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We were so excited to host our first annual Membership and Business Meeting on October 15, 2025 at the Fredericksburg Branch Library Theater!  It was a chance to celebrate the revival and expansion of our local chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society. Every good celebration begins with food!  And boy did we have food! The meeting gave us a chance to come together, to meet others with our interests and to relax and chat. Stacey Churchill provided an overview of the three

A note from our President, Stacey Churchill: Mike and Pat Worsham shared this great story of how adding just one potted butterfly milkweed in a sunny spot provided monarch habitat.  Even if you don’t have much space, you can still make a difference! Here’s an easy way to plant natives and create your own small butterfly garden. All you need is a flower pot that drains well and some butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa). This might make a fun school science project too. The

Our chapter is official and it is time to get out the word! The Tree Fredericksburg Native Plant Festival on September 28, 2025 was the perfect opportunity to set up a table and reach out to like-minded folks! But first we were lucky enough to hear Karen Tavakoli and Alonso Abugattas speak. Our table was set up to display our three areas of focus: Grow, Know and Protect . Joy Green brought her oak tree and taught visitors about the importance of oaks in our ecosystem.  Young

Our final garden tour of the season found us at the home of Jeanne and Will Hartzell.  It was a fantastic opportunity to visit a property that meets HOA approval in the front yard and fully embraces native plantings in the back.  The Hartzells are 7 years into transforming their extraordinary site from farmland to a paradise for pollinators and birds.  Berry-filled shrubs and trees were in abundance, as active birders the Hartzells know what is needed to feed our feathered fr