Spring Wildflower Walks and Plant Sale

Check the John Clayton Chapter website, www.claytonvnps.org, for current fieldtrips and events and meeting information.


Spring Wildflower Walks:

-Saturday, March 22 at 10:00 a.m. – A woodland walk to see trailing arbutus, jack-in-the-pulpit and many other spring delights and curiosities. Trip leader Mary Hyde Berg expects to see about 25 species. Gloucester County. Sponsored by the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Please call (804)693-3568 before 8:30 p.m. to register and get directions. Rain date: Sunday, March 30 at 2:00 p.m.

-Saturday, April 12 at 10:00 a.m. – A woodland walk to see lady slippers, birds and much more in Gloucester County. Trip leader Mary Hyde Berg expects to see about 30 species. The event is sponsored by the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Free and open to public. Please call (804)693-3568 before 8:30 p.m. to register and get directions. Rain date: Sunday, April 13 at 2:00 p.m.

-Saturday, April 19 at 10:00 a.m. – A native plant walk to see blooming trees of shadbush clinging to banks of Poropotank Creek, vistas of greening freshwater marsh, and mosses and ferns lining long-traveled trails of an old King and Queen County home site. The event is sponsored by the John Clayton Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Free and open to public. Please call (804)693-3568 before 8:30 p.m. to register and get directions. Rain date: Sunday, April 20 at 2:00 p.m.



Photo: Shadbush/Serviceberry (Amelanchier canadensis) taken by Phillip Merritt

Annual Plant Sale: Plants Galore

Saturday, April 26, 12 noon - 4:00 pm

The John Clayton Chapter and the Virginia Cooperative Extension JCC/Williamsburg Master Gardener Association 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!

Location: Williamsburg Community Building, 401 N. Boundary St. (across from the Williamsburg Regional Library)

Parking: The parking garage next to the Community Bldg. offers free parking.

Members, we need your help!
Attend one or all of the potting parties.
Volunteer to help the day of the plant sale. John Clayton members and Master Gardeners are to arrive at 8am for set up and stay until 5pm for clean up.

Please see chapter website for details: www.claytonvnps.org.