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2007 Past
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Thursday, January 18, 2007:
Chapter Meeting:
Guest speaker
Dr. Stewart Ware, Biology Professor at William and Mary,
will lead a workshop on Tree Leaf Shape.
(See
Meetings (January 18, 2007) for details.)
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Thursday, February 8 at 10:00 am:
Seeds of Success Workshop (See
Conservation for details.
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Saturday, February 17 at 1:30 pm:
Nude Tree Walk: Back by
popular demand! Dendrologist Dr. Stewart Ware will lead
us through the
mysteries of bark and twigs as he helps us identify bare trees.
The walk will take place in the Williamsburg area of
James City County. (Rain date: February 24) Call the Wares
to register and get directions. (757)565-0657.
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Dr. Stewart Ware leading
Nude Tree Walk at the Wellspring United Methodist Church, February
4, 2006
 
Dr. Stewart Ware leading Nude Tree Walk, 2007
Looking
at terminal buds and leaf scars...
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Saturday,
March 3, 9:30 am - 3:30 pm:
VNPS Annual Workshop:
“Discovering Virginia:
1607-2007 - Bushwhackers, Botanists and Pioneers”:
This seminar celebrates 400 years of Virginia’s
botanical and cultural history. Speakers will focus on great
botanists of Virginia’s past and the making of a new Manual of
Virginia Flora based on the work of more recent botanists.
Participants will also learn about the settlement of the
Shenandoah Valley, one of the most significant frontier areas in
America. Our own Donna Ware will be
among those speaking. Open to the public, fee $35.
Register by calling (540) 837-1600 or visiting
www.vnps.org.
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Thursday, March 15, 2007:
Chapter Meeting:
Guest speaker Lisa L.
Heuvel of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation will present
a program on “Exploring the Powhatan Indian Landscape:
1607-2007.” The presentation will discuss
seventeenth-century Powhatan Indian plant uses from both
colonial and modern perspectives. (See
Meetings for details.)
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Monday, March 26,
10:00 am - noon:
Potting Party,
at Ada Lou Turner's. Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of three pot parties!
Williamsburg, VA. Call Ada Lou at (757) 220-0929
for directions.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2:00 pm:
Herbarium Tour, College of William and
Mary. JCC Members ONLY. Limited space, so register early!
Call Donna Ware at (757) 565-0657 to register and get
directions.
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Thursday, March 29, 1:00 - 3:00 pm:
Potting Party,
at Sylvia and Syd Sterling's. Bring plants to
pot or come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of three pot parties! Gloucester,
VA. Call the Sterling's at (804) 693-2953 for
directions.
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Saturday,
March 31, 10:00am - noon:
Potting Party,
at Charlotte and Denis Boudreau's. Bring plants
to pot or come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of three pot parties! Newport
News, VA. Call the Boudreau's at (757) 596-2524
for directions.
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Saturday, April 14, 10:00 am:
Native Plant Walk
at office site of colonial botanist John Clayton in Gloucester
County.
The walk will be led by Sandy Pait and will include woods,
cypress swamp and planted gardens. Helesia, orchids, ferns,
native azaleas and whatever is blooming are among the
anticipated plants to see. This is an easy walk if you exclude
the swampy area, which are of medium difficulty. The event is
free and open to the public. Bring water and lunch. Please register by calling Sandy
at (804)725-1721 or e-mail her at
spait@inna.net.
(In case of event cancellation we need to be able to
contact you). (Rain
date: April 15 at 2pm)
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- Sunday, April 15, 1:15 pm:
Survey and Native Plant Walk
at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Gloucester
County. Mary Hyde Berg will lead a walk in the current cemetery and old
cemetery of 140 years, located at 2978 Hickory Fork Rd. (just
north of the intersection at Ark Rd.). This is an easy walk.
The event is free and open to the public. (If raining,
walk will be cancelled.) Please register by calling
Mary
at (804)693-3568 before 8:30 pm.
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Annual Plant Sale:
Plants Galore |
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Sunday, April 29, 12:00-4:00pm:
Plant
Sale: John Clayton
Chapter and the James City County/Williamsburg Master Gardeners
will sell native and ornamental plants including flowers, ferns,
vegetables, herbs, shrubs, small trees, and house plants.
Seeds, gardening supplies and blue bird houses will also be
sold. The sale will be held at the
Williamsburg Community Building, 401 N.
Boundary St. (across from the Williamsburg Regional Library).
The parking garage next to the Community Bldg. offers free
parking. John Clayton members and Master Gardeners set up
at 9am-12noon.
Click here for Flyer 2007.
Click here for
Potting Party Dates
Click here for
Directions to Plants Galore
Members, we need your help!
Call and sign up for a potting party date and/or to volunteer the
day of the plant sale.
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Preparing for Plant Sale 2006
Please note that we will NOT be at
the Virginia Living Museum's Spring Wildflower Sale this year.
For more information or to sign up to help, call Patti
Gray at (757)645-4164.
Thanks to members who
helped at the potting parties and who dug, grew, and potted on their
own!
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- Thursday, May 3, 9:30-12:30 pm:
Native Plant Walk
to Greenhaven, a John Clayton
Chapter Registry Site near Norge in James City County.
This trip will involve traversing slopes and possibly getting
wet/muddy feet. We will see many spring wildflowers, including
two that are rare in the coastal plain of Virginia —American dog
violet and dwarf ginseng. The terrain is somewhat
challenging. Bring water. Free and open to the public.
Call (757) 565-0657 to register.
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Tuesday, May 15, (9:30 and 1:00 pm
trips):
Native
Plant Walk to Freedom Park
in Williamsburg (at “T” intersection of Longhill Road
with 5535 Centerville Road). Meet at picnic table adjacent to
parking area at end of mile-long entry road. Free and open
to the public. Call (757) 565-0657 to register.
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graded trails to see lily-leaved twayblade orchid, green adder’s
mouth orchid, and other spring blooming wildflowers and shrubs
plus numerous species of ferns. Call (757) 565-0657 to register.
Trip#2. 1:00 to 4:00 pm. A Ravine Ramble
(uneven terrain and wet feet). The walk begins in a piney
bayhead where sweet bay and cinnamon fern thrive and continues
downstream alongside thickets of mountain laurel. Further
downstream, where the stream cuts into beds of fossil shells, we
will see putty-root orchid, foamflower, and other species
limited to high nutrient soils. A portion of this ravine is
protected by a conservation easement held by the Williamsburg
Land Conservancy. Call (757) 565-0657 to register. |
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- Thursday, May 17:
JCC Annual Picnic and Native
Plant Walk at New Quarter Park, York
County/Williamsburg.
(See
Meetings
(May 17, 2007) for details.).
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Saturday,
June 16, 9:00 am: Native Plant Walk at Olive Branch
Church in Norge. The
rattlesnake fern (Botrychium virginianum) is one of
nine native ferns to be seen during the woodland walk, along with a
320 year-old white oak, twin 200 year-old tulip poplars,
Solomon’s seal, false Solomon’s seal, climbing hydrangea and
many other native plants.
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The walk will be led by landscape
architect and chapter member Phillip Merritt. The
walk is free and the public is invited. The church
is located at 7643 Richmond Rd. (take 2nd crossover,
west of the intersection of Croaker and Richmond Roads).
Please register by calling at
(757)566-3646.
(Rain date: Sunday, June 17 at 2:00 pm.) |
Photo by Jan Newton |
See Rattlesnake Fern during Plant Walk |
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Saturday,
July 14, 9:00 - 11:00 am: Garden Tours.
John Clayton members are invited to join Cynthia
Long and Lucile Kossodo as they open their Queen Lakes gardens for
a special "members only" tour. Rain or
shine!
Cynthia and Bob Long’s garden at 105 Bowstring Drive is a
birder’s garden with plants and feeders which attract a long list of
birds. We will start here, and then proceed to Lucile Kossodo’s
gardens at 229 West Queens Drive. It is a tropical paradise with
lotus pond, and native and exotic species to attract birds and
butterflies. Don’t forget to wear your nametag.
Each member is asked to bring a plant
related article to the tour for the silent auction at the
state meeting/conference in September. Call Laurie Houghland,
259-2169 if you have questions about the auction.
Directions:
Take Colonial Parkway to the Queen’s Lake Exit, then a
quick right turn, then turn on Lakeshead Drive., Bowstring Drive is
on the left, after you have passed under the interstate.
Parking is
limited, please carpool if possible.
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- Thursday,
July 19, 7:00 pm: A Cool Talk for our July Meeting.
Ann Messick of the Northern Neck Chapter of VNPS will
present “Spring Wildflowers of the Blue Ridge”
at the Yorktown Public Library on U.S. Rt. 17 at Battle
Road. Free and open to the public.
Refreshments served. (See
Meetings for details.)
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Saturday,
July 21, 10:00 am:
Big
Tree Drive Around Gloucester.
The public is invited to join the John Clayton
chapter as the “Really Big Tree Guys” give a Gloucester County driving tour along back
roads and old home sites to see some of the largest trees of
their species. Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson have found
many of Virginia's record size trees. Learn how trees are
measured and their age determined. Meet in the parking lot at
Page Middle School on Rte. 17. The school is on the left, about
8.5 miles from the Coleman Bridge. Please register so you don't get left behind by calling
Mary Berg at 804/693-3568 (before 8:30 pm). Same day contact
(only) 757/651-5300. (Rain date: July 28)
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- Saturday,
August 18, 8:00-11:00am: Invasive Plants and Their
Alternatives.
Learn about non-native invasive
plants and some of their look-a-likes and discover native
alternatives. Members of the John Clayton chapter will have this
information at the Farmer’s Market on Merchants Square in
Williamsburg from 8-11am. Activities for kids, as well.
(757)566-3646
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- September 14-16: VNPS Annual
Meeting/Conference: "Where the Water Meets the Land,"
VIMS, Gloucester Point (See
2007 State Conference for details.)
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- Friday,
September 14, 7:30-8:30pm:
John Clayton Chapter Annual Meeting:
Dr. Jim Perry of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science
(VIMS) will present the Keynote Presentation titled “Using
Native Plants of the Mid-Atlantic States for Shoreline Planting
and Stabilization” as part of the 2007 VNPS Annual
Meeting/Conference held at VIMS. Members not attending the
conference are invited to attend the Keynote Presentation at
7:30pm and stay after for a short chapter meeting to elect
officers for the 2007-2009 term. (See
Meetings for details.)
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- Saturday, October 6, 10:00
am - 12:00 noon: Native Plant Walk/Schoolyard Habitat Open
House – at the Stonehouse Elementary School,
2651 Rochambeau Drive in Williamsburg. The Habitat features
native plants that attract, feed, and provide shelter for birds,
butterflies and other wildlife. The Habitat was installed in
2004 by students, faculty, staff, parents and community helpers,
and serves as an outdoor classroom. The event is sponsored by
the John Clayton chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society
and the Stonehouse Elementary School. Open to the
public. For info call (757)566-3646.
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Wednesday, October 17: Grafton
Ponds Natural Area Preserve
Walk: 8:30 am-12
noon
Rebecca Wilson, the Chesapeake Bay Region
Steward (Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation), will lead a trip
for members of the John Clayton chapter to the Grafton sinkhole ponds which are
Virginia’s best remaining example of a coastal plain pond complex. The many
ponds here were formed by dissolution of the underlying calcareous marine
deposits of the Yorktown Formation. This wetland complex supports several
rare plants and animals for Virginia including Harper's fimbristylis, pond
spice, Cuthbert turtlehead, Mabee's salamander and barking treefrog. Wear
good shoes, be in fairly good physical condition and expect to walk off
trail. Medium to difficult. Advanced
registration required.
Limit: 15 members. Please call Jan Newton
at (757)566-3646 or email her
at jnewton110@cox.net.
(Meeting location will be given when you register. (As
parking is limited we will need to meet and carpool to the site.)
This is a VNPS members only event.
Click here for more information about
Grafton Ponds.
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Friday,
October 26, 10:00* am - 12 noon*:
OLD GROWTH FOREST FIELD TRIP! Mark your calendars to see the giant
trees in the Cypress Bridge area near Courtland, Virginia. Mary
Hyde Berg suggested this trip, and Byron Carmean, the veteran
big-tree hunter, agreed to lead our group to this area of 2,000
year old trees, some as large as 12 feet in diameter.
If the water levels
stay low, the canoe ride to the big trees is only 150 yards, and
Byron can ferry 2-3 people across and back. Bring your own boat if
you want to do further exploration of the habitat. There is some
walking through the swampy (dry now, says Byron) areas, so wear old
shoes that could get muddy. Byron tells me that with the drought,
there are no mosquitoes, and he has not had problems with chiggers
or ticks. See the VNPS Bulletin, November 2006 for a complete
description of the site, and February, 2007, for a photo of a visit
by the South Hampton Roads Chapter during high water. We will be
meeting Byron at his home near Chuckatuck at 10 am, and it’s
another 45 minutes to the site. Plan on a couple of hours among the
big trees, bring your lunch.
Please register in advance by calling Helen in
Williamsburg, (757)564-4494, or Mary Hyde Berg in Gloucester,
(804)693-3568 (before 8:30 pm). Limit: 20
participants.
*We will be
arranging carpools among the registrants. It takes about 2
hours to get to Byron's house (Suffolk area) from Williamsburg.
So plan accordingly when setting up carpool meeting times.
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Saturday, November 3 at
10:00am-12:00noon –
Colonial Williamsburg Native Tree
and Shrub Walk Landscape architect Phillip Merritt will lead
a native tree and shrub walk through the historic streets and
gardens of Colonial Williamsburg. This 300 acre museum is a
beautiful early example of the use of native shrubs, trees, and
perennials in landscape design. Colonial Williamsburg Admission
tickets or Good Neighbor passes are required to enter the
Gardens - be sure to bring one. Limited to 15 people.
Please register in advance to get
meeting location at (757)259-0386.
This walk
is not affiliated with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
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2008 Past Fieldtrips
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Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson, big-tree hunters
who have contributed many records to the Virginia Big Tree List,
will give a presentation about their discovery of an ancient water
tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) and an ancient bald cypress (Taxodium
distichum) in a swamp forest located near Courtland, Virginia in
Southampton County. The
meeting takes place at the James City/Williamsburg
Community Center.
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John Clayton chapter president Helen Hamilton
will speak about "Exotic and Invasive Plants" during the January
meeting of the Hampton Roads Horticultural Society. The
meeting will take place at the Woman's Club of Newport News, 461 J.
Clyde Morris Blvd., Newport News. Free and open to the public.
(757)868-0496.
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John Clayton chapter members will meet to inventory
existing plants at the proposed bob white habitat restoration site
at New Quarter Park in York County. Plant inventory begins
after the scheduled Bird Walk at 8:00am.
See page 5 of
January-March Claytonia for more details.
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- Saturday, February 9, 1:30 pm:
Nude
Tree Walk
Back by
popular demand! Dendrologist Dr. Stewart Ware will lead us through the
mysteries of bark and twigs as he helps us identify bare trees.
For the past two years this walk has attracted 40 participants,
in spite of the cold weather. So you’ll want to register early by
calling the Wares at (757)565-0657. Location and directions
will be given when you register.
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Dr.
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- Thursday,
March 20 at 7:00 pm:
Mountaintop Removal: Its affects
on Plants, Animals and Humans
at
March Meeting
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Speakers from the
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
and the
Williamsburg
Climate
Action
Network
will present a film and information
about mountaintop removal in Southwest Virginia and other
Appalachian regions. Join us to learn why our mountains are being
blown up and how this affects plants, animals and humans.
The meeting takes place at the Yorktown Public
Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
For
more info call (757)566-3646. (See
Meetings for details.)
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Mountaintop Removal in West Virginia
Photo courtesy of Kent Kessinger
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Mary Hyde Berg passes along this quote from John Milton...
“In
those vernal seasons of the year, when the air is calm and
pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against Nature not to
go out an see her riches, partake in her rejoicing...”
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If you have never seen drifts of bloodroot,
hepatica, toothwort, and other woodland blooms we call “spring
ephemerals”, a heart-lifting surprise awaits you. Trip
leader Mary Hyde Berg expects to see about 50 species.
Gloucester County.
Date
changed to March 16 at
2 pm.
Please register
by calling Mary at (804)693-3568
between 7 am and 8:30 pm. (If
messages are not returned, please call again.)
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Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Photo by Jan Newton
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Trailing arbutus, a dainty, fragrant,
ground-clinging shrub, valued by the Indians, shares the early
spring of acid woods with jack-in-the pulpit and many other
delights and curiosities. Trip leader Mary Hyde Berg
expects to see about 25 species. Gloucester County. Rain
date: Sunday, March 30 at 2 pm.
Please register
by calling Mary at (804)693-3568
between 7 am and 8:30 pm. (If
messages are not returned, please call again.
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Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Photo by Jan Newton
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Bring plants to pot or
come and help dig and/or pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of
several pot parties!
Williamsburg, VA. Call Jan at (757) 566-3646 for
directions.
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Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of
several pot parties!
Williamsburg, VA. Call Ada Lou at (757) 220-0929
for directions.
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Bring plants to
pot or come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of three pot parties! Gloucester,
VA. Call the Sterling's at (804) 693-2953 for
directions.
Next Potting Party on Monday, April 7
at 1:00 pm (see below).
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See woody and herbaceous plants with
Drs. Donna and Stewart Ware. This
walk and talk is sponsored by New Quarter Park and York
County Parks and Recreation.
Location: New Quarter
Park is located near Queens Lake in York County.
Directions: Exit Colonial
Parkway at Queens Lake, turn right, then turn onto Lakeshead Dr.
and follow signs to Park.
For more info call park
office at (757) 220-3653.
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Denise Greene will lead the
walk and talk at the Ellipse Garden of the Williamsburg
Botanical Garden. Learn how use native plants to create a
colorful and low-maintenance garden that is a magnet for
butterflies and hummingbirds. This walk and talk is sponsored by
the Williamsburg Botanical Garden.
Location: The Ellipse Garden is located
in
Freedom Park on Centreville Road in James City County. Click here for
map.
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Note Date Change:
Due to rainy, cold weather this session was
changed from Monday, April 7 at 1pm to
Wednesday, April 9 at 9:00 am.
Bring plants to pot or
come and help dig and/or pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of
several pot parties!
Williamsburg, VA. Call Jan at (757) 566-3646 for
directions.
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Help create a
Native Plant Trail and
restore a Bobwhite Quail
Habitat
The John Clayton Chapter and the Historic Rivers
Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists are working
together to create an educational Native Plant Trail in
New Quarter Park. The two organizations plus the
Williamsburg Bird Club are also working on a bobwhite
quail habitat restoration project in the park.
Laurie Houghland and Shirley Devan from the JCC and the VA
Master Naturalists have scheduled workdays
for this week. They need all the help they can get
so come if you can -- if only for an hour!
Tuesday, April 8, 2-4 pm
Thursday, April 10, 2-4 pm
Friday, April 11, 9-11 am
Let Laurie know if you have questions/concerns.
Call her at 259-2169, 879-7020 or e-mail a response to:
woowee@cox.net.
Bring work gloves, a shovel or trowel and wear
your grubbies! Stilt grass will need to be cleared (of course)
and we can transplant things that are coming up on the trail.
Hope to see you there!
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- Friday, April 11
at 1:00-2:30 pm: Native
Plant Walk
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See native plants used in the landscape, as Jan
Newton leads a walk through the Habitat garden at Stonehouse
Elementary School located at 3651 Rochambeau Drive in
Williamsburg. The Habitat contains over 70 species of small trees,
shrubs, perennials and ferns. Wild blue phlox, creeping phlox, coral
honeysuckle, John Clayton honeysuckle, Virginia bluebells, and
golden ragwort are expected to be in bloom. Most of the Habitat is
wheelchair accessible. Free and open to the public.
Please register by calling Jan at (757)566-3646.
(In case of cancellation due to inclement weather, registrants
will be notified.)
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Coral Honeysuckle
John Clayton Honeysuckle
(Lonicera sempervirens)
Creeping Phlox
(Phlox
stolonifera)
Photos by Jan Newton
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Trip location changed
to the King and Queen County site due to unusual
bloom times. Times and dates stay the same. (Please see April 19
for details.)
Lady slippers, birds, and much more in the
leafing woods. Trip leader Mary Hyde Berg expects
to see about 30 species. Gloucester County. Rain
date: Sunday, April 13 at 2 pm.
Please register
by calling Mary at (804)693-3568
between 7 am and 8:30 pm. (If
messages are not returned, please call again.)
P.S. If your group wants a mid-week trip,
please call – we may be able to plan such a plant walk.
Pink Lady Slipper (Cypripedium acaule)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
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Teta Kain will lead kayak
trips down the Dragon Run river. Tuesday is for John
Clayton Chapter members, where as Sunday is an open paddle day.
The Dragon is a unique river lined
with massive bald cypress trees and deep swamps. It is one of
the most pristine waterways to be found anywhere in the
Chesapeake Bay watershed and forms the boundary lines of four
counties of the Middle Peninsula. It stretches 35 to 40 miles
from King & Queen and Essex counties to the Piankatank River.
Kayaks, paddles, and life jackets provided. Cell phones don’t
work on the river. Put cameras in zip lock-type bag. Bring lunch
and water. Limit: 12 people.
More info will be posted about
specifics of meeting place, directions, time, etc.
These
trips are now FULL!
To register
call Teta Kain at (804) 693-5246 or email at
teta@vims.edu (preferred).
Click here for helpful info about
paddle trip. For general information click here>
Friends
of Dragon
Run.
For info about additional paddle trips
call Gordon Page at (804)445-9017 or check on the
Friends of Dragon Run web site above (click on News and check
the calendar for Paddle Trips).
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This Trip Cancelled
Donna Ware will lead a walk in the
Williamsburg area to see mountain disjuncts (mountain species
that grow in calcareous ravines in the coastal plain, such as
alternate-leaved dogwood (Cornus alternifolia),
umbrella magnolia (Magnolia tripetala), and
baneberry/doll's-eyes (Actaea pachypoda)).
Free and open to the public.
Please call (757)565-0657 to register and get
directions.
Doll's Eyes (Actaea pachypoda)
(in the fall)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
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Trip location changed
to the Gloucester County site due to unusual bloom times. Times
and dates stay the same. (Please see April 12 for details.)
White blooming trees of shadbush cling to banks
of Poropotank Creek, where it winds through vistas of the
greening freshwater marsh. Mosses and ferns line long-traveled
tracks and trails of this old King and Queen County home
site. Rain
date: Sunday, April 20 at 2 pm.
Please register
by calling Mary at (804)693-3568
between 7 am and 8:30 pm. (If
messages are not returned, please call again.)
Webmaster's note: as of 4/7/08 the
shadbush is already blooming. However, there will be
plenty to see on April 19. The property has mountain laurel,
Eastern red cedar and much more...
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Shadbush (Amelanchier
canadensis)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
P.S. If your group wants a mid-week trip,
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The John Clayton Chapter will
have an information booth at the Earth Day Celebration held at
the College of William and Mary on the terrace of the
University Center. Chapter members will be answering questions
and handing out literature about native plants. Drop by
and see our display board featuring invasive plants and their
native alternatives.
Volunteers
needed to man the table. If you would like to help,
please call Helen Hamilton at (757)564-4494.
The Earth Day Celebration lasts from
noon until 8:00 p.m., but our chapter will only be there from
noon until 5:00 p.m.
Map of William and Mary
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Annual Plant Sale:
Plants Galore 2008
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- Saturday, April 26,
12 noon - 4:00 pm:
Plant Sale:
Native Plant Sale:
John Clayton Chapter and the James City County/Williamsburg Master
Gardeners will sell native and ornamental plants including flowers,
ferns, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, small trees, and house plants.
Seeds, gardening supplies and blue bird houses will also be sold.
The sale will be held at the Williamsburg Community Building,
401 N. Boundary St. (across from the Williamsburg Regional Library).
The parking garage next to the Community Bldg. offers free parking. Cash
and checks only.
Please, no early birds - the doors
open to the public at 12 noon!
Click here for
Directions
Available at Plants Galore:
Virginia Spiderwort (Tradescantia
virginiana)
Wildflower of the Year 2008
Photo by Jan Newton
Members, we need your help!
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Attend one or all of the
potting parties (<click for dates)
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Volunteer to help the
day of the plant sale.
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John Clayton members and Master Gardeners are
to arrive at 8am for set up and stay until 5pm for clean up.
For more information or to sign up to help, call Patti
Gray at (757)645-4164.
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- Saturday, May 3 at 1:00-2:30
pm: Native Plant Walk
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See native plants used in the landscape, as Jan
Newton leads a walk through the Habitat garden at Stonehouse
Elementary School located at 3651 Rochambeau Drive in
Williamsburg. The Habitat contains over 70 species of small trees,
shrubs, perennials and ferns. Wild bleeding
heart, bluestar, Jamestown (Atamasco) lily, coral honeysuckle, John
Clayton honeysuckle, foam flower and wild columbine
are expected to be in bloom. Most of the Habitat is wheelchair
accessible. Free and open to the public.
Please register by calling Jan at (757)566-3646.
(In case of cancellation due to inclement weather, registrants
will be notified.)
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Jamestown Lily (Zephyranthes
atamasca)
Photo by Helen Hamilton
 
Blanket Flower
Wild Pinks
(Gaillardia
aristata) (Silene caroliniana)
Photos by Jan Newton
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The John Clayton Chapter annual potluck picnic
will be held at New Quarter Park in York County (near
Queens Lake area in Williamsburg). A native plant walk will
occur after the potluck. Please bring a dish to share.
Please see
Meetings for details.
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A native plant walk for
John Clayton members and Friends of Dragon Run members
only:
Members of the John Clayton Chapter
of the Virginia Native Plant Society and the Friends of
Dragon Run are invited to join botanist Donna Ware on
a native plant walk that will include access to the Dragon Run
stream, cypress swamp, mature pine forest, mature hardwood
forest, young (12 years) pine, and an area that was clear cut 2
years ago. Bring water and a picnic lunch. Meet at the Food
Lion on Rt.17 in Saluda at 9:00 a.m. to carpool to the site.
The first segment of the walk is expected to last four hours
including lunch; other areas will be explored during the
afternoon. The walk is limited to 15
participants.
Call Donna Ware to register. (757) 565-0657.
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Cancelled due to smoke from
wildfires in VA and NC.
Please call to re-schedule:
566-3646
Jan Newton leads a walk through the Habitat garden
at the Stonehouse Elementary School located at 3651
Rochambeau Drive in Williamsburg. The Habitat contains over 70
species of native small trees, shrubs, perennials and ferns.
The habitat features plants that attract birds and
butterflies. Expect to see sweet goldenrod, bee balm, meadow
beauty, green-headed coneflower, lance-leaf coreopsis, blanket
flower, brown-eyed Susans, and more. Wheelchair accessible.
Free and open to the public.
Cancelled due to smoke.
Please call to re-schedule:
566-3646
Please Register by calling
Jan Newton at (757)566-3646 or by emailing her >
Jan Newton.
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Blanket Flower
(Gaillardia
aristata)
Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
Photos by Jan Newton
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The Nude Tree Walks have been such a big hit in the winter, that
we are offering a tree walk in the summer to see the those trees
"clothed"! Now that you have had a chance to look at
winter bud scales and twigs of "nude" trees, you can now learn
to identify them with their "clothes" on as
Dendrologist Dr. Stewart Ware discusses their
leaves, bark and overall shape.
Limit to 25 participants.
Participants must
register by contacting Jan Newton at
(757)566-3646 or by emailing her >
Jan Newton.
New Location: Williamsburg/JCC
Community Center Recreation Trail at 5301 Longhill Road.
Meet in front corner of parking lot near woods and Longhill Rd
(on the right side if you are facing the building.)
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Byron Carmean will lead a Big Tree Drive-Around through western
Gloucester Co. Please call Mary Hyde Berg (804/693-3568) for
details, or check your newspaper and/or this web page for more
details.
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Experience the beauty of the Tallgrass Prairie as chapter
members show pictures and tell us about their Virginia Native
Plant Society trip to various prairies in Kansas.
Please see
Meetings for details.
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Learn about drought tolerant native plants at the
Chapter's display at the Farmer’s Market in Merchants Square
on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg. Members
will have this and other native plant information available.
Activities for kids, as well.
Click here for Directions
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Chapter president Helen Hamilton
Photo by Sue Liddell
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Jan Newton leads a walk through the Habitat garden
at the Stonehouse Elementary School located at 3651
Rochambeau Drive in Williamsburg. The Habitat contains over 70
species of native small trees, shrubs, perennials and ferns.
The habitat features plants that attract birds and butterflies.
Expect to see New York ironweed, soldier mallow, cardinal flower,
Joe-pye weed, cup plant, sweet goldenrod, obedient plant, blue vervain, and
more. Wheelchair accessible. Free and open to the public.
Please call (757)566-3646 to register.
Monarch Butterfly on Joe-pye Weed
(Eupatorium fistulosum)
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Cup Plant
(Silphium
perfoliatum)
Soldier Mallow (Hibiscus militaris)
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Chapter member Phillip Merritt will lead
the walk starting at College Landing
Park in Williamsburg. This
small park has a nice boardwalk to see
lots of brackish marsh plants as well as
native shrubs and trees. Afterwards
we'll make a stop along the Colonial
Parkway where the creek meets the James
River. Expect to see persimmon, wild
rice, pickeral weed, climbing hempweed,
partridge pea, and evening primrose
among the many native plants.
Please register
by calling Phillip at 757-259-0386 or
email
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
Location:
College Landing Park is about
a mile south of Colonial Williamsburg on
South Henry Street. Meet in the
parking lot.
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American Persimmon (Diospyros
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Chapter president and James City County
Master Gardener Helen Hamilton
will talk about beautiful native plants
that thrive in hot, dry summers and can
save you money. Children are
welcome: they will have a water-wise
demonstration and get a free HR3 Family
Activity Handbook. This presentation is
part of the "Learn and Grow" educational
series sponsored by the Williamsburg
Botanical Garden. Admission is
free. For more information call (757)
229-1995 or log onto
www.williamsburgbotanicalgarden.org.
Location: Williamsburg
Botanical Garden, 5535 Centerville Rd.
(corner of Centerville & Longhill) in
Freedom Park.
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Fieldtrips galore and state VNPS annual meeting with guest
speaker Jim Long. The event is hosted by the Potowmack
Chapter. Field trips are still open for Mt. Vernon, a
great
exploration with Dr. Elizabeth Wells of George Washington's
land. Also,
Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Reserve for those who love
butterflies, meadows and
wildflowers of fall. Travilah Serpentine Barrens is open as well
as a
few spaces for a kayak geology/plant tour at Riverbend. Go to
www.vnps.org for a registration brochure.
Click here for more info>
2008 VNPS State Annual Meeting.
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Using photographs by fine art
photographer Robert Llewellyn, guest speaker Nancy
Hugo describes her four-year search, with Dr. Jeffrey
Kirwan, to find Virginia’s most remarkable trees.
See
Meetings for more details.
Please note that this year's annual
chapter meeting will be on a Friday.
The meeting
takes place at Waterman's Hall on VIMS campus in Gloucester Point.
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This will be a photo expedition to
document the park for our online photo
gallery 'Claytonsnatives'. Bring your
digital cameras! Led by Phillip
Merritt. Please
register by calling Phillip at
757-259-0386 or email
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
Location:
Waller Mill Park is
off of Airport Road (between Rt.
60/Richmond Road and Rochambeau Drive)
in Williamsburg, James City County.
Meet in the parking lot.
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John Clayton Chapter members will have a
table at the Virginia Living Museum
for the “Go Green–Save Green” event
sponsored by the Newport News Master
Gardeners during the Virginia
Living Museum's Fall Native Plant Sale.
The program offers homeowners
earth-friendly landscaping, lawn care
and water use techniques that are money
saving and practical. Our display will
focus on drought-tolerant native plants.
Location: Virginia Living
Museum, 524 J. Clyde Morris Blvd.,
Newport News
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John Clayton
Chapter members will be conducting a
plant survey on diverse habitat of
freshwater seeps and streams, brackish
tidal marsh, and mixed upland hardwood
forest. This is 62 acres of a
colonial home site and features the
oldest graveyard in King and Queen
County. Expect to see asters, arrow
arum, and Monarda. Lead by Patrick
Richardson. Event is free and open
to the public. Be prepared for
biting insects, poison ivy, uneven
terrain.
Please register
by calling Patrick Richardson at
339/223-0243 or Helen Hamilton
757/564-4494.
Location:
565 Poropotank Drive, King and Queen
County
Directions:
From West Point
travel Route 33 East toward
Saluda. At Shackleford turn right onto
Rt. 14 East toward Adner; travel
approximately 5 miles to Plainview, go ?
mile further past Plainview, look for
Oliver's Barber Shop on the right and
VNPS sign, turn right onto Poropotank
Drive (gravel road), meet at the
cul-de-sac.
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Arrow Arum (Peltandra virginica)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
From
Gloucester/Mathews, take Rt. 17
North to Adner, then Rt. 14 West
toward Shackleford, go 1.5 miles to
Oliver's Barber Shop on the left and
VNPS sign, turn left onto Poropotank
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Some of the blooming plants we are
likely to come across as we wander
through the woods include jewelweed,
goldenrods, Maryland golden aster,
Indian pipe, and crownbeard. Led
by Phillip Merritt.
Please register
by calling Phillip at 757-259-0386 or
email
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
Location: Freedom Park, 5535
Centerville Rd. (corner of Longhill Road
and Centreville Road) Williamsburg, James City County.
Meet in the parking lot.
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We need lots of John Clayton members to help with
the Bobwhite quail habitat restoration project at New Quarter
Park, located in York County near Queens Lake. The
project is a joint-partnership with the Williamsburg Bird
Club, the Historic Rivers Master Naturalist Chapter
and John Clayton Chapter, VNPS. The meadow has been
plowed and is ready for the partnership to get to work.
The plan is to start planting and seeding about 9:30 after the
bird walk that morning. Please bring gloves, shovels and other
gardening equipment.
Come, join the excitement!
Any questions? Call Cynthia Long
at 757/259-9559.
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Shirley Devan and
Cynthia Long with Eric "The Man" on the tractor at the
Bobwhite restoration meadow, New Quarter Park.
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Join Phillip Merritt to take a look at some of downtown
Williamsburg's native trees.
Meeting Place: Meet at the new native plant garden in
front of the Williamsburg Public Library on Scotland St. at 1:30 pm.
Please register for the walk
by calling Phillip at 259-0386 or emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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Dr. Randy Chambers,
Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the W.M. Keck
Environmental Field Laboratory at the
College of William and Mary, will be our guest speaker at our
November 20th meeting and will discuss recent research in
watershed biology. The meeting will take place at the
Williamsburg Library Auditorium, 515 Scotland St. Free and
open to the public.
Please see
Meetings for details.
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Guest speaker Dr. Randy Chambers
Photo by Timothy Russell
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Join us at New Quarter Park as members of the
Williamsburg Bird Club, Historic Rivers Chapter of the
Virginia Master Naturalists, and John Clayton Chapter,
VNPS lead us to the meadow in the park that they are
managing to attract Bobwhite Quail. The bird was once known as
the King of Game Birds in Virginia but is currently facing
extinction due to habitat loss. Learn how to re-create your lawn
as a healthy and attractive flower- and seed-filled habitat to
attract diverse species including birds and butterflies.
Location: New Quarter Park, York County (1000 Lakeshead
Dr. near Queens Lake neighborhood)
Contact: Sara Lewis at
saralewis@cox.net or (757)220-3653
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John Clayton Chapter
president and W/JCC Master Gardener Helen Hamilton will
lead a walk around Jamestown Island to view trees in their winter
condition. Learn to recognize tree shapes, bark
characteristics, and buds. Open to the public.
Meet at the entrance to the Jamestown Island Visitor's Center at
2 pm.
Please register by
contacting Helen at 757/564-4494 or
helen44@earthlink.net.
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- Apply Now (Deadline
is January 15):
for Nature Camp Scholarships
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The John Clayton Chapter of the
Virginia Native Plant Society in partnership with the Holly Society
is offering three students currently in 5th grade or above scholarships for
Summer 2009 sessions of Nature Camp at Vesuvius, VA. The Camp is
a coeducational, academic camp that emphasizes education in
natural history and environmental studies.
For more details visit
Nature Camp Scholarship Competition.
Scholarship
application packets are due to be received by the John
Clayton Chapter by January 15, 2009.
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2009 Past
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Buttercups and
Lupines in Iceland
Photo by Helen Hamilton
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Chapter president Helen Hamilton in Iceland
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Join us for a photo-illustrated
talk by chapter president Helen Hamilton on the habitat,
the history, the people, and the plants of Iceland.
The meeting
takes place at Yorktown Public Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
Please see
Meetings for details.
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- Friday, February 6 at 9:30am:
Work Day at Ellipse Garden
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Volunteers
needed to help spread mulch at the Williamsburg Botanical
Garden's Ellipse Garden. Leaf compost and mulch will
be delivered this week, spacing the piles around the
garden. For spreading, we will need wheelbarrows,
pitchforks, rakes. If you have these tools, please bring
them, and wear gloves. We will start spreading the
compost/mulch at 9:30 am. See you there! Helen Hamilton
757-564-4494
Location: Freedom Park, 5535 Centerville Rd. (corner of
Longhill Road and Centreville Road) Williamsburg, James City
County.
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- Saturday, February 28 at 9am-around 2pm:
Big Tree Drive Around in Hampton and Newport News
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Byron Carmean, known as the Big Tree Guy, will lead a big
tree drive around in the Hampton and Newport News area.
Included in the tour is the National Champion Swamp Bay tree near
the Christopher Newport University Campus. We will stop for lunch at
a local restaurant or you can bring your own, if you prefer.
Please Register.
Meet at the Virginia Living Museum parking lot at 9 am.
Register by
calling Mary Hyde Berg at (804)693-3568.
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Our chapter will have a display on drought tolerant plants and will
be offering for a donation the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services'
publication "Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation
Landscaping". Exhibits will be ongoing all day, with 3 classes
in the morning, lunch, and a forum in the afternoon with Kathy Van
Mullekom (Daily Press garden columnist).
Watch local newspapers for registration information.
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We will look for early spring bloomers like hepatica and spicebush
at the refuge behind SWEM Library on the W&M campus. Expect to walk
about a mile along paved and unpaved paths in a hilly, wooded area.
To register and for parking info
call (757)604-1026 or email
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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Do you have questions about how plants
get named and what do these names mean? Come, delve into this
and other mysteries of the process of giving valid scientific names
to plant species and the meanings of frequently used Latin names at
our March membership meeting. Latin scholar Lee Bristow and
plant taxonomist Donna Ware will present the program.
The meeting
takes place at Yorktown Public Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
Please see
Meetings for details.
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HELP IS NEEDED! Come
one, Come all!
We need everyone's help digging, potting, and labeling plants!
Try to attend one or more of our potting parties and help us get
ready for our annual plant sale and fund raiser.
Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of
several pot parties! Gloucester, VA. (Rain date: Friday,
March 27)
Call Sid
and Sylvia at (804) 693-2953 for directions.
Please call them ahead of time to let them know what plants you
are bringing.
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
Next Potting Party on March 31st!
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Join us on a search for early spring bloomers like pawpaw,
sassafras, redbud, and spicebush, along with emerging ferns.
Expect a 1 ½ mile walk along hilly mulched and dirt paths. Meet in
park’s parking lot at the end of Lakeshead Drive near the Queen’s
Lake subdivision in Williamsburg. Phillip Merritt will be our
trip leader.
Please register at (757)604-1026 or
emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of
several pot parties! Williamsburg, VA. Call
Ada Lou at (757) 220-0929 for directions.
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
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 Get
on your boots on for a wetland tour led by Dr. Donna Ware. We'll
be looking for dwarf trillium (Trillium pusillum) in
Longhill Swamp, as well as marsh marigold (Caltha
palustris) and spring cress (Cardamine bulbosa).
For directions and to
register, please call Donna Ware
at (757) 565-0657.
Longhill Swamp in located off of Longhill Road in Williamsburg, near
WISC (Williamsburg Indoor Soccer Complex).
Trip leader Donna Ware;
photo by Jan Newton
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Come take a walk on the wooded path along Lake Maury. Join members
of the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant as they
look for flowering dogwood and redbud, fleabane, heartleaf ginger and other
spring perennials. The walk will be about 1 1/2 miles, with a few
small hills. Trip will be lead by Phillip Merritt.
Please register by calling
757-604-1026 or emailing claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
Meet in the parking lot next to the Mariner's Museum at the end of
J. Clyde Morris Blvd. in Newport News.
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Dogwood (Cornus
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Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore. One of
several pot parties! Williamsburg, VA. Call
Cynthia at (757) 259-9559 for directions.
Other
potting parties may be listed on our website, please check
back...
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
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 This walk will be led by Rebecca Wilson of the Virginia
Department of Conservation and Recreation. Grafton Ponds represents
Virginia's best remaining example of a coastal plain pond complex.
The many ponds here were formed by dissolution of the underlying
calcareous marine deposits of the Yorktown Formation (that's a
mouthful!). This wetland complex supports several rare plants and
animals for Virginia including Harper's fimbristylis, pond spice,
Cuthbert turtlehead, Mabee's salamander and barking treefrog. Space
is limited so call or email to register for the trip and to get
directions. The preserve does not have maintained trails so be
prepared for an adventurous walk of approximately 2 1/2 miles.
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema atrorubens)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
Please register at (757)604-1026 or
emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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We'll be looking for flowering trees and perennials in the heart of
Williamsburg. Plants that may be in bloom include dogwood, golden
ragwort, silverbell, fothergilla, pawpaw, sweetshrub, and red buckeye. We'll be walking about 1 1/2 miles, on fairly flat
sidewalks and paved paths. Meet at the intersection of Prince
George Street and North Henry Street near the downtown parking
garage. Phillip Merritt will be our
trip leader.
Please register at (757)604-1026 or
emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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Sweetshrub (Calycanthus florida)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
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All are invited as Dr. Donna Ware leads a tour of calcareous
ravines. Expect to see leatherwood (Dirca palustris),
scouring rush (Equisetum hyemale), and maidenhair fern
(Adiantum pedatum) among other plants.
Call for directions and to register:
(757) 565-0657
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Annual Plant Sale:
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- Saturday, April 25,
12 noon - 4:00 pm:
Plant Sale:
Native Plant Sale:
John Clayton Chapter and the James City County/Williamsburg Master
Gardeners will sell native and ornamental plants including flowers,
ferns, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, small trees, and house plants.
Seeds, gardening supplies and blue bird houses will also be sold.
Please, no early birds - the doors
open to the public at 12 noon! Cash
and checks only.
Location: Williamsburg Community Building,
401 N. Boundary St. (across from the Williamsburg Regional Library).
The parking garage next to the Community Bldg. offers free parking.
Click here for
Directions
Members, we need your help!
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Host a potting party.
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Attend one or all of the
potting parties (<click for dates)
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Help transport plants to the sale.
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Volunteer from 8am-noon to help set-up for the sale
- and you can buy 3 native plants before the sale opens to the
public!
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Volunteer to arrive prior to 11:30 am to assist with the sale
and/or with the clean-up - and you can buy 3 native
plants before the sale opens to the public!
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John Clayton members and Master Gardeners are
to arrive at 8am for set up and stay until 5pm for clean up.
For more information or to sign up to help, call
Joan Etchberger at (757) 566-1884
or Lucile Kossodo (757) 565-0769.
If you have native plants but cannot come to the
potting party, contact Joan Etchberger at
(757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757) 565-0769 and we
can pick them up. If you need help digging them up, please call us
and we can help.
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Join us for a walk around the edge of the Hamptons Golf Course on a
trail named for John Clayton Chapter Member Tess Matteson.
We'll be looking for plants like mayapple, black locust, bluets,
blue-eyed grass and shagbark hickory. The easy 1 1/2 mile walk is
along a level asphalt path. We'll meet in the parking lot of the
Sentara Health and Fitness Center (currently undergoing
renovation). To get to the trail take I-64, to the East Hampton
Roads Center Parkway exit. After about .8 miles, turn left on to
Magruder Blvd. and prepare for a quick left turn onto Butler Farm
Road. Make the first right turn into the fitness center parking
lot.
Trip leader Phillip Merritt
Photo by Linda Cole
Please register at (757)604-1026 or
emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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- Saturday, May 2 at 1-4 pm:
Invasive Plant Removal Day
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Join members of the John Clayton Chapter, VNPS and the
Historic Rivers Chapter of the Virginia Master Naturalists
as we help the National Park Service rescue native
plants within Colonial National Historical Park near
Jamestown Island as part
of Virginia Invasive Plant Removal Day. Volunteers will
work with park managers to remove non-native
plant species that threaten native species, harming trees,
wildlife and water quality. No chemicals will be used,
only mechanical digging, pruning, cutting and pulling methods of
removal. Wear long pants and sleeves, gloves, protective eye
wear; bring water bottle, and bug spray.
Space for this project is limited, and those interested in
participating must pre-register by
Wednesday, April 29.
For further information or to register, contact Dorothy Geyer,
Natural Resource Specialist, at 757/898-2433.
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We're hoping to see the beautiful blooms of the Umbrella Magnolia (Magnolia
tripetala) along with maidenhair fern and the state champion
mockernut hickory. There are no maintained trails on this site so
be prepared for an adventurous walk. Mary Hyde Berg will be our
trip leader.
Please register at (804) 693-3568
(before 8:30pm)
or
(757)604-1026 or
by emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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Umbrella Magnolia
(Magnolia
tripetala)
Photo by Phillip Merritt
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Phillip Merritt leads us on a walk along marshes flowing into
the York River. Plants that may be in bloom include mountain laurel,
partridge berry, and trailing arbutus. The walk will be about 1 1/2
miles, fairly rugged and hilly.
The York River State Park is located on York River Park Road,
off of Riverview Road near Croaker. Meet in front of the
visitor's center at the end of the road.
There is a park entrance fee of $3.
Please register by calling
757-604-1026 or by emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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The John Clayton Chapter annual potluck picnic
will be held at New Quarter Park in York County (near
Queens Lake area in Williamsburg). A native plant walk will
occur before the potluck. Please bring a dish to share.
Please see
Meetings for details.
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Take a tour of two Williamsburg gardens belonging to chapter
members Phillip Merritt and Mary
Turnbull. The gardens contain
lots of native plants. Refreshments will be served after
the tour. Space
is limited.
Please register by calling
757-604-1026 or by emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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Learn about long blooming native perennials at the
Chapter's display at the Farmer’s Market in Merchants Square
on Duke of Gloucester Street, Williamsburg. Members
will have this and other native plant information available.
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Chapter president Helen Hamilton
Photo by Sue Liddell
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Take a walk with Phillip Merritt along the river at Chickahominy
Riverfront Park on Rt. 5 in James City County. Call for more info.
Please register by calling
757-604-1026 or by emailing
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
Location: Chickahominy Riverfront
Park, 1350 John Tyler Highway,
Williamsburg
Directions:
If approaching from Newport News, follow Interstate 64W to
Exit 242A. This will be Route 199 towards Jamestown. Follow 199 to
the Monticello Avenue exit. Turn left onto Monticello Avenue and
head straight for eight miles. Monticello Avenue will turn into John
Tyler Highway or Route 5, the Park is the last driveway on the
right.
If approaching from Richmond, follow Interstate 64E to Exit
234. This will be Route 199 towards Williamsburg. Follow 199 to the
Monticello Avenue exit. Turn right onto Monticello Avenue and go
straight for eight miles. Monticello Avenue will turn into John
Tyler Highway or Route 5, the Park is the last driveway on the
right.
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Denise Greene will be
demonstrating propagation by division and root cuttings and
collecting and stratifying seeds, and will also discuss which
methods work best for which species.
The meeting
takes place at Yorktown Public Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
Click
below for more details.
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Come explore with
Donna Ware!
We will be checking out the native plants at Little Creek
Reservoir near Toano in upper James City County. We
will walk the nature trail and the draw-down zone of the lake.
Call Donna to register: 757-565-0657
Meet in the parking lot of the Ewell Station Shopping Center
(part nearest Old Town Road) at 9:00 am. Those who know
the way to the parking lot at Little Creek Recreation Area can
meet us there at 9:30.
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Cynthia Long will lead an informal walk to the wildflower
area at New Quarter Park between the picnic shelters and
the fire circle. She will talk about when to gather seeds
from native plants and demonstrate how to gather, store, and
plant them.
Cynthia asks members to please save plastic cell packs from
bedding plants for our plant sale people to transplant
seedlings. Also, now is the time to mark plants and begin to
watch for ripe seeds to collect.
Needed: a green house
for housing plants
during the winter months so they will be
ready for our plant sale/fund raiser, Plants Galore, on
April 25, 2010. Anyone with info, please call Joan
Etchberger at 757-566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769.
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Join the effort to help clear invasive plants along park trails
at New Quarter Park in York County near Queens Lake
subdivision.
For more info contact Jeanne Millin at: 757/258-4724 or
email:
scotfarquhar@cox.net
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HELP IS NEEDED! Come
one, Come all!
We need everyone's help digging, potting, and labeling plants!
We getting a head start for next year's plant sale/fund raiser,
Plants Galore 2010. We will be digging and/or dividing
plants from Mary Hyde Berg's property in Gloucester.
Mary has many plants to see while you are there and her goats
are a delight as well! (Rain date: Friday,
August 28)
Call Mary at (804) 693-3568 for directions.
If you have native
plants that need digging and/or dividing and can't do it yourself, contact Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can help and/or organize a potting party at your
place.
Needed: a green house
for housing plants during the
winter months so they will be ready for our
plant sale/fund raiser, Plants Galore, on April 25, 2010.
Anyone with info, please call Joan Etchberger at 757-566-1884
or Lucile Kossodo (757) 565-0769.
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Join us for a
walk at Beaverdam Park in Gloucester lead by Pat Baldwin.
Meet at the Roaring Springs entrance of the park. VNPS
signs should be posted to help guide the way.
Call Mary Berg to register: 804/693-3568
Click here for
Directions (If you get a Username box, click on
"Cancel" and you will get the site.)
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Guest speaker Professor Doug Gill
of the University of Maryland will present "A FIELD OF
DREAMS: Restoration of Atlantic Coastal Prairie for Native
Grassland Plants, Birds and Butterflies" during our annual
chapter meeting and 25th anniversary celebration party.
There will be a raffle to benefit our Nature Camp
Scholarship Fund. 757-564-4494
Photo Note: Doug Gill reports that this picture was taken
on Makira Island in the south Solomons on March 30th of this
year - part of a 5 week expedition with 43 out-of-control
fanatic birders studying the seabirds in the SW Pacific,
searching successfully for thought-to-be-extinct species, and
discovering new species this picture taken being welcomed by
former cannibals!
Meeting Location: Williamsburg/James City County
Community (Recreation) Center located at 5301 Longhill Road in
Williamsburg Please note
the different location.
For more details click here>
Meetings.
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Phillip Merritt will lead a tour of a brackish tidal
marsh on the Warwick River at Denbigh Park in Newport News.
A boardwalk offers viewing of seashore mallow, and butterfly
pea, as well as cordgrass, black needlerush, and other species.
This walk will be an easy walk on flat surfaces, about 1/3 of
mile total.
Please register at
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com or 757-604-1026.
Directions: From I-64, take the Jefferson Ave. West exit
(towards the airport), go about 1.75 miles and turn left on to
Denbigh Blvd., proceed 3 miles to the end of road.
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Photo by
Jan Newton
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John Clayton Chapter
will have a display on
Long Blooming Perennials
at the Go green - Save Green exhibit sponsored by Newport News
Master Gardeners. Last year this event was held at the Virginia
Living Museum during their Fall Wildflower Sale and was such a
success that the event needs a larger venue.
Members, if you can help man the booth, please call Helen at
757-564-4494.
Location: Brittingham
Midtown Community Center, 570 McLawhorne Drive, Newport News
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As Hertzler & George's landscape architect, Phillip
Merritt will be offering a free tour of his sustainable garden.
To Register
and learn more visit
http://hertzlerandgeorge.com/sign-up-for-free-native-plant-garden-tour.
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Rebecca Wilson of the Virginia Department of Conservation
and Recreation will lead us on a field trip at the Grafton
Ponds Natural Area Preserve in Newport News to look for fall
blooming flowers and grasses.
Please register at
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com or 757-604-1026.
Directions: We'll meet in the
parking lot of the Newport News Aeromodel Flying Field on
Richneck Road, about 1/2 mile south of Fort Eustis Blvd.
Map
For more info about Grafton Ponds Natural
Area Preserve click
here.
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Melissa's Meadow, established in 1994, was one of the
first community projects of John Clayton Chapter. It is
adjacent to the parking lot of the McCormack/Nagelson indoor
tennis center at the College of William and Mary, on South Henry
Street. We partnered with the College and the W/JCC Master
Gardeners to plant the garden in a low lying, sunny spot that
was unsuitable for development. The Master Gardeners and the
College landscape staff continue to support this project. Many
of the seeds our chapter distributes come from the meadow.
Other school and community gardens in Williamsburg have
benefited from seeds and plants grown there, as well. It has
been a great teaching garden, and a wonderful display of drought
tolerant native plants.
Please join Cynthia Long and Bland Freeman
in monitoring and maintaining the garden in October, getting it
ready for the winter.
Work days are on-going on the third Thursday of the month during
the growing season.
For more info, contact Cynthia Long at 259-9559.
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Phillip Merritt will lead a tour of fall foliage and
wildflowers at Sandy Bottom Nature Park located at the
corner of Hampton Roads Parkway (West) and Big Bethel Road,
Hampton.
Please register at 757-604-1026 or
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com.
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The guest speaker will be Larry Griffith, the curator of
plants at Colonial Williamsburg Foundation,
will be speaking on the native species treated in his book that
was published last year: Flowers and Herbs of Early America.
Please note
different location...
Location:
Main Street Library, 110 Main Street, Newport News.
757-591-4858
Directions
Map
Please see
Meetings for
more details.
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Beth Chambers, Curator at the College of William and
Mary Herbarium, will lead chapter members and guests on a
tour of the College’s new herbarium. Space is limited.
Please register and get directions
at 757-604-1026 or
claytonsnatives@yahoo.com or contact the herbarium at
757-221-2213 or email
willi@wm.edu.
Beth Chambers
Photo by Jan Newton
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2010 Past
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John Clayton Chapter is now considering candidates for
scholarships for Summer 2010 sessions of Nature Camp at Vesuvius, Virginia
in the George Washington National Forest.
Nature Camp is a coeducational, academic camp that emphasizes
education in natural history and environmental studies for students currently in
5th - 12th grades. It is intended for
those with a genuine interest in the out-of-doors and the natural
world.
For more information click here>
Nature Camp 2010 Scholarship Competition.
Deadline:
Scholarship
Application Form, Essay and Recommendation Form must be received by the John
Clayton Chapter Nature Camp Scholarship Committee by January 15, 2010.
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Emily Francis,
Outreach & Advocacy Manager for the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation,
will discuss the effects of coal pollution on the health of the
Bay, while
Patti Gray
of
Williamsburg Climate Action Network
will discuss the effects on the Hampton Roads area.
Location:
Yorktown Public Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
Please see
Meetings for
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Join Phillip Merritt as he looks for the winter blooms of
the skunk cabbage, the 2009 VNPS perennial of the year. Hot
drinks and refreshments provided!
Please register at 757-604-1026 or
vnpsfieldtrips@gmail.com.
Location: Meet in the parking lot of the Christian Life
Center at 4451 Longhill Road.
For a map showing location of Longhill Swamp
click here >
Map.
Note: We've never done this field trip before, so I may
need to change the date depending on how the blooms are coming
along. Check back here to see if the date changes. -Phillip
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Skunk Cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
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Our chapter will have a display at
this
day long event with educational classes exhibits, horticultural
clubs, plant sales, experts. Our chapter president
Helen Hamilton
will be presenting "Gardening
Relationships: Understanding the relationship and interdependencies
of living organisms is very important to the success of your
landscape."
Registration fee is $14. See Registration Form and Class
Schedule below for more
details.
Registration Deadline:
March 8, 2010
Registration
Form
Class
Schedule
Location:
York High School, 9300 George
Washington Highway, Yorktown, VA
Volunteers
Needed: Call Helen Hamilton at 757-564-4494
to sign up to help man chapter's display booth and tell others about
native plants!
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Guest speaker
Jim
Orband
will be speaking about ferns and their adaptability for landscaping.
Please see
Meetings for details and to see the fern handouts ahead of time.
Location:
Yorktown Public Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
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The hostess is
Charlotte Boudreau.
Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot and label plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore.
Call
Charlotte Boudreau at (757) 596-2524 for directions.
(Rain date:
Monday, March 22 at 10am)
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact
Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884
or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
Join the Fun...
Check the dates for more Potting Parties and other ways to help with
the plant sale!
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A fieldtrip to
Gloucester's Tripetala site
where bloodroot,
hepatica, Dentaria laciniata (cut-leaved toothwort), and other woodland blooms
are often in abundance this time of year. Trip
leader is
Mary Hyde Berg.
(Rain date: April 3 at 10am)
Please register
and get directions
by calling Mary at
(804)693-3568
between 7 am and 8:30 pm. (If
messages are not returned, please call again.)
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The host is
Al Davidoff.
Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot and label plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore.
Call
Al Davidoff at (757)
345-5034 for directions
(in Ford's
Colony).
(Rain
date: Monday, March 29 at 2pm)
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact
Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884
or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
Join the Fun...
Check the dates for more Potting Parties and other ways to help with
the plant sale!
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The hostess is
Ada Lou Turner.
Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot and label plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore.
Call Ada Lou at (757) 220-0929 for directions.
(Rain
date is Wednesday, March 31 at 10am.)
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact
Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769
and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
Join the Fun...
Check the dates for more Potting Parties and other ways to help with
the plant sale!
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The hosts are
Joyce and Hayes Williams.
Bring plants to pot or
come and help pot and label plants for our annual plant sale,
Plants Galore.
Call
Joyce and Hayes Williams at
cell(804) 694-6235 home (804) 693-4417for directions.
(Rain
date: Saturday, April 3 at 1pm)
If you have native
plants but cannot come to the potting party, contact
Joan
Etchberger at (757) 566-1884
or Lucile Kossodo (757)
565-0769 and we can pick them up. If you need help digging them up,
please call us and we can help.
Join the Fun...
Check the dates for more Potting Parties and other ways to help with
the plant sale!
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A fieldtrip to
York River State Park
where we'll be looking for trailing arbutus and other early
spring bloomers like paw paw, dogwood and golden ragwort.
There is a small entrance fee into the park, so carpooling is
suggested. Trip
leader is
Phillip Merritt.
Please register
by calling Phillip Merritt at
(757)604-1026 or emailing him at vnpsfieldtrips@gmail.com.
Directions and Map
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A fieldtrip to
Summerfield's Wild Area
to search for
trailing
arbutus, a dainty, fragrant, ground-clinging shrub.
Jack-in-the pulpit and other delights of the spring acid woods
are often sited in this area. Trip
leader is
Mary Hyde Berg.
(Rain date: April 17 at 10am)
Please register
and get directions
by calling Mary at
(804)693-3568
between 7 am and
8:30 pm.
(If
messages are not returned, please call again.)
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Our chapter will have a display at
this
day long event with educational classes exhibits, horticultural
clubs, plant sales, experts.
Location:
Ferguson Center, Newport News, VA
Call 757-594-7568 to Register.
Volunteers
Needed: Call Helen Hamilton at 757-564-4494
to sign up to help man chapter's display booth and tell others about
native plants!
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A fieldtrip to
Sandy Bottom Creek Park
in Newport News to
look for blooms of sweetleaf as well as Jack-in-the-pulpit and
houstonia. Trip
leader is
Phillip Merritt.
Please register
by calling Phillip Merritt at
(757)604-1026 or emailing him at vnpsfieldtrips@gmail.com.
Directions and Map
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Annual Plant Sale:
Plants Galore 2010 |
- Saturday, April 24,
10:00 am - 4:00 pm:
Native Plant Sale:
John Clayton Chapter and the James City County/Williamsburg Master
Gardeners will sell native and ornamental plants including flowers,
ferns, vegetables, herbs, shrubs, small trees, and house plants.
Rain barrels, composting tumblers, and blue bird houses will also be sold.
Please, no early birds - the doors
open to the public at 10 am on Saturday!
Cash
and checks only.
Location: Williamsburg Community Building,
401 N. Boundary St. (across from the Williamsburg Regional Library).
The parking garage next to the Community Bldg. offers free parking.
Click here for
Directions
Members, we need your help!
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Host a potting party.
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Attend one or all of the
potting parties (Please see March 20, 25, Apr. 1 and 2.)
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Donate local native plants for the sale.
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Help transport plants to the sale.
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Volunteer on Friday to help set-up for the sale
from 11am-4pm.
Deliver plants
between 11am and 2pm Friday! We will set-up the
interior of the building and store the plants that will be
placed outside the next morning. All these volunteers will be
able to buy 3 native plants before the sale opens to the public
on Saturday, 24th.
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Volunteer to arrive 7-10 am to set-up outside, to arrive
prior to 10am to assist with the sale, or to help with the
clean-up at 4-5pm. If you arrive prior to
the beginning of the sale, you will also be able to buy 3 native
plants before the sale opens to the public on Saturday, 24th.
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John Clayton members and Master Gardeners are
to arrive early for set up and stay until 5pm for clean up.
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For next year's sale: we need members
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Note earlier starting time!
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, April 24
Members, please deliver plants
on
Friday, the 23rd 11am-2pm.
Members Only Pre-Sale:
Friday, the 23rd
4-6pm
Volunteers, please note:
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We offer those who host a potting party, the
choice of a free Native Plant from our John Clayton sale before
the sale begins.
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We offer those who help with the sale (i.e.
set-up, selling, clean-up, transporting plants) will be able to
buy 3 native plants before the sale opens to the public on
Saturday, 24th.
If you have native plants but cannot come to the
potting party, contact
Joan Etchberger at
(757) 566-1884 or Lucile Kossodo (757) 565-0769 and we
can pick them up. If you need help digging them up, please call us
and we can help.
Let’s make this the greatest plant sale ever.
We need your Help!
For more information or to sign up to help, call
Joan Etchberger at (757) 566-1884
or Lucile Kossodo (757) 565-0769.
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John Clayton Chapter members man a native
plant display at the Virginia Living Museum for their Mother's Day
in the Garden event. Educational brochures and information will be handed
out and questions answered. Come see our Long-Blooming Native Plants
display!
Volunteers needed!
Call Helen Hamilton at 757-564-4494 or email her at
Helen44@earthlink.net.
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Join Mary Hyde Berg on a trip to see
umbrella magnolias in bloom at her Tripetala site in Gloucester.
Other plants we may see include orchis spectabilis and maidenhair fern.
(Rain date: Sunday, May 16 at 2:00 pm).
Please register
by calling
Mary Hyde Berg at (804)693-3568 (before 8pm).
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Join Donna Ware as she leads a tour of
calcareous ravines in Freedom Park, Williamsburg. Plants we may see
include puttyroot orchid, lily-leaved tway-blade orchid and maidenhair fern. This trip may
include some difficult walking (moderately steep slopes and getting under, over,
or around a few fallen trees).
Please register
by
emailing Donna
Ware
at
dmeware@verizon.net or calling
her at
(757)564-0657.
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Join us as guest
speaker Dr. Deborah Waller
speaks about how the reproductive success
of native plants depends on their interactions with insect
pollinators and seed dispersers.
Please see
Meetings for details.
Location:
Yorktown Public Library
on Rt. 17 and Battle Rd. in Yorktown.
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Blanket Flower
Deborah Waller
Joe-Pye Weed
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Join Phillip Merritt for a trip along the
wetland boardwalk at Newport News Park.
Please register
and get directions
by calling Phillip Merritt at
(757)604-1026 or emailing him at vnpsfieldtrips@gmail.com.
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The second Aerospace Institute plant rescue will
take place at 100 Exploration Way in Hampton. Volunteers are needed to dig
plants in a wooded area and to pot plants later in the day or on the next day.
If you can help with either of these jobs, contact Carolyn below.
To help, please email or
call Carolyn Will at
c.will@juno.com or
757-566-0306.
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Donna Ware
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
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Photo by Helen Hamilton
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Our guest speaker Lance Gardener will
discuss the benefits of planting native, not only for critters,
but for families too! Plus, learn
how to deter voles and other unwanted pests!
Lance Gardener with his son and pets.
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