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| Members - if you would like to be added to our email list to receive reminders of fieldtrips and meetings, please email Louise Menges and let her know. |
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Losing Paradise? Endangered Plants Here and
Around the World is a project of The American Society of Botanical
Artists. At the convergence of art, science, conservation, and
education, the exhibit includes 44 works of botanical art portraying endangered
plants in a variety of media.
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Donna Ware, Jerre Johnson and Ralph Will will do a joint presentation about the planning and installing of the calcareous ravine display at the Williamsburg Botanical Garden in Freedom Park, James City County. Join us as the speakers explain why populations of mountain plants like wild coffee, alternate leaf dogwood and American bellflower are established in habitats of the coastal plain.
Please see Meetings for details.
Location: Yorktown Public Library on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
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Ralph Will and Donna Ware tell about the calcareous ravine at Freedom Park in James City County. Photo by Helen Hamilton
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Join VNPS President Sally Anderson for a leisurely walk through the 30 acre meadow at the State Arboretum of Virginia near Boyce. Bring friends and family and a picnic. The walk will follow the picnic. FREE.
To RSVP and for more
details, please contact Sally at
rccsca@comcast.net.
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Doug Tallamy, chair of the department of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware, will present his talk: "Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens." This talk is for everyone - including suburban and urban residents, educators, planners, volunteers, Master Gardeners, and Master Naturalists. Two times to choose from. Free but must RSVP.
Here is the foreword from Doug's book (foreword by Rick Darke):
"As development and subsequent
habitat destruction accelerate, there are
and his website is
http://bringingnaturehome.net/
This talk is free of charge, but
reservations are required. * November 1st, 7:00 - 8:30 PM
Location: Meadowdale Library (Chesterfield County Public Library System), 4301 Meadowdale Blvd., Richmond, VA 23234
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John Clayton Chapter of the VNPS, P.O. Box 1128, Williamsburg, VA 23187, www.claytonvnps.org