see thisLINKfor more selective information and to see recent photos of what ’s in bloom . This garden is awing !

VIRGINIA aboriginal PLANT SOCIETYSTATE AND CHAPTER EVENTS

See thisLINKfor a listing of both practical and in - person June events host by dissimilar state and chapters of the VNPS .

BLUE RIDGE PRISM ( PARTNERSHIP FOR INVASIVE REGIONAL SPECIES MANAGEMENT)INVASIVE works WORKSHOPS : IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROLWORKSHOPS VIA ZOOM

See thisLINKfor general information on PRISM , research update , invasive plant life factsheets , and more .

Free Quarterly Event on ZoomJuly 21 – Invasive Warm Season locoweed – REGISTEROctober 21 – to be announced

CHARLOTTESVILLE AREA TREE STEWARDSFREE CLASS VIA ZOOM

“ restore the American Chestnut”Tuesday , July 207:00 - 8:30 necropsy – record

The virtual class is destitute , but enrollment is required . After you register , you will find an email with aZoomlink a few days before the socio-economic class .

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A tree diagram STEWARD VOLUNTEER?REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR THE FALL SESSION

See thisLINKfor more information and to register . COVID permitting , education to become a Tree Steward will proceed with a combination of online and live classes beginning August 3rdandending November 13th .

NDAL – NEW counseling IN THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPEHOME GARDENER VIRTUAL SERIES“BROADENING OUR LANDSCAPE VISION : ECOLOGY , CULTURE , AND ART ”

“ Organic landscape gardening : A Different Way of Thinking”Monday , July 191:00 – 2:30 PMFor more data and toREGISTER .

Organic landscaping mean more than switching from schematic to organic products . It compels a new mindset that recognizes fundamental variety in the ways we think about landscape , and is long delinquent . We will explore the deep origins of “ constituent mentation ” and how it has enabled the twenty-first Century landscape to be born .

“ Native Meadows : Let ’s Get Real”Thursday , August 121:00 – 2:30 PM

For more information and toREGISTER

wild flower meadow were introduced to the American gardening public in the 1960 ’s along with tie-up dye tee shirts and kaleidoscopic dose trips . But just like those 60 ’s Elvis trips , the colors never lasted . instead , by planting site - accommodate native perennials , make out concord to the ecological processes that govern assailable field vegetation in the wild , long - lived vibrant hayfield can be consistently achieved . In this presentation plant choice standard , planting operation , and direction technique will be illustrate through a series of residential pillow slip studies , including some over two 10 onetime .

THE NATURE FOUNDATION AT WINTERGREEN3421 Wintergreen Drive , Roseland , VA 22967

July Guided Hikes

For data on guided hikes , difficulty ratings , and to file , please see thisLINKto the July / August calendar .

aboriginal plant FOR SALE AT THE NATURE FOUNDATION AT WINTERGREEN GREENHOUSE725 Beech Grove Road , Roseland , VA 22967Phone : 434 - 325 - 8169Email : info@twnf.org

The Greenhouse is closed Sunday and Monday ; hours diverge from Tuesday - Saturday . See thisLINKfor more information and to see alisting of aboriginal plants useable for purchase . Plants can also be ordered online and picked up at an arranged time by emailinginfo@twnf.org

MT . CUBA CENTERVIRTUAL CLASSES , JUNE - AUGUST

“ Native Annuals : An Underutilized Resource”Wednesday , July 14 , 7:00 – 8:30 PM

“ Instant Rain Garden”Saturday , August 7 , 10:30 – 12:00 PM

For more information and to record , see thisLINK .

Mt. Cuba Centeris a non - profit botanical garden located in Hockessin , Delaware near Wilmington . Its forest garden bring out some of the most spectacular displays of wildflowers in the mid - Atlantic part . The botanic garden is now open to the populace , see thisLINKfor info . See thisLINKfor information on Mt. Cuba ’s earthly concern - famous run garden and study results .

BROOKSIDE GARDENS , MONTGOMERY PARKS , MDFREE VIRTUAL course of study

“ A New Garden Ethic”Saturday , July 1010:00 – 11:30 AM

In a fourth dimension of mass extinction and climate alteration , how and for whom we garden matters more than ever . Our built landscape reverberate social value-system and value that manoeuver our answer to reviving violence in and outside the urban environment . How can we recognise and develop compassion for other specie ? What character do native industrial plant have in open us to the linear perspective of others ?

Registration required . See thisLINKto see more and to REGISTER .

MONARCH JOINT VENTURETHE 2021 MONARCH CONSERVATION WEBINAR SERIES4th Tuesday of the Month * 2:00 PM EST

The Monarch Joint Venture is partner with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center to put on another year full of instructive and inspiring webinars on all things Danaus plexippus . Webinars will be held live on the 4th Tuesday of the month at 2 post-mortem EST . Each webinar will be record and for later viewing as well . suss out on the session title to register .

Future Webinar Titles :

  • The November and December dates have been moved to avoid conflicting with major holiday . Please note this list is capable to change . TheirEVENTS PAGEwill have the most up to engagement data on the webinar series , as well as a calendar of additional sovereign - pertain upshot , and data on recordings of retiring webinars .

VIRGINIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION ( VCE ) VIDEO LIBRARY

VCE offers a variety ofYouTube videoson topics gear to both father and more innovative gardeners . exercise of topics let in :

Vegetable Grafting for Home GardensPlant Disease Clinic : IDs and DiagnosesWeed Identification : I.D. and DiagnosesBasic Entomology and Insect ID LabSoil Testing Lab : IDs and Diagnoses

For these and many more videos that address specific topics or those of more general involvement , see thisLINK .