WWALS at Valdosta Tree Fest 2022-12-03

Come to Valdosta Tree Fest and bid on the WWALS tree, which is decorated with seeds of native plants. Want to replant part of your lawn with native plants? Here’s a start. Or if you just want to start some potted plants.

That’s 10 AM to 5 PM, Saturday, December 3, 2022, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1702 Gornto Road, Valdosta, GA 31601. There is no fee to get in.

[Festival, Tree, Ornaments]
Festival, Tree, Ornaments

Facebook event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/508095037732873/

All proceeds go to WWALS, to support our advocacy and activities.

WWALS volunteers will be there to explain the tree and WWALS.

[WWALS tree]
WWALS tree

Thanks to the Exchange Club of Valdosta for organizing this event, and for inviting WWALS.

[Valdosta-Tree-Fest-1570x2048]
Valdosta-Tree-Fest-1570×2048

Sincere thanks to the Coastal Plain Chapter of the Georgia Native Plant Society, the Gaskins Forest Education Center, and Okra Paradise Farms for many of the plant samples.

[Ornaments]
Ornaments

Each ornament is labeled with what seeds are in it:

  • Hearts a bustin’, Euonymous americanus
  • Blazing star, Liatris spicata
  • Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia
  • Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Baptisia megacarpa
  • Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
  • Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
  • River Oats, Chasmanthium latifolium
  • Southern Wax Myrtle, Morella cerifera
  • Hop tree, Ptelea trifoliata
  • Swamp Chestnut Oak, Quercus michauxii
  • Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
  • Native Wisteria vine, Wisteria frutescens
  • Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata
  • Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana
  • Gallberry, Ilex glabra
  • Hairy lespedeza, Lespedeza hirta
  • Purple False Foxglove, Agalinis purpurea
  • Sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
  • Scarlet rosemallow, Hibiscus coccineus
  • Narrow Leaf Silkgrass, Pityopsis graminifolia
  • Narrow Leaf Ironweed, Vernonia angustifolia
  • Narrow Leaf Sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius
  • Common Sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale
  • Rondpod St Johns Wort, Hypericum cistifolium
  • Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris

WWALS Executive Director Gretchen Quarterman assembled the seeds and the tree.

[Some ornaments]
Some ornaments

Alphabetical order by common name:

  • Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Baptisia megacarpa
  • Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana
  • Blazing star, Liatris spicata
  • Common Sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale
  • Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
  • Gallberry, Ilex glabra
  • Hairy lespedeza, Lespedeza hirta
  • Hearts a bustin’, Euonymous americanus
  • Hop tree, Ptelea trifoliata
  • Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris
  • Narrow Leaf Ironweed, Vernonia angustifolia
  • Narrow Leaf Silkgrass, Pityopsis graminifolia
  • Narrow Leaf Sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius
  • Native Wisteria vine, Wisteria frutescens
  • Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata
  • Purple False Foxglove, Agalinis purpurea
  • Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia
  • River Oats, Chasmanthium latifolium
  • Rondpod St Johns Wort, Hypericum cistifolium
  • Scarlet rosemallow, Hibiscus coccineus
  • Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
  • Southern Wax Myrtle, Morella cerifera
  • Sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
  • Swamp Chestnut Oak, Quercus michauxii
  • Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata

[Labeled ornaments]
Labeled ornaments

And alphabetical order by scientific name:

  • Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia
  • Purple False Foxglove, Agalinis purpurea
  • Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata
  • Apalachicola Wild Indigo, Baptisia megacarpa
  • Beautyberry, Callicarpa americana
  • Partridge pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata
  • River Oats, Chasmanthium latifolium
  • Hearts a bustin’, Euonymous americanus
  • Common Sneezeweed, Helenium autumnale
  • Narrow Leaf Sunflower, Helianthus angustifolius
  • Scarlet rosemallow, Hibiscus coccineus
  • Rondpod St Johns Wort, Hypericum cistifolium
  • Gallberry, Ilex glabra
  • Hairy lespedeza, Lespedeza hirta
  • Blazing star, Liatris spicata
  • Coral Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
  • Southern Magnolia, Magnolia grandiflora
  • Southern Wax Myrtle, Morella cerifera
  • Longleaf Pine, Pinus palustris
  • Narrow Leaf Silkgrass, Pityopsis graminifolia
  • Hop tree, Ptelea trifoliata
  • Swamp Chestnut Oak, Quercus michauxii
  • Sparkleberry, Vaccinium arboreum
  • Narrow Leaf Ironweed, Vernonia angustifolia
  • Native Wisteria vine, Wisteria frutescens

 -jsq, John S. Quarterman, Suwannee RIVERKEEPER®

You can join this fun and work by becoming a WWALS member today!
https://wwals.net/donations/