Invasion of the Plant Snatchers

A stealthy catastrophe is happening in regional spaces that are suffering from the spread of invasive plants. VCE Master Naturalist Tracy Melton will tell you about large and small-scale invasive species removal projects. You’ll learn about the serious negative impact of invasives, and how to identify and remove these plants from your own property to help prevent further spread that will affect our local ecoregion. Tracy’s presentation includes information about Japanese stiltgrass, Japanese honeysuckle, autumn olive, mahonia, wineberry, Chinese privet, wisteria, and tree-of-heaven.

Click here for the September 2024 update of the Virginia Invasive Plant Species List.

Tracy Matthew Melton is a Virginia Cooperative Extension Master Naturalist and a member of the Historic Rivers Chapter. Over the last five years, he has spent more than 2000 hours removing invasive plants from woods on the William & Mary campus and 30+ acres of Port Anne common land on historic and environmentally critical College Creek.

FREE but only 48 seats are available so registration is required. Garden members in good standing will receive an email on or before November 1st with the registration link. Members have Priority until 9 am on Saturday, November 9th, when registration opens to the public. We expect registration for this program to fill up quickly and spill over to a waiting list. Members on the waiting list take precedence if cancellations occur. Click here for membership info.

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