🌿Your October Native Garden Checklist for Hampton Roads, Virginia
Five simple ways to make your garden more beautiful, resilient, and welcoming to wildlife this fall.
🌿Blue Wood Aster: A Beautiful Native Alternative to Fall Mums
Bring beautiful purple-blue blooms, pollinator-friendly color, and a little more native beauty to your fall garden.
🌿Native Plant Spotlight: Carolina Willow (Salix caroliniana)
https://www.sjrstate.edu/treecampus/carolinawillow
🌿Rain Gardens: Helping Norfolk Manage Too Much Water—and Make Better Use of the Rain We Get
Too much rain. Not enough rain.
🌿Norfolk Has Had Plenty of Rain—So Why Are We in a Drought?
If you've spent much time in Norfolk this summer, the word drought might seem a little strange.
🌿Gardening by the Bay: How to Create a Coastal-Friendly Yard in the 757
If you garden anywhere around Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Hampton, or the surrounding Tidewater communities, you quickly learn that gardening here comes with its own set of rules.
🌿Tidewater Native Plants That Thrive Near the Saltwater Coast of the Chesapeake Bay
If you garden near the Chesapeake Bay, Elizabeth River, Lafayette River, Eastern Branch, or another tidal waterway, you already know that coastal gardening comes with a few extra challenges.
🌿Muscadine Grapes: A Native Fruit for the Tidewater Garden
When you think about growing fruit in your backyard, grapes might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But here in Tidewater Virginia, there is a grape that feels right at home: muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia).
🌿Native Nectar Plants for Hummingbirds & Monarchs
There is something special about watching a Ruby-throated Hummingbird hover over a flower or seeing a monarch butterfly drift through a Norfolk garden.
🌿How to Get Rid of Spider Mites Naturally: 7 Ways to Save Your Plants
Spider mites are tiny, but they can cause surprisingly big problems in the garden.
🌿10 Best Native Plants for Clay Soil in Hampton Roads
If you've ever tried to dig a garden bed in Norfolk, you already know: clay soil can be tough.
🌿Sassafras: From Jamestown Export to Tea, Filé, and Root Beer
Long before sassafras became something we might notice along a woodland trail, it was one of the most valuable plants in early colonial America.