Northampton County

Check out the following sites in Accomack County where you can find ES Natives!

Eastern Shore of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge - "Pollinator Garden"

A wide variety of Virginia native plants that attract pollinators were installed in partnership with Refuge volunteers, the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory, Eastern Shore SWCD, The Nature Conservancy, Virginia CZM Program, Virginia Field Office Partners for Fish and Wildlife, and Youth Conservation Corps.

Eastern Shore Master Naturalists currently help maintain the gardens.

Visitors today will find Willow Oaks in the front of the center, and native plants for pollinators at entrance and behind the visitor center. Bring your camera and binoculars, and surround yourself with the gardens’ many floral colors and smells as you stroll along pathways in and around the gardens.

Location:
32205 Seaside Road, Cape Charles VA 23310

ES native plants of note at this site include:
Asclepias syriaca - Common Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa - Butterfly-weed
Baptisia tinctoria - Yellow Wild Indigo
Chrysopsis mariana - Maryland Golder Aster
Hibiscus moscheutos - Swamp or Eastern Rose-mallow
Monarda fistulosa - Bergamot
Oenothera fruticosa - Narrow-leaf or Southern Sundrops
Pycnanthemum tenuifolium - Narrow-leaf Mountain-mint
Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan
Sisyrinchium angustifolium - Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Kiptopeke State Park - "Wildlife Garden"

Eastern Shore Master Gardeners designed and installed this garden in Kiptopeke State Park on the 26-acre CZM/Taylor Tract. Over 900 native forbs, shrubs, vines and small trees (17 species) were planted along the garden’s walkway as part of a Virginia CZM Program grant to the park to restore habitat on the property and provide public access amenities. Native vines cling to a pergola arching over a bench in the garden inviting visitors to relax and enjoy the garden and a view of a pond. Signage highlights the value of natives. Master Gardeners work with Park staff to maintain the garden.

Location: 
3540 Kiptopeke Drive, Cape Charles, VA 23310

ES native plants of note at this site include:
Amelanchier arborea - Downy Serviceberry
Bignonia capreolata - Crossvine
Coreopsis lanceolata - Lanceleaf Coreopsis
Wisteria frutescens - Atlantic wisteria