Imagine the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain during the spring of 1607. With sails billowing, the Susan Constant, piloted by Christopher Newport, cruised toward the future Jamestown. The surrounding forest understory was covered with native ferns, waxmyrtles, and winterberries. Flowering dogwoods, native redbuds and serviceberries were erupting with color, the luxuriant leaf litter was thick and abundant, […]
Choose Native Plants This Spring
Choose Native Plants This Spring Planting natives is one of the most important steps a home owner can take to increase local biodiversity right here in Hampton Roads. There are many wonderful plants to choose from, including beautyberry, native ferns, and purple coneflowers. These natives will dress up your landscape and simultaneously benefit the environment and […]
The Environmental Benefits of Our Local Trees
Perhaps trees are the most majestic of all living organisms. Trees are the tallest, the most massive, and the oldest of all living things on earth. They provide us with oxygen and shade, food and shelter, beauty and serenity. The broad array of benefits that trees bestow on our lives have thus far eluded our […]