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Column: Brock Center, environmental education home in Virginia Beach, boasts beauty

December 1, 2024January 2, 2025 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, Dec. 1, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is preparing to observe

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Agriculture Environment Virginia Beach

Column: Invasive plants such as the tree of heaven can be devilish

November 17, 2024December 22, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. —Archived from the Sunday, Nov. 17, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — You may know the tree of heaven if

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Agriculture Courthouse Environment Government Virginia Beach

New horticulture agent in Virginia Beach grew an early love of plants

August 2, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, July 21, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE COURTHOUSE — Ashton Holliday-Goulart brings a keen interest in native plants

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Agriculture Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Column: A few reliable favorite plants for the summer garden in Virginia Beach

July 7, 2024July 29, 2024 The Independent News

Ed. — Archived from the Sunday, July 7, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — My pink evening primrose, which blooms so

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Environment Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Column: Some hits and misses in my Virginia Beach fall gardening journey

November 22, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Nov. 5, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — As the growing season winds to a close,

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Agriculture Business Environment Virginia Beach

Column: Virginia Beach landscape designer has a native plant specialty

July 27, 2023July 27, 2023 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, July 9, print edition. This story has been corrected to reflect that Imrich worked at Lynnhaven River Now to 2013 to 2018. An earlier

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Agriculture Business Chesapeake Environment Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Farmer John: Native plants are a passion for Gunderson of Southern Branch Nursery — and lead to a better ecosystem

May 15, 2022May 15, 2022 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, April 10, print edition. BY J.D. WILSON CHESAPEAKE — Back when I farmed in Pungo, I knew poplar and maple trees

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Virginia Beach

Ackerman, speaking at VB’s Winter Wildlife Festival, looks at fascinating behavior, social world of birds

January 23, 2022January 23, 2022 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — You’ve probably walked along the beach and watched birds bomb diving for fish in the ocean, but did

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Agriculture Food & Drink Virginia Beach

Column: Fall garden favorites for you and the pollinators

September 10, 2021 The Independent News

Ed. — From the Sunday, Sept. 5, print edition. BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — I don’t think that I’ve ever seen as many Monarch butterflies

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Agriculture Chesapeake Health & Fitness Virginia Beach

Column: Investigating plants cultivated from native species

July 10, 2021 The Independent News

BY JANE BLOODWORTH ROWE VIRGINIA BEACH — I recently read Douglas Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, and I have to admit that I was a bit underwhelmed. Tallamy,

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