AREC is the vital Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center located at 1444 Diamond Springs Road.
Enter at main gate. Here’s where to park. We’ll be there until 3pm.
Larger trees will be available for adoption for a $25 donation which includes annual membership to FOLO. Smaller trees will be available for a $10 donation.
We will have an adoption form on site for you to complete. You may want to bring a plastic bag to place your tree in to prevent any spills in your vehicle. Also remember to bring either cash or a check for the tree or tree(s) you may like to adopt.
If you would like to help us with this event, please advise. If you have friends who you think would like to adopt a live oak, please feel free to let them know!
• Shore Drive Phase III Tree Impacts, Mitigation & Landscaping Plan Letter update
• House Bills 2238, 2630 and 2638 Review and Actions update
• VDOF Live Oak Nursery update
• Laskin Road Phase II Landscaping Plan update
• Reschedule Live Oak Grove site visit & May FOLO MTG
• Social Media Update
• Pleasure House Point Wetlands Bank Mitigation Site update
• Live Oak Wood Salvaging Pleasure House Point & Mystic Cove update
• April 13 Spring Fling Results
5. New Business:
• Review 2024 Events Calendar (see reverse side for scheduled events)
• Proposed Events: Ocean View Civic League Presentation; (spring 2025 date TBD); Workshop with Lynnhaven River NOW (2025 date TBD)
• 2025 Goals Review and Adoption
• Membership Drive
• Kroger Community Rewards Program
• Give Local 757
• Finalize May 3 Tree Adoption Event Details
6. Ocean Park Site Visit
7. Future Business:
• AREC Maritime Forest Demo Garden
• Virginia Beach Live Oaks Photo Collection
• DEQ Tree Planting BMP Draft Regulations
8. Existing / Future Partnerships: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Virginia Native Plant Society, Lynnhaven River NOW, Virginia Department of Forestry, McDonald Garden Center, Virginia Beach Garden Club, Virginia Tech Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center, Virginia Beach City Public Schools Environmental Studies Program, Virginia Beach Landscape Management, Virginia Master Naturalists Tidewater Chapter, First Landing State Park, Virginia Cooperative Extension Virginia Beach Master Gardeners, Southern Branch Nursery?, Ladyfern?, Westminster-Canterbury?, VA Coastal Zone Management Program Native Plant Marketing?
9. Summarize; Review Meeting Actions; Review Assignments and Items for Next Meeting
10. Adjourn
Next Meeting Date/Time/Location: May Date TBD, Meet at Bay Oaks Park, 2413 East Ocean View Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23518
Incredible tree data created by Environmental Studies Program(ESP).
Fun was had by all retrieving 35 small saplings from Wesminister-Canterbury yesterday!
Chris, Nadine & Clay working on the largest one – a thriving live oak volunteer that needed to get some TLC by transplanting on site. A thriving live oak volunteer (& FOLO volunteers) that was carefully moved so it could really thrive in a better location. The root ball was amazing! Nadine & Clay cheesing with the new location. 😁Identifying the saplings & diggin em up. Teamwork is the dream work. Tim, Nadine, Chris, Howard, Clay & Drew with a few of the rescued 35 saplings. Howard & Chris repotting the saplings using McDonald’s Garden Center’s Natural & Organic Potting Soil before they’re moved to AREC.
Thanks to our partnership with McDonalds Garden Center we used 7 bags of their Natural & Organic Potting Soil. They donated 150 bags for our partnership with AREC & VDOF to build an inventory of live oaks from Virginia Beach.
A few of the rescued saplings. Pine cones placed in pots to deter squirrels digging up the smaller ones.
