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Spring Ephemerals VNPS Members Walk
Apr
10
1:00 PM13:00
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Spring Ephemerals VNPS Members Walk

Spring is finally here and next week should be a great time to visit our early floral friends at Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve in Lancaster.  Next week’s weather forecast is sunny to mostly sunny with some rains forecasted but Thursday the 10th looks just perfect for spring botanical walk. We will meet in the Hickory Hollow parking lot at 1 pm.

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Apr
8
10:00 AM10:00
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First Potting Party of the season

Our first Potting Party is this Tuesday, April 8th at 10:00 am the Gruben’s “Bird House” .

Please bring a trowel, garden gloves or any tools you prefer. We will supply pots and potting soil. We will have 60 bareroot plants to pot up.

 Volunteers also needed beforehand (April 8) at 8:45 – 9:45to come divide some Wild Strawberries at Betsy’s house.

Please come help divide some Wild Strawberry plants from my garden to take to the Grubens to pot up for the Strawberry Festival in May. Bring a trowel and gloves.

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Apr
30
1:00 PM13:00
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** CANCELLED due to wet conditions ** Spring Walk on Hickory Hollow Natural Area Preserve to Visit Cabin Swamp

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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.

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NNVNPS Hickory Hollow New Year’s Day Walk
Jan
1
1:00 PM13:00
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NNVNPS Hickory Hollow New Year’s Day Walk

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.  

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Sep
18
to Oct 10
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NNNPS Plant Sale at Dug-in Farms

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.

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May
25
12:00 AM00:00
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Citizen Science Butterfly Census Count

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.

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May
18
7:00 PM19:00
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Virtual Butterfly Identification Workshop

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.

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Sep
19
to Oct 10
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NNNPS at Dug In Farms

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.

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Nov
9
10:00 AM10:00
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Clean up at Hickory Hollow Virginia Natural Area Preserve

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.

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May
16
10:00 AM10:00
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Field trip to Meadowview Biological Station, Fredericksburg VA

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. 

 

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