As the summer heat approaches, now is a wonderful time to cultivate a shade garden. It will become a tranquil escape from the ...

The Virginia Big Tree Program, coordinated by the Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation at Virginia Tech, maintains a register of the largest specimens of over 300 native ...

Virginia’s Department of Forestry strives to see many more native trees planted in the Commonwealth. For the second year in a row, they are willing to give money away to make that happen. DOF ...

Arlington Native Plant Garden is a half-acre garden filled with more than 150 of the 16,000 species of flowering plants, ferns, and trees native to the United States. The garden is also known as ...

This 2023 image provided by Doug Tallamy shows the University of Delaware entomologist and father of the modern native plants movement posing with native Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica ...

This 2023 image provided by Doug Tallamy shows the University of Delaware entomologist and father of the modern native plants movement posing with native Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica ...

Other excellent summer tree and shrub options include buttonbush, smooth and panicle hydrangeas, smokebush, rose of Sharon, ...

This 2023 image provided by Doug Tallamy shows the University of Delaware entomologist and father of the modern native plants movement posing with native Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica ...