Celebrate Native Trees Week
Sept 26 - Oct 2, 2022
Garden centers and other organizations throughout Northern Virginia
promoting native trees and shrubs.
Participants
Native-only garden centers
Conventional garden centers
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Greenstreet Gardens of Virginia
Landscape designers
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Native Plant Landscape Design, LLC - Open Garden Day Sept 25
Other
Why shrubs?
Why is a tree campaign talking about native shrubs? The shrub layer is an essential part of the ecosystem, provding food and nesting sites for many animals. For other benefits such as stormwater capture, the only difference between a native tree and a native shrub is one of degree.
9751 Center St, Manassas
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“Buy 4-Get 1 Free” will apply to all native trees and shrubs. Native trees in 7 and 15 gallon containers. Mix-and-match - the least expensive will be the freebie.
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Free bag of Espoma Tree Tone with any tree purchase (while supplies last).
16764 Hamilton Station Rd Hamilton
10% off on all tree tubelings.
Tubes are 3" in diameter, 12" deep
Varieties include:
Sweetgum - Liquidambar styraciflua
Hornbeam - Carpinus caroliniana
Bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica
Witch hazel - Hamamelis virginiana
American Plum - Prunus americana
Black Gum - Nyssa sylvatica
Sassafrass- Sasafrass albinum
Beach - Fagus grandiflora
Oaks- Q. rubra, Q. alba, Q. bicolor
6100 Cloud Drive, Springfield
A wide variety of local ecotype native trees in very small containers
(Order for pickup,
or shop by appointment on Sundays)
September 24, 10 am
Native Tree and Shrub Chat by Matt Bright at our Wild Plant Nursery
In person - register here.
Zoom option - register here.
at Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green Spring Rd, Alexandria
We will have a selection of native shrubs and a few small trees for sale in the Garden Gate Plant Shop. They will vary in size and will be marked either as NoVA native or VA native.
Walker Nature Center
Tree and Shrub Sale
11450 Glade Dr. Reston, VA 20191
Pre-order only by
Sept 23, 2022 @ 5pm
Pickup date:
Saturday, October 1, 10am-1pm
Order online at
Town of Vienna
Native Plant Sale with
Free drawing for a native tree
120 Cherry St, SE Vienna
10/1 8am-noon
Changed to Oct 8!
Educational Tree Walks
Join VCE Loudoun Master Gardeners at our Educational Tree Walks as we celebrate native trees and shrubs during Native Tree Week.
Tuesday, Sepember 27 at 12:00pm OR Thursday, September 29 at 5:30pm (pick one)
Meet at Demonstration Garden at Ida Lee Park • Registration is not required.
Hosted by VCE Loudoun Certified Master Gardener Tree Stewards
Order for delivery or for pickup at
Four Mile Run farmer's market
Native trees in containers, meaning
a good size for homeowners to handle
Betula nigra-river birch
Calycanthus floridus-Carolina allspice (VA native)
Celastrus scandens-American bittersweet
Celtis occidentalis-hackberry
Chamaecyparis thyoides-Atlantic whitecedar (VA native)
Chionanthus virginicus-fringetree
Cornus amomum-silky dogwood
Cornus racemosa-gray dogwood
Crataegus phaenopyrum-Washington hawthorn
Crataegus viridis-green hawthorn
Diospyros virginiana-persimmon
Acer negundo-box elder maple
Amorpha fruticose-false indigo
Asimina triloba-paw paw
Betula lenta-sweet birch
Fothergilla gardenia-dwarf fothergilla
Morella pensylvanica-northern bayberry
Morus rubra-red mulberry
Nyssa sylvatica - blackgum
Oxydendrum arboretum-sourwood (VA native)
Pinus virginiana-scrub pine
Pinus echinata-shortleaf pine
Populus deltoides-eastern cottonwood
Rhus typhina-staghorn sumac
Rubus odoratus-flowering raspberry
Salix nigra-black willow
Taxodium distichum-bald cypress (VA native)
Tilia americana-American linden (or basswood)
Three locations
Join Merrifield Garden Center to discover native trees!
Monday September 26 at noon via Zoom
All attendees receive 15% off
Free Tree Giveaways
October 1, 2022, 10:00 am to Noon
Two Locations:
4436 N. 16th Street, Arlington, VA
855 N. Larrimore, Arlington, VA
Visit seven local gardens
designed by Native Plant Landscape Design
Sunday, Sept 25, 4-6pm