VNPS South Hampton Roads Chapter

SHR CHAPTER MEETING

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:40:00 +0000

*WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 7 p.m.
CAMELLIA CLASSROOM
NORFOLK BOTANICAL GARDEN
6700 AZALEA GARDEN ROAD
NORFOLK, VA

TOPIC: NATIVE PLANTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA
SPEAKER: LARRY WILCOX

MEETINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
FOR INFORMATION CALL 482-9120

*PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN CHAPTER MEETING DATE DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS ON THE DECEMBER HOLIDAY SOCIAL

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Thursday, October 22, 7 p.m.
Camellia Classroom
Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Road
Norfolk, VA

Topic: Native Gardens of the Virginia Aquarium
Speaker: Dusty Bourgeois

Meetings are free and open to the public.
For information call 482-9120.

Please note: November Chapter Meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 18 due to Thanksgiving Holiday.
Check back for details on Topic and Speaker.

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:58:00 +0000

SHR Chapter Meeting
Thursday, September 24, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden

Topic: Champion and Remarkable Trees of Virginia
Speakers: Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson

Meetings are free and open to the public.
For information call 482-9120.
Look for details on next meeting, October 22.

SHR Annual Picnic

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:14:00 +0000

Chapter's Annual Picnic and Garden Tour
Saturday, June 6, 12 noon - 3 p.m.
Hermitage Foundation
7637 North Shore Road

Chapter will provide main dish, drinks and utensils.
Members are asked to bring a side dish, salad or dessert to share.
Please RSVP by June 1st to Gail at 410-4066.

Our next chapter meeting will be Thursday, September 24.
Topic: The Hunt for Champion Trees of Virginia.
Look for details in August/September.

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:28:00 +0000

South Hampton Roads Chapter Meeting

Thursday, May 28, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
6700 Azalea Garden Road

Speaker: John Stewart with the Lafayette Wetlands Partnership

Presentation: Neighborhood Wetlands Stewardship: Case Study on
Colley Avenue

Meetings are free and open to the public.
For additional information call 482-9120.

Look for details on SHR Chapter picnic at the Hermitage in June.

SHR Chapter Plant Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:08:00 +0000

Plant Sale
Saturday, May 9
10:00 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Norfolk Botanical Garden
in conjunction with
Prevention Magazine's Health Style Festival
6700 Azalea Garden Road Norfolk, VA
Regular NBG admission rates apply

Shop for Native Plants of the Coastal Plains
For information on plant availability, please call 858-5443.

Look for details on our next Chapter Meeting: Thursday, May 28

May 2nd Invasive Plant Removal Day

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:06:00 +0000

Invasive Plant Removal

Saturday, May 2, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Chesapeake Arboretum
624 Oak Grove Road
Chesapeake, VA 23320

What to Wear: Closed toe shoes, long pants, long-sleeved shirts, gloves and eye protection.
What to Bring: Loppers, pruners, shovels, bug spray and water.

We will be working on two trails opposite the farmhouse headquarters and the stewartia grove.

Targets will be English ivy and ligustrum. Be aware that we will be working around poison ivy.

We will be working with volunteers from Chesapeake Master Gardeners, Tidewater Master Naturalists, the Arboretum and Norfolk Southern Corp.

For additional information call 482-9120.

Look for details on our Plant Sale at Norfolk Botanical Garden, Saturday, May 9.

CHAPTER MEETING

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:14:00 +0000

South Hampton Roads Chapter Meeting
Thursday, April 23, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden

Speaker:
Dr. Jeff Kirwan, Virginia Tech Department of Forestry Professor, Extension Specialist and co-author of book, Remarkable Trees of Virginia.

Presentation: Remarkable Trees of Virginia
Learn about the amazing work that went into creating this book that showcases some of Virginia's finest trees.

Dr. Kirwan hopes to have second printing copies of this book available for sale at less than retail
cost.

For information please call 482-9120.
Meetings are free and open to the public.

Look for details on our next plant sale scheduled for Saturday, May 9.

SHR Chapter Plant Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:13:00 +0000

Saturday, April 4, 2009
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Francis Land House
in conjunction with
Gathering of the Guilds
3131 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, VA 23452

Shop for Native Plants of the Coastal Plains.
For further information on plant availability,
please call 757-858-5443.

Look for updates on our next plant sale Saturday, May 9, 2009.

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 01:31:00 +0000

South Hampton Roads Chapter Meeting
Thursday, March 26, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden

This meeting is for plant sale volunteers. Our annual native plant sales are scheduled for Saturday, April 4 and Saturday, May 9. If unable to attend, please call Nicole Knudson at 858-5443 for volunteer information. Please offer your support for our annual fundraiser.
Next month: Speaker/Presentation, Dr. Jeff Kirwan/Remarkable Trees of Virginia.
For information call 482-9120.

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:24:00 +0000

South Hampton Roads Chapter
Thursday, February 26, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Speaker: Theresa Augustin, NBG Curator of Natural Areas
Presentation: Discovering Mushrooms
Lecture will cover the importance and role of fungi, the basic structures of mushrooms,
fun facts, and photos of mushrooms in our area.
Chapter meetings are free and open to the public.
For additional information call, 482-9120.

SHR Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:39:00 +0000

Thursday, January 22, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Speaker: Stephen Living, Wildlife Biologist, with the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Topic: Going Wild: Creating Backyard Habitat
For additional information call: 482-9120

SHR CHAPTER MEETING

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Thursday, November 20, 7 p.m.
Magnolia Classroom at
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Speaker: Colette Amici

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:48:00 +0000

SHR Meeting
Thursday, October 23, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Speakers: Linda and Larry Wilcox
Topic: VNPS 2008 Field Trip to the Tall Grass Prairies in Kansas
Plus: Election of New Officers and Presentation of Annual Budget

SHR Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:40:00 +0000

Chapter Meeting
Thursday, September 25, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Speaker, Larry Wilcox SHR member.
Topic, PowerPoint Presentation of the 2008 VNPS trip to the tall grass prairies in Kansas.

Annual Chapter Picnic

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Fri, 23 May 2008 21:51:00 +0000

Annual Picnic and Tour of the Hermitage Gardens
Saturday, June 21, 12 noon until 2 p.m.
Chapter will provide main dish, drinks and utensils.
Members are asked to bring a covered dish, salad or dessert to share.
Hermitage Foundation
7637 North Shore Road
Please RSVP by June 16 to Nicole at 858-5443

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:42:00 +0000

Thursday, May 22, 7 p.m.
Holly Room
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Gail Farley, SHR member, will present "The Freedom Lawn is for the B's: Honeybees, Ladybugs, Butterflies and the Chesapeake Bay".
For information call 482-9120

Plant Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:37:00 +0000

Saturday, May 10
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Norfolk Botanical Garden
NBG admission rates apply
VNPS members preview 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:27:00 +0000

Thursday, April 24, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Karen Forget with Lynnhaven River Now will present,
"Gardening to Save the River".

SHR Chapter Plant Sale

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Plant Sale
Saturday, March 29, 2008
10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m.
at the Francis Land House
Gathering of the Guilds
3131 Virginia Beach Boulevard
Virginia Beach, Va 23452

2008 Wildflower of the Year
Spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana)
will be available plus many other hand to find
native plants of the coastal plains.
For additional information or specials requests, please call
757-858-5443 .

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:38:00 +0000

Thursday, February 28, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Mike Andruczyk, Chesapeake Horticulture Agent-Virginia Cooperative Extension,
will present "Native Plants for Rain Gardens".

SHR Chapter Sponorship

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 02:21:00 +0000

Lecture, 'Sensuous Natives" with Mation Lobstein
Saturday, February 16, 12 noon
Mid-Atlantic Home and Flower Show
Virginia Beach Convention Center

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:53:00 +0000

Thursday, January 24, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Yolima Carr, Curator of Gardens and Grounds, from the Hermitage Foundation.
Lecture: PowerPoint presentation of wetland restoration and gardening.

SHR Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:31:00 +0000

Chapter Meeting:
Thursday, November 15, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at
Norfolk Botanical Garden
Speaker: Chris Moore from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Topic: State of the Bay

Chapter Meeting

noreply@blogger.com (Brenda Huff) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:44:00 +0000

Thursday, October 25, 7 p.m.
Holly Room at Norfolk Botanical Garden
Lecture: Wetland Restoration at the Hermitage
Speaker: Yolima Carr, Curator of Gardens and Grounds,
the Hermitage Foundation