A festival to celebrate the benefits of native plants with a special emphasis on Fall is for Planting.
Saturday October 21, 2023
Crump Park 3400 Mountain Road, Glen Allen, 23060
Vendor Fair: 10 am-2 pm
Speakers under the big tent:
10:30-11:00 Starting Native Seeds: The Lazy Gardener’s Way with Bland Goddin, Keep Henrico Beautiful Committee Member
11:15 – 12:15 Native Trees: A Precious Resource Panel in conjunction with Celebrate Virginia Native Trees Month
Edward Olsen, Extension Agent, Agriculture and Natural Resources – Horticulture
Lauren Fitzhugh, Marketing and Social Media Manager at Colesville Nursery and Sales
Janine Lester, BCMA, Municipal Specialist Qualified Tree Risk Assessor
1:00 – 1:30 Plant This Not That with Sheryl Smith, Certified Virginia Master Naturalist Volunteer
Keynote Speaker @ 2:30pm Nancy Lawson Author of The Humane Gardener and Wildscape sponsored by the Virginia Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program
This is a free event. Note: Native Plants represented in the logo
The following list will be updated periodically.
Native Plant Sellers:
A Wise Gardener
Cutleaf Nursery
Davis Natives
Good Seed Natives
Greenwitch Gardens and Native Plants
Hill House Farm & Nursery
Horticulture, ACE Center at Virginia Randolph
Local Ecotype Richmond Natives
Parallel Nursery
RVA Homegrown Natives
Woodside Paw Paw
Informational Organizations:
Box Turtle Santuary of VA
Central Virginia Waste Management Authority
Flora of Virginia Project
Future Habitats
Henrico Conservation Action Network – HCAN
Henrico County Department of Public Works
Henrico County Planning Department – HenricoNEXT
Henrico County Public Library
Henrico Environmental Action Resource Team – H.E.A.R.T
Henrico Extension Office/Henrico Master Gardeners
James River Association – rain barrel workshop
Keep Virginia Beautiful
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
PlanRVA
Plant RVA Natives
Pocahontas Chapter – Virginia Native Plant Society
Sierra Club
Truetimber Arborists
Virginia Bluebird Society
Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources
Virginia Master Naturalists – Riverine Chapter
Virginia State University
Wetland Studies and Solutions
Wild Ones – Greater Richmond Virginia Chapter
Non-Plant Sellers:
Rabbit & Wren
Sativa’s Garden LLC
Tiny Vegan
