The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is thrilled to announce that this year’s Native Plant Sale will be conducted at Dug In Farm on Fleets Bay Road, off Route 3 in White Stone.
The local chapter focuses on what’s in its name, “Native Plants,” through field trips, native plant presentations by experts, literature and other forms of education including an annual fall native plant sale, which raises money for these endeavors. The native plants offered for sale have been raised by a dedicated and experienced group of members. This year the chapter thought the sale may not take place due to safety concerns and restrictions surrounding COVID-19 at the group’s normal sale venue, Wicomico Parish Church. But fortunately, the chapter found a new venue this year – Dug In Farm.
The sale will feature more than 1,000 plants, all of which are Virginia natives with 95% of them native to the coastal plain of Virginia including the Middle Peninsula. It is one of the few sources of native plants in the area, although Dug In Farm is now offering more and more natives and will be offering about 20 natives for sale during the chapter sale.
The Northern Neck Chapter of the Virginia Native Plant Society is one of 11 chapters in the state. It is dedicated to the protection and preservation…
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