Native tree workshop June 3

Join the Tree and Environmental Sustainability Committee on Thursday, June 3, at 7 p.m. for a virtual workshop about native trees and invasive plants.

Jordan Herring, Senior Area Forester with the Virginia Department of Forestry, will share information about trees that are native to Virginia and why planting native trees is best. He will also provide details about some of the invasive species that threaten our native trees such as English ivy, Japanese honeysuckle, multiflora rose, tree of heaven, and autumn olive, and ways to manage these plants.

 Register online to participate in the virtual workshop.

This workshop is part of the project for which the Town of Purcellville received grant funding through the Virginia Department of Forestry’s Virginia Trees for Clean Water program.

The project includes three educational workshops along with tree plantings at the Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve, located between Rt. 690 North and Hatcher Avenue in Purcellville. The second tree planting in the preserve, hosted by the Town and its Tree and Environmental Sustainability Committee, will be this fall.

The newly planted trees will help maintain and improve the habitat, increase the number of native tree species in the area, and improve water quality so the preserve continues to provide the food, water, shelter, and shade necessary for native wildlife to thrive.